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Cornwall Under 20s fixtures released


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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Borough dump Saints out of the Cup

Three 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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Bizarre ending at Redruth sees home win


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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Wallaby “Chuck” Remembered

By 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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“Pirates’ legends” by Steve Tomlin – ideal for Christmas

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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Cup rugby fails to inspire crowds or players

Locally 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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Shepherd & Phillips named Players of the Year

Trelawny’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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Development game ends all square up the Brickfields

Plymouth 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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Bude, Hakes and Amateurs all run up big derby scores


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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Cornwall Development XV game at Plymouth Albion preview

CRFU 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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