Cornish Pirates v Royal Navy Anniversary Celebration Fixture Friday 14th March 2025 Mennaye Field Penzance
Kick Off 19:30
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Backrower Alex Everett - back to fitness - will captain the Pirates team, whilst the bench includes several trialists. They are Kiwi hooker Dylan Irvine, young Cornish prop Ben Woodmansey, UK-born lock/flanker Mike Etete, and Irish back Sam Cahill.
Cornish Pirates : 15. Iwan Price-Thomas 14 Arthur Relton 13 Matt McNab 12 Charlie McCaig 11 Will Trewin 10 Iwan Jenkins 9 Dan Hiscocks 1 Billy Young 2 Sol Moody 3 Ollie Andrews 4 Charlie Rice 5 Josh King 6 Matt Cannon 7 Alex Everett (captain) 8 Tomiwa Agbongbon.
Replacements: Dylan Irvine, Oisin Michel, James French, Ben Woodmansey Mike Etete, Alfie Bell, Barnaby Elderkin, Fintan Coleman Milo Hallam, Cam Jones, Bruce Houston Chester Ribbons, Sam Cahill, Harry Hocking.
Match Officials Referee: Jamie Parr Assistants: Iain Kiy & Kevin Williams Official 4: Will Williams
Pirates 54 Royal Navy 14
A very useful run out against a well drilled, committed Navy side who played their part in an entertaining game.
Although the Navy had the better of the first half they only had 7 points to show for their efforts against a resolute pirates defence who led at the break 21-7.
The pirates playing with more tempo and cohesion gradually pulled away in the 2nd half and finished worthy winners.
The navy will be happy with their efforts ahead of their inter services matches against the army and air force.
The pirates will have been glad to get some competitive game time before next week's return to league action against London Scottish where they will need to put in an eighty minute performance.
Agree it was entertaining and a very useful run out for the team. The only downside was a nasty looking injury to Iwan Price-Thomas. Hope he recovers quickly.
Well done Pirates and a big thank you to the Royal Navy assisting the players get some match practise. Will be glad next week when the players get back to playing a more competitive match. These breaks are far to long.
wigston pirate Well done Pirates and a big thank you to the Royal Navy assisting the players get some match practise. Will be glad next week when the players get back to playing a more competitive match. These breaks are far to long.
Agree Wigston. The format of the season is hopeless. Weeks on end without rugby for all the teams not involved in the latter stages of the cup, then five games in May. Crazy.
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