Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
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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Photo – Paul Thirlby who has made a great start at St. Ives this season
Not the result the Cornish Pirates would have been hoping for on their travels to newly promoted Ealing in the RFU Championship. The 28-17 defeat being the third in four games leaving them in a clutch of sides on 6 points.
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BillCRFU Development Game
Photo – Mike Rawlings makes a welcome return to the Cornwall squad
Following last year’s successful introduction of a development squad, where 12 players went on to be involved in the full county squad, a training session was held on Monday night at St Austell RFC.
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BillBy Phil Westren, Cornish Pirates’ Media
Cornish Pirates 24 Rotherham Titans 26
Photo – Pirates hooker Rob Elloway played his 200th game for the club
This match provided a fascinating contest at the Mennaye Field, as the Pirates,
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BillWell, I experienced RWC 2015 on Saturday night, taking in France’s win against Italy 32-10 at Twickenham.
A tremendous Latin atmosphere in the stadium that probably bemused the curious English supporters, most of whom where there to cheer Italy or at least Castrogiovanni.
There was brief chorus of ‘Swing Low’
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BillReport & Photo by Ben Gilby
Photo – The exiles rolling maul gets going
On a warm afternoon in Motspur Park, the hosts showed their intent from the start when driving Cornish back impressively from an early penalty –
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Photo – Ben Priddey scored the Reds’ opening try
It was certainly an excellent weekend for the mining division sides as both the Cherry and Whites and the Reds got wins on the road.
Let’s start with Camborne and their first ever win at Avonmouth Old Boys 29-23 in Tribute South West 1 West.
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Two bonus point wins to start the campaign would have been just the start Redruth head coach Steve Larkins would have hoped for.
The latest success, a 30-17 win, was hard fought against a resilient Southend side, with a touch of back-to-the-wall stuff as the Reds defended manfully with just twelve men at one stage.
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