Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
Bill
Not much rugby locally this past weekend as we had to endure another “catch up weekend” in the league program.
The focus of attention for most was the England v South Africa test at Twickenham.
With the Cornish Pirates resting before Saturday’s big game at the Mennaye against London Irish,
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Bill
Not the best weekend for some of our high-flying Cornish sides who were brought back down to earth with a bump!
In the RFU Championship Cornish Pirates were in the air for their trip to Jersey and just like last week up at Rotherham lost to a late score for the hosts.
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BillThis Saturday Western Counties West league leaders Truro travel to St. Ives for what will no doubt be a keenly contested local derby, writes Bill Hooper.
Truro travel with confidence having defeated Bude 70-21 last Saturday at St. Clements Hill scoring ten tries, to maintain their promotion push at the top of the table.
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BillCAMBORNE 57 – 17 NEWTON ABBOT
Camborne made it eight win in a row with a nine try demolition of mid-table side Newton Abbot with flanker Sam Matavesi scoring a hat-trick of tries as his departing gift before starting ten weeks basic training with the Royal Navy, reports Bill Hooper from the Recreation Ground.
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Bill
Photo: Alan Paver – it was an OK performance from his side on Sunday
Back to a full league program last weekend plus of course the second round of pool games in the British & Irish Cup.
On Sunday the Pirates made it two Cup wins with an impressive 41-5 win against an Ospreys Select.
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BillA tremendous team performance by the reds full of skill, tenacity and guts and comfortably their best of the season so far saw Redruth bring home a bonus point win from a pulsating game in Suffolk, reports Ed Bawden.
There were a number of outstanding displays for the reds,
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Bill
The Cornish Pirates travelled to the west of Ireland to take on Connacht Eagles in their opening British & Irish pool 3 ties.
The Sports ground had staged a remarkable Champions Cup tie the day before which saw Connacht come from behind to defeat the once mighty Toulouse 23-21 in front of a packed crowd,
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BillAnother double-header for me this weekend as I took in the games at Redruth and the Cornish Pirates, both had some cracking tries scored.
First to the Mennaye on Sunday when third placed Cornish Pirates took on second place Yorkshire Carnegie in the Championship and it was the visitors who took the spoils in an exciting encounter 35-28.
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BillSadly time has beaten me this week so a much truncated blog entry on last weekend’s games.
The big game locally was the derby in National 3 SW between Camborne and Launceston.
It was a great occasion as both sides locked horns in the league for the first time in twenty years.
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BillCamborne’s Sam Matavesi was announced Trelawny’s Army Player of the Year at their well attended Annual General Meeting held at St. Austell Brewery Visitor Centre last week, reports Bill Hooper.
Sam received his award, the Bill Osborne Shield, at the conclusion of Camborne’s home game last Saturday from Trelawny’s Army’s Viv Broadhurst and Ewart White plus Sam’s dad Sireli Matavesi.
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