BillCORNISH PIRATES 3 EXETER CHIEFS 58
By Phil Westren Cornish Pirates media officer
After all their hard work of recent weeks, the Cornish
Pirates might have felt understandably
forlorn come the end of this pre-season ‘friendly’ played at the Mennaye
Field.
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BillSo another Cornish rugby season comes to end with Cornwall keeping her place in the Bill Beaumont Cup for next year following their nail-biting win over Kent at Canterbury.
I spoke to Benji Thomas this week and despite rumours to the contrary I reckon Benji may well be back in harness for Cornwall once again next season.
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BillThe first leg final of the RFU Championship between the Cornish Pirates and Worcester Warriors will be played at the Mennaye Field, Penzance, on Wednesday 11th May (ko 7.45pm).
For tickets please contact the club’s ticket office 01736-331961, open 9am – 4pm Monday-Friday (up to and including Tuesday 10th May).
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BillSIX WINS out of six for the Cornish Pirates as they top Pool B of the RFU Championship play-offs to earn a home semi-final against the runners up in Pool A London Welsh.
That game will take place at the Mennaye on Sunday 1st May with a 5-45pm kick-off.
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BillBRITISH & IRISH CUP POOL A MATCH
By Bill Hooper, at the Mennaye Field, Penzance
The Cornish Pirates got their defence of the British and Irish Cup off to a winning start with a 54-31 win over Scottish Premiership side Currie in a thoroughly entertaining Pool A match at the Mennaye on Saturday afternoon.
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Bill“The best set-piece performance of the season” was how Cornish Pirates High Performance Director Chris Stirling summed up his side’s performance against old foes Bristol at the Mennaye on a bitterly cold December afternoon.
Leading 9-6 thanks to three Rob Cook penalties against two from Bristol’s Adrian Jarvis,
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BillJUST when you thought nothing major was likely to happen as the weeks slowly passed to the first of the pre-season matches next month, than the “fat hit the fire” on Friday afternoon as the Cornish Pirates announced that they were abandoning the Recreation Ground at Camborne and returning to play next season at their own ground at the Mennaye.
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BillBILL BEAUMONT CUP
CORNWALL 27 – 31 GLOUCESTERSHIRE
By Bill Hooper, at the Recreation Ground, Redruth
Cornwall showed character and resilience to almost claw back an opening quarter disaster – which saw them leak three converted tries – before eventually going down to old foes Gloucestershire who will once again advance to Twickenham next Sunday to contest the final of the Bill Beaumont Cup against Lancashire in a repeat of last season’s final won by the men from the red rose county.
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BillTHIS SUNDAY AT 6PM the British & Irish Cup Final will get under way when the Cornish Pirates take on Munster ant Camborne’s famed Recreation Ground.
It really is going to be the “game of the season” down here in Cornwall and it’s been eagerly anticipated ever since the Pirates demolished Doncaster in the semi-final.
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BillFINANCIALLY-STRUCK Plymouth Albion rounded off their home fixtures in front of Sky Sports cameras on Friday night with a 19-14 win over the Cornish Pirates, which effectively puts paid to the Pirates hopes of reaching the semi-finals. It wasn’t the greatest spectacle to put before the cameras and with RFU President John Owen and RFU Management Committee Chairman Martyn Thomas in attendance food for thought for the men from HQ about the Championship and other pressing matters in the rugby world!
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