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BillNews that lock 
Damien Cook had announced his immediate retirement from rugby has rocked the rugby world in Cornwall.
The popular Cook, a mainstay of the Cornish pack in recent seasons, was made captain of his club Redruth this season, taking over from Chris Fuca.
Cook played for Cornwall on twenty-four occasions over a nine-year period.
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The Cornish Pirates slipped to another defeat at home on Saturday, this time to league pace-setters Bristol by 40-10 in the Greene King Championship.
It was Bristol’s first success at the Mennaye since 2004 and was built on a good forward domination plus the cultured boot of Gavin Henson.
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Photo – Last season’s U20 squad that reached the semi-finals
Cornwall Under 20s fixtures for the 2016 Under 20 County Championship have been released.
They have been drawn in Pool 4 along with old foes Devon, Gloucestershire and last season’s finalists Berkshire.
Cornwall face two games on the road before they play their only pool game at home against Devon.
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BillThree Tribute Cornwall Cup quarter-finals were played on Saturday with the winners joining St. Ives in the semi-final due to be played in February.
Mind you it was touch and go at Penryn as the game was delayed when it became apparent that no referee was going to turn up.
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Photo – Tommy Phillips receives his Under 20 Cornwall Player of the Year award from CRFU Chairman Denis Preece
A frenetic weekend that saw me on Saturday at Redruth and then on Sunday at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for bone crunching Pool D decider between Ireland and France.
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BillBy Phil Westren, Cornish Pirates’ media officer
The visit made to Cornwall by the 1947-48 ‘Wallabies’ has often been highlighted, and over the years a number of players in that particular tour party have also on occasions revisited a place where there were happy memories to recall.
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Steve’s latest book “Cornish Pirates Legends” is being launched on 15 October (2015), and as you would expect it is an extremely well-researched tome on some of the greats of the club, not just from the current era but stretching all the way back to Barrie Bennetts from the famous Cornwall 1908 Championship winning side.
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BillLocally there was no league programme, with the first round of the Tribute Cornwall Cup scheduled to take place. There were four ties due to take place, but in the end only two were played.
Bude caused an upset winning 42-25 at higher league Truro in front of a sparse crowd,
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BillTrelawny’s Army members elect their Players of the Year
Report by Bill Hooper TASC Press Officer, Photos Simon Bryant Iktis photo
Winner of the Bill Osborne Memorial Shield
Cornwall’s triumph at Twickenham in winning the Bill Beaumont Cup ensured huge interest from the membership in choosing this season’s Player of the Year.
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BillPlymouth Albion XV 10 – 10 Cornwall Development XV
Courtesy of Roger Watson, CRFU website
Photo: Jack Simmons (Camborne) who featured for the Development XV on Monday night
On Monday 28 September, in chilly conditions under the Brickfields floodlights,
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