Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
BillThe young black and golds put in a storming performance at Penryn’s Memorial Ground yesterday afternoon to book their place in the National Quarter-Finals of this season’s Under 20 County Championship.
They followed up their 37-35 win against Dorset & Wilts with an 18-15 win over Devon to finish top of their pool.
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BillCornwall go into next Sunday’s decisive group game against Devon at Penryn’s Memorial Ground knowing that a win against their opponents will land them a home quarter-final to be played towards the end of March.
The Cornish youngsters will hope to repeat the result the last time Cornwall played Devon on Cornish soil at Hayle in 2012 when the young black and golds ran out winners by 24 points to 23.
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BillThe rugby program was pretty well decimated in Cornwall last weekend, however some games were played.
There was only one fixture played in Tribute South West 1 West with St. Austell taking on Bridgwater & Albion.
A fantastic effort by all at Tregorrick Park to get the game on,
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Bill
It was very fitting that Redruth Rugby Club had chosen Calcutta Cup weekend to present Redruth rugby legend Richard Sharp with the very first Redruth Players Cap in the club lounge which appropriately is named after him.
In 1963, Sharp who captained England in their championship winning 5 Nations campaign of that year,
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BillThe continuing appalling weather once again took it’s toll on the weekend’s rugby fixtures.
The Cornish Pirates Friday evening RFU Championship clash at Moseley was an early victim.
In National League 2 South great work by the ground staff at Redruth ensured the game against Dings Crusaders went ahead.
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Bill
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It proved to be an exciting weekend of rugby, despite for many the results!
Firstly congratulations to all our players, both men and women who were involved in the weekend Internationals against France.
We are all immensely proud of you.
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Bill
Stade Pré-Fleuri Nevers
England Counties travelled to Nevers in the centre of France with six new caps in their starting line-up among them former Cornish Pirate scrum-half Richard Bolt now at Exmouth whilst on the bench Jamal Ford-Robinson, who played junior rugby at both Penryn and Redruth was another debutant.
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BillCornwall Rugby Football Union (CRFU) Under 20’s 2014 County Championship campaign begins this Sunday 2nd February.
The Under 20’s have trained for the last 3 weekends sometimes in atrocious weather in preparation for their first game against Dorset & Wilts at North Dorset RFC with a 2pm kick off.
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BillAfter three successive defeats in National League 2 South, Redruth finally got their first win of 2014 with a battling performance against fellow strugglers Bournemouth by 21-10.
Three tries set up by the Redruth forwards all finished off by Ben Priddey, whose try scoring exploits capped a fine performance.
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BillI was at a muddy St. Clements Hill in Truro for their Tribute Western Counties West match against Penryn on Saturday.
The Truro committee and members did a sterling job on Saturday morning getting the pitch in a playable condition at kick-off time.
They were rewarded by another fine display from their side as they recorded their seventh win on the bounce 24 – 0 over the “Borough” in pursuit of the target set by Josh Lord of winning their next ten games following the defeat to Burnham-on-Sea back in early November.
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