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PIRATES, ALL SHIP SHAPE & BRISTOL FASHION!

It was my first visit to Camborne this season to watch the Cornish Pirates in action, and I can assure One & All it will not be my last.

After the frustrating time of the last campaign you are immediately struck by the change in regime that now reigns at the club.

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ESHER JUST TOO GOOD FOR REDS

At half-time you really thought that the visitors would runaway with the game in the second half as they led 20-5. Nothing of the sort, as Redruth fought back with credit to lose in the end by 17-23, Esher’s relief at just booting the ball off the park at the end when they spurned a penalty chance to deny Redruth any points sums up just how hard a test they were given.

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PIRATES STORM AHEAD

Not bad as they say with two wins from two. The Cornish Pirates followed up their opening day win at Nottingham with a convincing 57-24 demolition of Moseley at Camborne on a bright sunny Sunday afternoon. The Pirates had the try scoring bonus point wrapped up after only 17 minutes as they went on to score nine tries in all.

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COUNTDOWN TO LEAGUE SEASON CONTINUES

By tea time on Sunday we will have an idea on how the last few weeks preperations have gone, as all our sides will have completed their opening league encounters, except of course for Cornwall league teams who start their campaign the following weekend along with London Cornish.

Last Saturday saw the Cornish Pirates travel to the Twickenham Stoop to take on troubled Harlequins from the Guinness Premiership,

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IMPRESSIVE FIRST OUTING FOR PIRATES AND THEIR TV

A good sized crowd for the Cornish Pirates one and only pre-season game at Camborne, just under 2,500 saw the new look side crush Welsh Premiership side Cardiff by 60-13 as they let rip during the second half.

A tighter first period saw the visitors take the lead with a try scored by winger Ryan Howells with Gareth Davies adding the extras.The Pirates hit back with a couple of tries before the break from prop Paul Andrew and centre Mark Ireland with fly-half Jonny Bentley adding a conversion and a penalty in reply to Davies’

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RUGBY & THE BLOG RETURN

Back at long last after the trials and tribulations of getting my computer back and running after it crashed at the end of June whilst I was on my hols. I suppose I should be grateful that I didn’t have to comment on the Mount’s Bay saga! It’s always sad to see any club fold especially in the way that Bay did,

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CORNISH PRIDE IN LEADING THE LIONS

COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH THE MAN, no doubt about it Cornwall’s very own Raging Bull did the buisness at Newlands on Saturday as he captained the British and Irish Lions to an important win over Western Province, just a week before the first test against the Springboks. If Phil Vickery isn’t wearing the No.

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LIONS’ CAUTIOUS START

Very much a first game of a tour performance is the best you could describe the British & Irish Lions’ opening win of their 2009 tour of South Africa at an almost deserted Stadium in Rustenburg. For 60 minutes the unthinkable was on the cards an opening match loss against a side that will be the weakest opposition on tour.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE DENY CORNWALL

Gloucestershire will play the Bill Beaumont Cup Final next week at Twickenham after defeating Cornwall 34-19 at Cinderford on Saturday.

Jaike Carter was the hero for Gloucestershire as he ran in three tries, with Jonny May scoring a fourth for the home side, whilst Birmingham & Solihull fly-half Mark Woodrow kicked all four conversions and a couple of crucial penalties.

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SECOND WIN FOR CORNWALL

CORNWALL followed up the fine win over Devon last Saturday with an impressive display against Somerset at Redruth in this season’s Bill Beaumont Cup, winning by 38-0, scoring six tries. Sean Hawkey capped a fine display with a hat-trick of tries, with other scores comming from hooker Owen Hambly, fly-half Lewis Webb and winger Hano Dirksen.

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