Cornwall Girls Under 18 side picked to face Gloucestershire Girls Under 18 at Truro College on Sunday 7th December at 2 pm.
Camborne Women toast their Team of the Month Award
Introducing Cornwall RFU Women’s Team of the Month Camborne RFC.
Last evening prior to training Tanya Thomas from the CRFU met with the players, along with Josh Geary from The Cornish Wine Company to present their award.
Josh, who is one of the directors of the company has kindly offered to sponsor this award for us this season.
Due to the time of the year, the team were game to embrace the festive season and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
We wish them all the best for their future fixtures.
Congratulations on your nomination.
St. Agnes RFC are awarded Tribute team of the month
Congatulations to St. Agnes RFC who deservedly picked up the latest Trubute Team of the Month award. Top of Counties 3 Cornwall.
Presentation was made by CRFU’s Lee Maher after he had refereed their home game against Lankelly-Fowey on Saturday.
Cornwall Under 18s win opener at Hartpury
Congratulations to our Under 18s who defeated Oxfordshire Under 18s, 30-25 yesterday at Hartpury.
Report from Team Manager Paul Howard.
Cornwall U18 v Oxfordshire U18
South West Tournament (Game 1 of 3) Hartpury College – 23/11/25
This year’s campaign kicked off on Sunday with our 1 st game v Oxfordshire at Hartpury
college. This meant an early start with us leaving home just after 06:00 for our bus trip up the
M5 for a 12:00 KO.
It would be fair to say after the long trip (and some of our more interesting training sessions),
there was a little nervousness in the camp. However, after a slow start, conceding an early
try, we soon found our feet. As the work rate lifted, we started to show some fierce tackling
and great hands, allowing us to create gaps and punching holes in the Oxfordshire defence.
The forwards were getting over the gain line, and the back line were exploring opportunities
as a unit, leading us to large slices of possession, and showing off some high-class finishing.
This dominance around the park, lead us to going into half time 4 tries to 2 up.
The 2nd half started well, where the bench was emptied and started positively keeping the
momentum, ending in a good team try. However, with some unforced errors and some untidy defence on penalties, we gave away two soft tries. This led to a tight finish where we traded tries as we looked to gain the initiative again. On the final whistle, there was a sigh of relief from the spectators on a back-and-forth finish, where we just kept in front with the score 6 tries to 5.
Final Score : 30 – 25
Our next game is again at Hartpury on the 7 th Dec, before our final game at Truro RFC v
Devon on the 21 st Dec.
Team : A. Smith, H. Gay, J. Crapp, C. Frisby, O. Heyes, H. Bennetts, O. Goodwin, L.
Crannis (Capt), D. Taylor, D. Davies, M. Wilson, K. Lewis, J. Tribe, J. Andrew, B. Green, E.
Evans, J. Horner, N. Willams, C. Grenfell, B. Nicholas, F. Bulley, D. Webster, E. Richards, M.
Abbott
Tries – Wilson, Taylor, Gay, Bennetts, Lewis, Webster
Also, a special mention to our PHICIS team, Ronnie who was with us today, and Donna who
was with us in our warmup games. Thank you for looking after the boys, as I am not sure if
we have ever had a team that needed more strapping!
Coaches : P Bostock, D Pritchard, P Holman, A Lawton, M Pollard, L Bostock
Good luck to all the squad for this Sunday’s game.
Tommy Adams R.I.P.
The CRFU are saddened to hear of the passing of Tommy Adams.
We extend our sincerest condolonces to Tommy’s family and friends and to all at Camborne RFC.
The following statement was released by Camborne RFC
On behalf of the Club, it was with great sadness that we heard of the passing earlier today of Tommy Adams at the age of 60.
He was a true ‘One Club’ man serving as 1st XV captain for two seasons from 1992-94 and also winning 8 caps for Cornwall.
Tommy was not only one of the Cherry & Whites finest players but also a larger than life character known throughout the rugby world.
He was a giant of a 2nd row forward and both talisman and enforcer of the ‘Town’ pack for many years. His try scoring exploits were legendary and he was always wonderful company off the field.
Tommy faced his health challenges in later life with characteristic fortitude and humour.
Condolences to all of Tommy’s family and friends.
Martin Symons
Club Chairman
Pete Joyce appointed Clubs XV Team Manager
New Cornwall Clubs XV Team Manager and Head Coach
Cornwall RFU are delighted to announce the appointment of Pete Joyce as the Cornwall Clubs XV Team Manager and Head Coach.
Pete is incredibly well known and respected within the Cornish rugby community. His stella playing career took him to some of the top clubs in the south west, these included Cornish Pirates, Taunton and Redruth. Apart from playing for Cornwall, Pete also played for England Counties.
Over recent years Pete has built a very strong personal reputation for helping to develop players and supporting the community game. He still regularly plays at Redruth Albany.
Kevin Thomas, Chair of Representative Rugby said “The CRFU are delighted to appoint Pete into the Cornwall Clubs role. He brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience and he will provide real leadership to the Clubs XV squad”
For information: The Cornwall Clubs XV is selected from players playing at level 8 & 9 (Counties 2 Cornwall, Counties 3 Cornwall).
