Leading perspective on Cornish rugby
BillCornwall have picked an exciting side to face Gloucestershire in this Saturday’s opening County Championship fixture at Redruth kick-off 3 pm.
Apart from skipper Ben Hilton our current player of the year, there are two former TASC player of the year recipients in the team, centre Ryan Westren and No.8 Sam Hocking.
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BillJust two league matches involving Cornish Clubs on the final Saturday of the league season, both in National League 2 South.
The Cornish All Blacks had the satisfaction of defeating the league winners Old Albanians 19-18.
It was Richard Bright who got the All Blacks’ try with Kieron Lewitt’s boot kicking the other points.
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BillWill once again be en-masse at Cornwall’s matches this season.
Our principal aim will be to support the team, however our involvement on the day goes further.
We will once again have our stand selling supporters gear at both Cornwall’s home matches this season.
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BillCORNWALL head coach Dave ‘Benji’ Thomas was pretty pleased with the performance as the Duchy got their season off to a fine start with victory over old rivals Devon at Launceston.
It was the first time Cornwall had lifted the Tamar Cup since 2008, with four good tries,
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BillThanks to Nigel Walrond at Polson Bridge
CORNWALL won the Tamar Cup for the first time in four years with a comfortable victory over old rivals Devon at Launceston last night.
The Duchy had a far stronger team on paper, with Devon not selecting any Exmouth or Brixham players prior to Saturday’s county cup final,
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BillIt’s the TAMAR CUP tonight at Polson Bridge, CORNWALL V DEVON.
It’s £5 ground admission with U.16’s free when accompained by a paying adult.
Team News Cornwall.
Matt Shepherd (St. Austell) is a late change on the replacement bench with Shaun Hawkey (Wadedridge Camels) dropping out.
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BillIT WAS A DAY OF HIGH EMOTION AT REDRUTH on Saturday as Redruth Director of Rugby took charge at home for the final time. The team overcame the events of the day to record a hard-fought 21-17 win over a side battling relegation. There is still the small matter of the final game away at Shelford next Saturday,
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BillIt’s been a tough couple of weeks for the fans of the Cornish Pirates, defeat in the semi-final of the British & Irish Cup up in the Welsh Valleys in Cross Keys. Then the news that High Performance Manager Chris Stirling had decided to take up a position with the New Zealand RFU as thier High Performance Talent Indentification Manager,
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BillTHE CORNISH PIRATES followed up their win at the Mennaye over Rotherham Titans with a 17-14 win over the same opponents at Clifton Lane on Saturday.
A result which keeps them handily placed for the RFU Championship semi-finals. Flanker Phil Burgess scored the Pirates’ try with full back Rob Cook slotting four penalties.
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BillANSOME is a word used in Cornwall meaning “All is well with the world”, and this past weekend the weather was certainly ‘ansome!
It was almost as balmy as the South of France, and we all know how the French love to “thraw the ball around” in such conditions.
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