Photo Chris Lea: Cornwall squad at Truro College base
JASON LEONARD CUP FINAL
UNDER 20 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
SUNDAY 6TH MAY TWICKENHAM STADIUM 5 PM
YORKSHIRE V CORNWALL
As expected Cornwall have stuck to the tried and tested ahead of Sunday’s tea-time showdown against Yorkshire.
A positional change in the front-row sees Redruth’s Jack Hodge move to loose-head, with the versatile Ollie Andrews moving to tight-head from No.8.
Skipper Torin Clarke reverts to playing No.8 also in the back row, Quinn Cross starts at open-side with Will Gibson switching to blindside.
So what of Yorkshire, well as you would expect from the reigning champions who have won the title three times on the bounce and indeed ten times in the last seventeen years, they are a very good well-drilled squad coached by Anthony Posa, who was in charge when Yorkshire won the semi-final at Camborne three years ago 63-3, and will start as favourites on Sunday.
Cornwall won’t mind that at all, they will go up there and give it their best shot and see what that brings.
All we can do is wish our lads the best, we know they will do the shirt proud.
Cornwall Squad
1 | Jack Hodge | Redruth RFC |
2 | Harry Lightfoot | Launceston RC |
3 | Ollie Andrews | Falmouth RFC |
4 | Dan Goldsmith | Launceston RC |
5 | Dan Reed | Wadebridge Camels RFC |
6 | Will Gibson | Cardiff Met & Penryn RFC |
7 | Quinn Cross | Wadebridge Camels RFC |
8 | Torin Clarke (Captain) | Launceston RC |
9 | Noah Nash | Brixham RFC |
10 | James Tucker | Redruth RFC |
11 | Dan Hubble | Falmouth RFC |
12 | Declan Matthews | Camborne RFC |
13 | Jake Penprase | Bath Uni |
14 | Shae Cornish | PZ & N Colts |
15 | Ethan Tyler | Penryn RFC |
16 | Luke Barnes | Camborne RFC |
17 | Chae Jenkins | Launceston RC |
18 | Rikki Bentham | Launceston RC |
19 | Brandon Rowley | Launceston RC |
20 | Connor Gilbert | Redruth RFC |
21 | Callum Boyce | St Austell RFC |
22 | Reuben Edwards | Launceston RC |
Travelling reserves | ||
23 | Tom Osborne | Swansea Uni |
24 | Kyle Gratrix | Penryn RFC |
25 | Aden Brassington | Redruth RFC |
26 | Seb Firth | Falmouth RFC |
27 | Jake Carr | St Austell RFC |
Coaches – Matt Shepherd, Josh Lord
Medical cover –Dr John Garman, Emma Eddy, Miles Corbett
Kit – Paul Hurrell, Colin Hatch
YORKSHIRE UNDER 20S
The U20 committee are pleased to announce the following team to travel to Twickenham in the Jason Leonard U20 County Championship, 5pm KO.
1 Harry Butler (Harrogate)
2 Will Holling (Doncaster Phoenix)
3 Will Dennis (Hull Ionians)
4 Dan Robinson (Doncaster Phoenix)
5 James Newman (Hull Ionians)
6 Will Burns (Driffield)
7 James Sanderson (Hull Ionians)
8 Zak Poole (Hull – Captain)
9 Sam Pocklington (Doncaster Phoenix)
10 Sam Brooke (Doncaster Phoenix)
11 Jonathan Keh (Leeds Beckett)
12 Tom Allott (Sandal)
13 Connor Field (Huddersfield)
14 Seva Bulumakau (Doncaster Phoenix)
15 Luke Hazell (Beverley)
Bench;
16 Will Routledge (Leeds Beckett)
17 Andrew Wheelhouse (Doncaster Phoenix)
18 Charlie Cartwright (Doncaster Phoenix)
19 Hayden Thompson-Green (Leeds Beckett)
20 Andrew Dixon (Leeds Beckett)
21 Will Lewin (Leeds Beckett)
22 Gareth Stephens (Leeds Beckett)
Head Coach – Anthony Posa
Forwards Coach – Glen Kenworthy
Backs Coach – Hugh Gumbs
TRAVELLING RESERVES
Dan Lamb (West Leeds)
Tom Willson (Keighley)
The game can be watched live at 5pm on Sunday by streaming it on http://www.englandrugby.com/news/rfu-cup-finals-watch-live/