Nottingham 22-33 Cornish Pirates: High-speed Pirates get bonus point they need

CORNISH Pirates, challenged to take five points from every remaining match to keep their play-off hopes alive, secured the bonus score before half-time but then had to repel a spirited revival from lowly Nottingham.
Defeats by Doncaster and Ealing mean that Pirates, whose performances have slipped since handing Saracens a shock defeat on the opening weekend, have been left to rely on other results.
They punished win-less Nottingham for their defensive deficiencies, hitting them with four tries inside 34 minutes but the Green and Whites had much the better of the second half.
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