BillCornwall’s head coach Graham Dawe has a buzz of anticipation on the eve of another County Championship campaign, reports Bill Hooper from Redruth’s Recreation Ground.
Photo Simon Bryant Iktisphoto; Graham Dawe directs training
“We’ve been together since February training at Perranporth, we’ve identified some good youngsters who are coming in this season and I shall look forward to seeing how they cope in the pressurized atmosphere of playing for Cornwall.
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Bill
Camborne RFC are proud to be hosting the Jacob Maloy Osteosarcoma Trust 7’s Day on Saturday May 13th 2017.
The club has hosted several Charity matches for important causes over the past few season and this event will be right up their with the best of them.
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Bill
Photo: Jack Nowell set to become the latest Cornish Lion.
London Irish Wild Geese took the spoils with the final kick of the game to earn a 22-21 win in their battle to avoid the drop.
It was frustrating for Redruth to concede the double to a side that have been battling relegation all season from National League 2 South.
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Bill
Photo by Rodney Parrish, TASC ball presentation to Bude
On a glorious spring day the Cornish Pirates put on one of their best displays of the season in defeating last season’s defeated Championship finalists Doncaster Knights 34-17 to keep their play-off hopes alive with two rounds remaining of the league season.
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Bill
There was huge disappointment for the Cornish Pirates on Friday night when they lost their quarter-final tie in this season’s British & Irish Cup to Jersey Reds at rue des Landes 36-20.
A late flurry from the visitors when they scored a couple of tries saved some blushes on a night to forget.
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Bill
There was no St. Piran’s Day win for the Cornish Pirates in their Greene King Championship fixture against Jersey Reds on Sunday at a windswept Mennaye.
The Islanders took the spoils 7-5 with the few points scored all coming during the second half.
Pirates had first use of the wind,
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Bill
A win was the only objective for Camborne on Saturday and they got just that with 25-18 success against Ivybridge.
It’s been a tough few weeks at Crane Park and the Cherry and Whites mounting injury crises will not ease matters in the short term.
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Bill
Photo- Redruth’s Brad Howe receives the Tony Pill Memorial Cup as man-of-the-match
REDRUTH 54-7 CAMBORNE
Words By Bill Hooper, Photos Phil Trevarton
Redruth comfortably retained the Rodda’s Milk Cup against old rivals Camborne in front of a large crowd on a sunny Boxing Day afternoon.
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Bill
Only one place to start this week and that’s in Camborne, where it has been an eventful 48 hours for all the wrong reasons.
I could sense all was not well when arriving at the ground on Saturday and this was soon confirmed when told Ian Morgan was not at the game.
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Bill
On Sunday the Cornish Pirates travelled to Doncaster Knights, last season’s beaten play-off finalist’s, and came away from Castle Park with an emphatic 35-26 win.
It put an end to a losing Championship run of five games and showed that this squad can compete with the best in the Championship.
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