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2010–11 Cornish Pirates season

The 2010–11 season is the Cornish Pirates eighth season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their second in the British and Irish Cup.

2010–11 Cornish Pirates Rugby season
Nickname(s)The Pirates
Founded1945
LocationPenzance, Cornwall
Ground(s)Mennaye Field (Capacity: 3500)
Coach(es)Chris Stirling, Harvey Biljon and Ian Davies
Captain(s)Gavan Cattle
Top scorer366 England Rob Cook (League only)
Most tries12 England Phil Burgess (League only)
League(s)RFU Championship
2010–11Third and Finalists
Official website
cornish-pirates.com

Pre–season friendlies edit

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Ref
1 14 August Gwent Dragons H L 11 – 27 2110 [1]
2 22 August Exeter Chiefs A L 14 – 22 2280 [2]
3 5 March Exeter Chiefs XV H W 43 – 19 990 [3]

RFU Championship edit

Stage one matches edit

Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 4 September 2010 and completed by Saturday 19 February 2011. Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away with the top eight teams qualifying for the promotion play–offs and bottom four play in the relegation play–off.

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Ref
1 29 August Doncaster Knights H W 30 – 14 2232 [4]
2 5 September London Welsh H W 22 – 3 2047 [5]
3 11 September Moseley A D 26 – 26 751 [6]
4 19 September Birmingham & Solihull H W 32 – 15 1672 [7]
5 26 September Bristol A L 7 – 21 4379 [8]
6 3 October Plymouth Albion H W 46 – 13 2439 [9]
7 9 October Bedford A L 25 – 32 3243 [10]
8 17 October Rotherham Titans H W 40 – 15 1982 [11]
9 22 October Worcester Warriors A W 23 – 21 6928 [12]
10 31 October Esher H W 54 – 6 1767 [13]
11 7 November Nottingham A W 36 – 10 1637 [14]
12 14 November London Welsh A L 16 – 23 1250
13 21 November Moseley H W 50 – 7 1854 [15]
28 November Birmingham & Solihull A P – P [16]
14 5 December Bristol H W 16 – 6 2253 [17]
15 15 December Birmingham & Solihull A W 61 – 28 407 [18]
26 December Plymouth Albion A P – P
16 2 January Bedford Blues H W 23 – 13 3051 [19]
17 8 January Rotherham Titans A L 18 – 19 1067 [20]
18 12 January Plymouth Albion A W 10 – 6 2512 [21]
19 30 January Worcester Warriors H L 30 – 33 1976 [22]
20 5 February Esher A L 12 – 13 1338 [23]
21 13 February Nottingham H W 40 – 0 2486 [24]
22 19 February Doncaster Knights A W 16 – 13 1091 [25]

Stage one league table edit

This section is transcluded from 2010–11 RFU Championship#Stage 1 league table. (edit | history)
2010–11 RFU Championship table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD BP Pts Qualification
1 Worcester Warriors (P) 22 21 0 1 770 382 +388 17 101 Promotion playoff
2 Bedford Blues (S) 22 17 0 5 662 375 +287 14 82
3 Cornish Pirates (F) 22 15 1 6 633 337 +296 14 76
4 London Welsh (S) 22 14 0 8 575 429 +146 12 68
5 Nottingham 22 12 0 10 647 556 +91 16 64
6 Doncaster Knights 22 9 0 13 572 576 −4 15 51
7 Rotherham Titans 22 10 0 12 435 553 −118 7 47
8 Bristol 22 8 1 13 468 540 −72 7 41
9 Esher 22 7 1 14 406 651 −245 8 38 Relegation playoff
10 Plymouth Albion 22 6 2 14 365 500 −135 8 36
11 Moseley 22 5 3 14 382 667 −285 3 29
12 Birmingham & Solihull (R) 22 4 0 18 397 746 −349 6 22
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    (F) Promotion play-off finals; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (S) Promotion play-off semi-finals

Stage two matches edit

Stage two was a programme of six matches starting on Saturday 12 March 2011 and completed by Saturday 16 April 2011. Each team played three matches at home and three away with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the semi–finals.

