Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
BillA fantastic weekend for Cornish rugby culminated on Saturday evening with Jack Nowell and Luke Cowan-Dickie both being on the pitch at the final whistle as England’s 31-21 win clinched a first Grand Slam for the red rose since 2003.
Jack played every minute of the whole campaign,
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Photo- Roger Harris (left) with former Penryn & Cornwall team mate Graham Bate
Former Penryn hooker and captain, Roger Harris, who was part of the Cornwall side that played Lancashire in the 1969 County final at Redruth, has sadly passed away aged 76 following a short illness.
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BillCornish Pirates 38 Doncaster Knights 19
By Phil Westren Cornish Pirates Media Officer
This win for the Cornish Pirates in the quarter-final of the British & Irish Cup was one to please – on two fronts.
Firstly, emerging winners after having lost their last five encounters against the Knights provided satisfaction,
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Cornwall Under 20s defeated their Devon counterparts 44-29 at Camborne on Sunday afternoon to ensure their continued participation at this level for next season.
However, the win came with a heavy price when flanker Locryn Williams suffered a bad concussion, having just started playing after a similar injury last season.
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Bill
A busy weekend for England Counties head coach James Shanahan as he oversees his Counties side at Blackheath tonight before heading to Redruth tomorrow for his club Old Albanian’s re-arranged National League 2 encounter at the Rec.
Perhaps not surprisingly the two Old Albanian players involved start on the bench,
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Cornwall go into their final pool game against Devon in this season’s Under 20 County Championship knowing that only a win will do, reports Bill Hooper.
Sadly, neither side are in the running for the quarter-finals this season, having both featured last season, but with relegation having been brought in this year the loser of this game will be demoted to a lower level next season and neither county will relish that prospect.
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Bill
Photo – Tom Cowan-Dickie scored for the Reds against Taunton
St. Piran’s Day served up it’s very own rugby classic as Redruth powered to an impressive 38-3 win against Taunton Titans at the Recreation Ground.
The win saw the Reds leap-frog Taunton the National League 2 table and with a mouth-watering game this Saturday against Old Albanian again at the Rec the prospect of in the case of a win moving up to third!
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BillGloucestershire U20 36 – 14 Cornwall U20
Cornwall travelled to Cinderford RFC in the Forest of Dean for their second championship game of the season, despite a bright opening, Cornwall found their hosts too hot to handle especially with two yellow cards during the game.
Cornwall got off to a flying start with a try after 12 minutes when scrum half Dan Rutter dived over after some hard work by the forwards close to the Gloucestershire line.
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Bill
Let’s start with the league, on Sunday the Cornish Pirates had a dress rehearsal for their British & Irish Cup quarter-final tie with Doncaster Knights at the Mennaye on Sunday March 13th with the winners away to either London Welsh or Leinster.
Second placed Knights gave the home side food for thought with a 26-19 win to inflict a third straight defeat for the Cornish side.
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BillEngland Counties have named their side to face Scottish Clubs at Netherdale tomorrow night kick-off 7:30 pm
Former Cornish All Black, now with Plymouth Albion, prop Christian Judge, a star from Cornwall’s County Championship win last season starts the game at tight-head prop.
Redruth’s Tom Cowan-Dickie is on the bench and looks likely to be involved at some point.
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