Cornish Pirates

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Bazalgette on target as Pirates rattle past the 50

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates ..52pts Tries: Kiri Kiri 3, 55; Andrew 10, Cutmore 22, Wedlake 45, Cant 62, Duncan 71...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

My job at Sedgley Park was to punch people

MY LIFE IN RUGBY THE PRESTON GRASSHOPPERS HEAD COACH AND FORMER ENGLAND COUNTIES, LANCASHIRE, SALE, SEDGLEY PARK, ORRELL, NOTTINGHAM, MOLESEY, CALDY...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

New Years Day Championship Preview

Ampthill v London Scottish is the lone game to survive this New Years Day. Covid-19 infection rates continue to wreak havoc...

By Ben Redwood

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Pirates psyched up for revenge mission

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates v Hartpury Boxing Day, kick-off 5pm, Mennaye Field Pack power: Pirates hooker Tom Channon crashes over...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Scottish rely on Sheppard to lead the way

London Scottish v Doncaster Knights Boxing Day, Kick-off 3pm BASEMENT side London Scottish host title-fighting Doncaster having managd only one win...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Clinical Reds kill off Exiles to go second

By TOM INNES Jersey ................31pts Tries: Olowofela 8, Longwell 25, Cook 33, Holgate 37, B Owen 74 Conversions: Pittman 33,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Evans remains the Pirates main funder

BENEFACTOR Dicky Evans will continue to help finance Cornish Pirates, despite selling his stake. Documents lodged at Companies House earlier this...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

English Championship Preview

It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second...

By Ben Redwood

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Edgson gets first hat-trick as pack dish out a mauling

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........45pts Tries: Edgson 26, 40, 50, Volpi 17, Evans 32, Holling 58, Holden 79 Conversions: Dolly 17,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Adkins joins Pirates on loan deal

RUGBY SHORTS CORNISH Pirates have signed Gloucester prop Olly Adkins on a shortterm deal after Exeter loanee Patrick Schickerling returned to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

English Championship Preview

It’s another huge Saturday of English Championship rugby. Here, The Rugby Paper looks ahead to some thrilling ties in the second...

By Ben Redwood

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Dragons axis adds fire to Pirates bid for promotion

By LUKE JARMYN Developing at Pirates: Arwel Robson CORNISH Pirates jointhead coach Gavin Cattle believes the club’s Welsh connections are paying...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Ealing-slaying Knights target next big scalp

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Cornish Pirates v Doncaster Today. Kick-off 2.20pm, Mennaye Field THE last time Doncaster won at the Mennaye...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Ditch this miserable Cup for a real one

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ENGLISH football has the FA Cup, a gem of a tournament that connects...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Stokes wants tier two teams in Prem Cup

By PAUL REES LONDON Irish fullback James Stokes believes the Premiership Cup should be expanded to include clubs from the second...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Knights hit six after Holden’s fast start

By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster ........37pts Tries: Holden 2, Spittle 10, Margetts 24, Best 45, Dolly 70, Evans 80 Conversions: Olver 24,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

Wasps 44-8 Bristol: Wasps turn on turbos to thunder into season

WASPS made up for lost time after sitting out last weekend’s opening round with a startling performance, based on an uber...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Sirker’s debut double gets Pirates on the front foot

By MIKE SINCLAIR Cornish Pirates..33pts Tries: Bolwell 6, Duncan 22, Cant 36, Sirker 48, 52 Conversions: Robson 6, 22, 36, 52...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Channon answers SOS from Pirates

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON CORNISH PIRATES have had their SOS calls answered by Tom Channon after hooker Tom Cowan- Dickie...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Ealing have one

Jon Newcombe previews the new Championship season, a voyage into the unknown for all, including the RFU Final chance? Ealing lost...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

AMPTHILL

Head of Rugby: Mark Lavery Captain: TBC Ground: Dillingham Park Capacity: 3,000 Mo Botha has gone back as forwards coach to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Head of Rugby: Alan Paver/Gavin Cattle Captain: Nicolas De Battista Ground: Mennaye Field Capacity: 4,000 Pirates are going to be one...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

HARTPURY

Head of Rugby: John Barnes Captain: TBC Ground: Alpas Arena Capacity: 2,000 If you look at their squad and some of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 4 years ago

Aussie agents in hot pursuit of Luke Cowan-Dickie

LUKE Cowan-Dickie is on the radar of Australian NRL clubs after Eddie Jones said the Exeter hooker would make a fantastic...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Pirates captain De Battista on mission to make up for lost time

MIKE SINCLAIR NICOLAS De Battista is aiming to make a big impact this season with a new-look Cornish Pirates side after...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 4 years ago

Young Gun: Exeter Chiefs lock Cory Teague

Boasting one of the more famous surnames in the southwest quadrant of English rugby must come with some added pressure for...

By A Wood

English Championship

/ 4 years ago

Cornish Pirates 55-3 Royal Navy: Blackmore injury leaves Pirates light at hooker

NEW recruits Carwyn Penny, Callum Sirker and Caleb Montgomery made impressive debuts as the Pirates sunk the Royal Navy with an...

By The Rugby Paper Team

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/ 4 years ago

Morgan opts for Warriors coaching gig

LONG-SERVING Cornish Pirates player and coach Chris Morgan is leaving the Championship club to take a coaching role at Worcester’s academy....

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 4 years ago

National League shake-up may be on its way

Jon Newcombe provides the latest on the discussions within the new RFU think-tank

By Jon Newcombe

Features

/ 5 years ago

Room 101: Cornish Pirates wing Alex O’Meara

The Cornish Pirates winger takes us through his pet hates from the rugby world and beyond 1. Open-mouthed eaters I happen...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

Young Guns: Cornish Pirates back row Bear Williams

The new recruit at the Mennaye tells Adam Ellis how his past as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion is still present in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Maliq Holden feels at home among Doncaster Knights

Jon Newcombe discovers how the former Cornish Pirates winger discovered rugby on Cyprus

By Jon Newcombe

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

The Championship Team of the Season 2021: Ryan Burrows hits record high five

Jon Newcombe reveals the Championship Team of the Season 2021, as voted by the league's head coaches

By Jon Newcombe

Features

/ 5 years ago

Young Gun: Cornish Pirates flanker Will Gibson

Will Gibson was involved with the academy at Exeter Chiefs before heading to Cardiff Met, signing a one-year deal at Pirates...

By A Wood

Latest News

/ 5 years ago

Pirates pilfer two more

CORNISH Pirates have signed Ampthill’s former Wales U20s hooker Syd Blackmore and Wasps winger Callum Sirker on one-year deals. Sirker, 23,...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 5 years ago

Ex-Wasps wing Callum Sirker lands at Cornish Pirates

Cornish Pirates have announced the signing of former Wasps flyer Callum Sirker on a one-year deal. Sirker was released by Wasps...

By A Wood

Features

/ 5 years ago

Dream stay at Pirates delivered big break

MY LIFEIN RUGBY BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH AND FORMER BATH, NORTHAMPTON, SALE, CORNISH PIRATES, HARLEQUINS AND AMPTHILL HOOKER/FLANKER DAVE WARD...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 5 years ago

No doubt Sarries will get some abuse next season | Colin Boag

The totally unsurprising news that Saracens slaughtered Ealing Trailfinders in the two-leg Championship final doesn’t seem to have provoked the strong...

By The Rugby Paper Team