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Ref
1 13 March Doncaster Knights H W 33 – 25 2185 [26]
2 20 March Bedford Blues A W 31 – 18 2725 [27]
3 27 March Rotherham Titans H W 64 – 17 2285 [28]
4 2 April Rotherham Titans A W 24 – 16 1026 [29]
5 10 April Bedford Blues H W 33 – 22 2985 [30]
6 16 April Doncaster Knights A W 27 – 24 1173 [31]

Stage two league table edit

This section is transcluded from 2010–11 RFU Championship#Group B (Promotion). (edit | history)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B + Pts
1 Cornish Pirates 6 6 0 0 215 119 +96 3 2 29
2 Bedford Blues 6 3 0 3 226 147 +79 4 3 19
3 Doncaster Knights 6 3 0 3 181 154 +27 5 1 18
4 Rotherham Titans 6 0 0 6 110 312 −202 1 0 1
Source: [citation needed]

Semi-finals edit

1 May 2011
17:45
Cornish Pirates  18 - 10  London Welsh
Try: Cattle 62'c, McAtee 76'm
Con: Cook (1/2)
Pen: Cook 12', 69' (2)		ReportTry: Corker 16'c
Con: Ross (1/1)
Pen: Ross 9' (1)
Mennaye Field, Penzance
Attendance: 3,001
Referee: David Rose
FB 15   Rob Cook
RW 14   Nick Jackson
OC 13   Matt Hopper
IC 12   Tom Luke   60'
LW 11   Rhodri McAtee
FH 10   Johnny Bentley
SH 9   Gavin Cattle (c)
N8 8   Laurie McGlone
OF 7   Sam Betty   10' to 20'   51'
BF 6   Chris Morgan
RL 5   Ben Gulliver   60'
LL 4   Mike Myerscough
TP 3   Alan Paver   45'
HK 2   Dave Ward   58'
LP 1   Paul Andrew
Replacements:
PR 16   Carl Rimmer   45'
HK 17   Rob Elloway   58'
FL 18   Phil Burgess   51'
N8 19   Kyle Marriott   60'
CE 20   Steve Winn
CE 21   Drew Locke   60'
SH 22   James Doherty
Coach:   Chris Stirling
FB 15   Aled Thomas   56'
RW 14   Liam Gibson
OC 13   Hudson Tongaʻuiha
IC 12   Simon Whatling
LW 11   Errie Claassens   40'
FH 10   Gordon Ross
SH 9   Robert Lewis   68'
N8 8   Ben Russell   47'   55'   58'
OF 7   Michael Hills
BF 6   Jonathan Mills (c)
RL 5   Matt Corker
LL 4   Mike Powell   51'
TP 3   Lorne Ward
HK 2   Viliami Ma'asi   78'
LP 1   Shawn Pittman   45' to 55'
Replacements:
HK 16   Saul Nelson   78'
PR 17   Max Lahiff   47'   55'
LK 18   Martin Purdy   51'
N8 19   Lee Beach   58'
SH 20   Ben Stevenson   68'
CE 20   Dominic Shabbo   56'
WG 22   Marland Yarde   40'
Coach:   Phil Greening

Touch judges:
  Steve Leyshon
  Peter Parker-Sedgemore
Television match official:
  Geoff Warren

Final edit

11 May 2011
19:45
Cornish Pirates  12 - 21  Worcester Warriors
Pen: Cook 21', 38', 57', 69' (4)ReportTry: Benjamin 5'm, Goode 30'c
Con: Goode (1/2)
Pen: Goode 18', 39', 54' (3)
Mennaye Field, Penzance
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Martin Fox
FB 15   Rob Cook
RW 14   Wes Davies   63'
OC 13   Matt Hopper
IC 12   Tom Luke   54'
LW 11   Rhodri McAtee
FH 10   Johnny Bentley
SH 9   Gavin Cattle (c)
N8 8   Laurie McGlone   69'
OF 7   Phil Burgess
BF 6   Chris Morgan
RL 5   Mike Myerscough
LL 4   Ian Nimmo
TP 3   Alan Paver   69'
HK 2   Dave Ward   75'
LP 1   Paul Andrew   63'
Replacements:
PR 16   Ryan Storer   63'
HK 17   Rob Elloway   63'
PR 18   Carl Rimmer   69'
FL 19   Tyrone Holmes   75'
N8 20   Kyle Marriott   69'
CE 21   Drew Locke   54'
SH 22   James Doherty
Coach:   Chris Stirling
FB 15   Chris Pennell (c)
RW 14   Marcel Garvey
OC 13   Alex Crockett   57'
IC 12   Dale Rasmussen
LW 11   Miles Benjamin
FH 10   Andy Goode   75'
SH 9   Jonny Arr
N8 8   Kai Horstmann
OF 7   Jake Abbott
BF 6   Neil Best   56' to 66'   66'
RL 5   Craig Gillies
LL 4   Greg Rawlinson   61'
TP 3   Tevita Taumoepeau   61'
HK 2   Chris Fortey   54'
LP 1   Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16   Aleki Lutui   54'
PR 17   Bruce Douglas   61'
LK 18   Graham Kitchener   61'
N8 19   Adam Balding   66'
SH 20   Ollie Frost
FH 21   Joe Carlisle   75'
CE 22   Alex Grove   57'
Coach:   Richard Hill

