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Photo: Greg Goodfellow will be looking to bring the curtain down on his Cornwall career with a winner’s medal
Cornwall’s selectors have made just the one change to the starting line up for Sunday’s Bill Beaumont Cup Final at Twickenham, kick-off mid-day.
Plymouth Albion’s Rupert Freestone starts at hooker,
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Games between Cornwall and Cheshire don’t come round that often: according to the records, this is only the sixth meeting between the two counties.
Cornwall lead 4-1, but that sole Cheshire win came in 1998 at the Tetley’s Bitter County Championship final on the 18th April,
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Photo: Gavin and Alan with Chris Stirling overlooking Wellington Harbour
The Cornish Pirates coaching duo, Alan Paver and Gavin Cattle, are in New Zealand this week, meeting up and staying with the club’s former High Performance Manager, Chris Stirling, writes Cornish Pirates’
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By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground, photos Simon Bryant
Cornwall were again pushed all the way before making sure of the win during the final ten minutes of a pulsating game, to book a fourth successive County Championship final at Twickenham next Sunday,
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BillBill Hooper reports from the training session at Camborne last night (Wednesday 18 May) with photos from Simon Bryant Iktisphoto.
Cornwall go into Saturday’s game against Surrey knowing that they are just eighty minutes from a fourth successive visit to England rugby’s illustrious HQ!
Between them and that achievement is a Surrey side who will be battling to avoid a swift return to Division 2 of the Bill Beaumont Cup following two defeats against Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire.
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Cornwall versus Surrey – A Look Back In Time!
For Cornish rugby followers of a certain vintage, this weekend’s match will kindle memories of three thrillingly tense matches played against Surrey 49 years ago.
Lineout action from the Athletic Ground,
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HERTFORDSHIRE 15 – 23 CORNWALL
Photos: Simon Bryant Iktisphoto
Cornwall at times spluttered their way to another win at Bishop’s Stortford against a tough Hertfordshire side who pushed the reigning county kings all the way, reports Bill Hooper.
The Black and Golds began the game in great style going 12-0 up in the first quarter.
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BillCornwall go into Saturday’s game against Hertfordshire at Bishop’s Stortford (kick-off 3 pm) with a side showing seven positional changes and just one new face in the match day twenty-two.
Cornwall’s coaches and selectors have had much to ponder over the last few days following, Cornwall’s dramatic late win against Gloucestershire at Redruth.
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Photo Simon Bryant: TASC Press Officer Bill Hooper along with Cornwall Under 20 Players Luke Hattam, Jack Simmons (capt), Tommy-Lee Southworth, Tommy Phillips and Ben Illsley
Many of you will have seen (and hopefully purchased an item or two) from our merchandising stand at Redruth on Saturday (7 May 2016).
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Photo by Simon Bryant: Goodfellow on his way to scoring on Saturday
Twelve months ago, Greg Goodfellow played his final game for Redruth. It was his 100th game for the club, and to mark that milestone he would receive the famous red jacket – yes there is a Cornish equivalent to that famous green jacket in Augusta for the Masters Golf!
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