Community Game Update November
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| 1. IMPORTANT UPDATES Club Engagement – Have Your Say! As part of the member pledges we made earlier this year, we committed to enhancing engagement opportunities with our member clubs. We’re running local and national engagement sessions between January and April 2026 – find out how you can get involved and help shape the future of community rugby in this piece! Age Grade Updates – Prize Draws and Love Rugby! If you’ve got more age grade players than you did a year ago, there’s just a month to go to enter our age grade and girls registration prize draws! Also, find out more about our Love Rugby series for U9-U11 girls – with more than 40 events taking place between now and next summer – as well as details of the Try Love Rugby 4-week programme. How did RWC 2025 help your club? With the Women’s Rugby World Cup recently concluded, it’s been brilliant to already hear stories about how the tournament influenced interest and activity across the game. We would like to hear more about how the tournament impacted your club, from registration numbers to people trying our sport for the first time, and if you fill in the form you’ll be entered into a draw for tickets for your team to see the Red Roses play at the Allianz Stadium in April! READ ONLINE > |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Regulation 15 Update – Consultation The RFU is reviewing Regulation 15, Age Grade Rugby and would welcome the input of coaches, teachers, team managers, volunteers and more to ensure all views are considered as part of any update. England Rugby Advanced Coaching Workshop 2026-27 From 17 November the England Rugby Advanced Coaching Workshop will be open for booking via GMS. The completion of the Workshop is essential to be able to book onto Part 1 of the England Rugby Advanced Coaching Award – Developing Advanced Coaching Practice. Subject Access Requests We have been made aware that many clubs have received Subject Access Requests from members and we will be running a webinar to give clubs the information and guidance that is needed to deal with such requests. Upcoming webinars and support available for your club! Find details and registration information for our upcoming webinars and support here. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS Digital Improvement Update – Ecal is live! Ecal is widely used by elite sports teams, and now you can follow our England International teams directly through it. Even better, we’re proud to be one of the first National Governing Bodies to offer this calendar feature to the community game, covering a wide range of teams and fixtures. Saving VAT on fundraising events With Bonfire Night just come and gone clubs are reminded that they can potentially save material levels of VAT by treating certain events as fundraising events. The relief enables all income, including bar income, generated at qualifying events as exempt from VAT. Community News – monthly round-up Read this month’s roundup of the best community rugby stories – and find out how to submit your own story. READ ONLINE > |
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Penryn Ladies, Women’s Team of the Month for October
A new monthly award by the CRFU.
Women’s Team of the Month…..
Training delayed slightly this evening whilst the Women’s Team were informed that they are our Team for October.
Penryn Ladies are reguarily fielding two sides with the first team playing in NC1 South West and the second team part of the Inner Warriors league.
The award is kindly sponsored by The Cornish Wine Company represented this evening by Josh Geary one of the company Directors.
Wishing Penryn all the best for this weekend.
Looking forward to selecting next months Womens Team.
Richard Sharp – R.I.P.
It is with great sorrow that we have been informed of the passing of Cornish rugby legend Richard Sharp who passed away on 3rd November.
CRFU President, Andy Reed a fellow British & Irish Lion, expressed his sadness at the news, on behalf of the CRFU he extended his condolences to Richard’s family and many friends.
The following is by Steve Murley CRFU Chair.
It is with deep sadness that we record the passing of Richard Sharp OBE, the former England and British & Irish Lions fly-half whose fine sporting talent was matched by a quiet dignity and unwavering sportsmanship. He died on 3 November 2025 at the age of 87.
Born on 9 September 1938 in Bangalore, India, to a mining engineer father educated at the Camborne School of Mines and a mother born in Redruth, Cornwall, Richard’s early life was rooted in the South West. After the family moved to England, he was educated at Montpelier School and then at Blundell’s School in Devon, before reading at Balliol College Oxford, where he won three rugby Blues between 1958 and 1961.
From his Cornwall heritage he developed a lifelong loyalty to his home county’s sporting life, both in rugby and cricket.
Richard began his club career with Redruth RFC in Cornwall, representing the club and his county with commitment and flair. At county level he played 28 times for Cornwall between 1957 and 1966. He also played for Wasps and Bristol. He also played for the famed Barbarians RFC.
Internationally, he earned 14 caps for England between 1960 and 1967, and captained the side, most notably leading England to the 1963 Five Nations title. In 1962 he was selected for the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, playing in two Test matches.
His style on the field was celebrated for its elegance and precision — one contemporary described him as “probably the most elegant fly-half England ever had”.
Richard also made his mark in cricket representing Cornwall County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship between 1957 and 1970, qualifying as an all-round sportsman of the Duchy.
Across his many roles—clubman, county stalwart, international captain—Richard Sharp was widely admired for the manner in which he carried himself. His conduct both on and off the field was marked by humility, fairness and respect for opponents. Many in Cornwall still recall not only his brilliance at fly‐half, but his generosity of spirit, his willingness to mentor younger players, and his steadfast loyalty to his roots. He was made an O.B.E. in 1986.
Though the records seldom quantify such attributes, those who encountered him remember him as a gentleman in every sense of the word.
Richard will be remembered not simply for the tries scored, the caps won or the tours undertaken—but for the person he was: quietly assured, respectfully modest, unwavering in his support for Cornwall and his sporting communities.
His passing will be mourned by his family, his many friends in Cornish and English sport, and all who valued not only his athletic talents but his character.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and to the communities—rugby, cricket, Cornwall—that he enriched so deeply.
The funeral of Richard Sharp took place on Monday December 8th at Penmount. Former England captain and British & Irish Lion Budge Rogers gave the eulogy. The CRFU were represented by President Andy Reed and Chair Steve Murley.
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