Cornish Pirates

PLYMOUTH suffered their second successive home defeat in the Premier League when they lost 52-38 to Leicester at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening. That was despite a promising start in which they took a six-point lead from the opening two heats. Co-promoter Ashley Taylor promised that team strengthening would take place before the next home match against Glasgow in a fortnight's time. "After this weekend, we do not have another meeting until June 7 and it is up to come back on that night...

CORNWALL head coach Dave `Benji` Thomas will lead the Black & Gold into battle for the last time on Sunday as his team take on Lancashire in the Bill Beaumont Cup Final at Twickenham (3.15pm). Cornwall, still buoyed by last weekend`s epic victory against reigning County champions Hertfordshire, will travel to the capital looking to end a barren spell of 14 years in the competition since they last won the trophy. Their last success came in 1999 against Gloucestershire but since then...

AHEAD of Cornwall's appearance in Sunday's Bill Beaumont Cup final Richard Wigglesworth will be cheering on Lancashire - once he's finished tackling the Barbarians with England at Twickenham. The Saracens scrum half – born in Blackpool – played at Sale Sharks under coach Mark Nelson, whose county side take on Cornwall at 3.15pm. And he is former clubmate of Fylde's Paul Arnold and Vale of Lune's Nick Royle, who will be attempting to secure a fourth county championship crown in five...

Cornwall head coach Dave 'Benji' Thomas believes everything possible has been done to ensure his team win the County Championship at Twickenham on Sunday.The Duchy face Lancashire at the home of English rugby this weekend after defeating Gloucestershire, Kent and Hertfordshire in the Bill Beaumont Cup Division One South over the past three weekends.The current Cornish squad is among the best Thomas has seen in his most recent six-year stint as head coach, and he was pleased with the endeavour...

The fixtures for the 2013-14 domestic rugby season for Cornish teams outside of the National Leagues have been released by the RFU throwing up a tasty local derby as a season opener in South West 1 West. Camborne, who narrowly missed out on promotion to the National Leagues last season, will face Wadebridge Camels at the Recreation Ground on September 7th. The Cherry & Whites won comfortably when the two teams last met in the Cornwall Cup Final and travel to Bridgwater & Albion before...

Gig RacingMOUNT'S BAY PILOT GIG CLUB AT WORLD EVENT:Mount's Bay attended the 25th World Pilot Gig Championships. The club took their three gigs, Cormoran, Kensa and Taran, and also teamed up with Pendeen and rowed in Avarack, entering 11 crews over the six different categories.The ladies A crew rowing in Cormoran achieved their best ever result since 2006 by finishing 2nd in the world to the ever dominant Falmouth crew and ahead of a field of 125 crews.A winter of dedicated training paid off for...

RugbyNOWELL PRESENTS PIRATES AMATEURS AWARDS:The Pirates Amateurs rounded off another successful year with their annual presentation evening, held at the Westholme clubhouse.The club were delighted to welcome back former Pirates mini-junior, Colts and Amateurs player Jack Nowell, now plying his trade in the Premiership with Exeter Chiefs and the England Under 20s, who presented the trophies.Club chairman Paul Greaves reflected on a season which saw an emerging young side achieve ninth place in...

Cornwall 41, Hertfordshire 29THIS was a game that will be talked about for many years to come.It was a day when Cornwall reached their first County Championship final for 14 years.It was a day when the Duchy's rugby supporters seemed to rekindle their love affair in large numbers with the men in Black and Gold, with a huge turn-out – officially given as 2,215 – far exceeding pre-match expectations.It was also a day when the sun shone down on a superb playing surface at the Camborne...

Cornwall 41, Hertfordshire 29THIS was a game that will be talked about for many years to come.It was a day when Cornwall reached their first County Championship final for 14 years.It was a day when the Duchy's rugby supporters seemed to rekindle their love affair in large numbers with the men in Black and Gold, with a huge turn-out – officially given as 2,215 – far exceeding pre-match expectations.It was also a day when the sun shone down on a superb playing surface at the Camborne...