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Jersey Reds 32 Cornish Pirates 31
In what was their final game in this season’s truncated Greene King IPA Championship, the Cornish Pirates fell just short of achieving a victory at the Jersey team’s Stade Santander International ground, reports Phil Westren
In the try stakes the Pirates outscored their opponents by five tries to four,
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Cornish Pirates 52 Hartpury 26
By Phil Westren, at the Mennaye
Playing their penultimate fixture in this season’s somewhat shortened Greene King IPA Championship campaign, in what was also their last home game the Cornish Pirates won convincingly against Hartpury.
It was an entertaining encounter,
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Penryn side captained by Roger Harris
Penryn Versus the British Lions!?
With the British Lions squad for South Africa due to be announced on Thursday, hopes will be that perhaps a couple of Cornishmen could be included, namely former Penzance & Newlyn RFC and now Exeter Chiefs products Luke Cowan-Dickie and Jack Nowell.
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Coventry 19 Cornish Pirates 30
Playing this Round 8 match in theGreene King IPA Championship match away to Coventry, the Cornish Pirates emerged deserved ‘May Day’ winners at the Butts Park Arena, reports Phil Westren.
Performing for the first time this season on a plastic pitch,
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Exeter Chief’s Cornish fullback/wing, Merryn Doidge is poised to win her first England cap from the bench on Friday night against France in Villeneuve d’Ascq.
This game comes just six days from the 6 Nations decider played at the Twickenham Stoop between the two sides won by England 10-6.
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Bill
It is with great sorrow, that we learned today of the passing of our great friend Neil Plummer.
A great and fine Cornishman has left us.
Neil, along with his wife Beatrice were great supporters of many Cornish organisations over many, many years.
He also served for many years as a Cornwall County Councillor for Lanner &
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A look back from the archives.
Oh yes, Cornwall!
The greatest comeback in the history of Cornish rugby sent Duchy fans delirious with delighted disbelief at the end of Saturday’s tumultuous triumph at Twickenham.
As the final whistle blew, signalling an unforgettable 29-20 victory over the White Rose of Yorkshire,
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County Championship surveyWe are contacting you to help us understand the views and opinions of all individuals in the community game on the County Championship competition.
The results of this survey will feed into the independent review of the County Championship across the senior men’s, senior women’s and men’s U20 competitions,…
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Cornish Pirates 10 Ealing Trailfinders 38
By Phil Westren, at the Mennaye Field.
It was said pre-match that unbeaten league leaders Ealing Trailfinders were the team to beat. So, when the Pirates got within two points of their visitors early in the second half,
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Doncaster Knights 17 Cornish Pirates 15
By Phil Westren
Travelling ‘Up North’ for this Round 4 game in this season’s Greene King IPA Championship, the Cornish Pirates expected a tough examination against Doncaster Knights at Castle Park, as both sides arrived at this stage of the campaign each with three wins under their belts.
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