Touch judges:
  Gareth Copsey
  Chris Sharp
Television match official:
  Steve Leyshon

18 May 2011
19:45
Worcester Warriors  25 - 20  Cornish Pirates
Try: Garvey 12'c, Benjamin 43'c, Goode 46'm
Con: Goode (2/3)
Pen: Goode 6' (1)
Drop: Goode 21' (1)		ReportTry: Locke 53'c, Penalty try 74'c
Con: Cook (2/2)
Pen: Cook 2', 35' (2)
Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 12,024
Referee: JP Doyle
FB 15   Chris Pennell (c)
RW 14   Marcel Garvey   79'
OC 13   Alex Grove
IC 12   Dale Rasmussen   70'
LW 11   Miles Benjamin
FH 10   Andy Goode   70'
SH 9   Jonny Arr
N8 8   Kai Horstmann
OF 7   Jake Abbott
BF 6   Neil Best   72' to 80'
RL 5   Craig Gillies
LL 4   Greg Rawlinson   70'
TP 3   Tevita Taumoepeau   75'
HK 2   Chris Fortey   33'
LP 1   Adam Black
Replacements:
HK 16   Aleki Lutui   33'
PR 17   Bruce Douglas   75'
LK 18   Graham Kitchener   70'
N8 19   Adam Balding
SH 20   Ollie Frost   79'
FH 21   Joe Carlisle   70'
CE 22   Alex Crockett   70'
Coach:   Richard Hill
FB 15   Rob Cook
RW 14   Nick Jackson
OC 13   Matt Hopper
IC 12   Drew Locke
LW 11   Rhodri McAtee   40'
FH 10   Johnny Bentley
SH 9   Gavin Cattle (c)   62'
N8 8   Kyle Marriott
OF 7   Phil Burgess   50'
BF 6   Chris Morgan
RL 5   Mike Myerscough
LL 4   Laurie McGlone   58'
TP 3   Carl Rimmer   62'
HK 2   Rob Elloway   58'
LP 1   Ryan Storer   58'
Replacements:
PR 16   Paul Andrew   58'
HK 17   Dave Ward   58'
PR 18   Alan Paver   62'
LK 19   Ian Nimmo   58'
FL 20   Sam Betty   50'
CE 21   Tom Luke   40'
SH 22   James Doherty   62'
Coach:   Chris Stirling

Touch judges:
  Gareth Copsey
  Chris Sharp
Television match official:
  Steve Leyshon

British and Irish Cup edit

Main article: 2010–11 British and Irish Cup

Pool A matches edit

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Ref
1 11 December Currie H W 54–31 923

[32]

2 19 December Leinster A H W 43–12 2026

[33]

3 16 January Plymouth Albion H W 34–3 2207

[34]

4 21 January Newport A L 32–34 697

[35]

5 26 February Worcester Warriors A L 12–28 4042

[36]

  • Match v Currie was originally due to be played at Malleny Park, Currie but moved to the Mennaye because of the freezing weather in Scotland.

Pool A table edit

Main article: 2010–11 British and Irish Cup § Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T TB LB Pts
1   Worcester Warriors 5 4 0 1 175 87 +88 22 3 0 19
2   Leinster A 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 18 3 0 19
3   Cornish Pirates 5 3 0 2 175 108 +67 23 4 1 17
4   Newport 5 3 0 2 121 159 −38 16 3 1 16
5   Plymouth Albion 5 1 0 4 76 144 −68 9 1 0 5
6   Currie 5 0 0 5 104 174 −70 11 0 2 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification:
  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
  • 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Coaching staff edit

  • High Performance Manager - Chris Stirling
  • Forwards coach – Ian Davies
  • Backs coach – Harvey Biljon
  • Strength and conditioning coach – Simon Raynes[37]

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

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