New Cornish Pirates signing Will Gibson is eagerly-awaiting his first action on Mennaye Field as a player born and bred in Cornwall.
Denied a chance to captain Cardiff Met University last year after the season was cancelled, the openside flanker and BUCS fans’ player of the season in 2019-20 is pressing ahead in the third week of pre-season at the Championship club.
Gibson has played in Exeter Chiefs colours after being pulled from Truro College to play for the club’s U18s, but his first taste of professional rugby will come at Pirates where he knows he has work to do to displace John Ste...