Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
Bill
It’s not often I start on a loss, but the Cornish All Blacks showed a lot of character last Saturday in going down at Bury St. Edmunds by a score 29-26.
By all accounts the All Blacks could have nicked the win; such was their pressure on the Bury line near the end.
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BillThe Cornish All Blacks stopped the rot last Saturday as they avoided defeat for the first time this season, with a 17-all draw at home to Southend, in what was new head coach Jimmy Tucker’s first game in charge.
Skipper Jamie Salter, No.8 Dan Lee and winger Eddie McGinley scored tries for the National League 2 side with Fraser Honey adding a conversion.
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Bill
When Kyle Evans scored a last-gasp try for Moseley on Friday night to rip from the Cornish Pirates’ grasp a much-needed Championship victory, there was always the chance that the Pirates could end the weekend bottom of the pile.
Ealing’s remarkable win at Old Deer Park against London Welsh left the Cornish side looking up from the uncomfortable and unwanted basement position.
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Bill
It’s always been the case really due to our geography, the far south-west must seem like a different world to those “up country!”
And so we like to be. As with everything, it has its positives and negatives. Sadly the world doesn’t stop at the Tamar!
When it comes to league rugby,
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BillMatch report by Bill Hooper, photos Simon Bryant Iktis photo
Photo Cornish Pirates skipper Tom Duncan takes on the Cornwall pack
The Cornish Pirates ran in nine tries in a sparkling performance against a Cornwall Development side under the lights of the Mennaye
The game was a chance for both camps to run the rule over fringe players and those on the road back to full match fitness following lengthy injury.
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BillFollowing last month’s game against a Plymouth Albion Development XV, a further game is planned on Friday 30 October v. a Cornish Pirates Development XV. This game will also see the inclusion of U20 players as well as established players from around the County. An initial squad of 40 players from 14 different Cornish clubs were invited to train at St Austell RFC under coaches Graham Dawe,
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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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Bill
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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Bill
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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