Cornwall RFU President’s XV chosen to play the Royal Navy Under 23s next Wednesday 29th October at Tregorrick Park, St. Austell RFC, kick-off 7:30 pm.
Ground entrance £5, under 16 free.
Clubhouse and food outlets open.
Financial AGM
The CRFU’s Financial AGM will be held on Wednesday 22nd October 7pm at Camborne RFC.
Agenda and accounts have been sent out to clubs ahead of the meeting.
Paladin On-line Shop Open
Please link below for the Winter online shop and attached online breakdown for the supporters
This store includes a puffer jacket and “dry robe”, ¾ length jacket
See time line above for your orders.
Community Game Update October
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| 1. IMPORTANT UPDATES Don’t miss the chance to have your say on competitions Following our tour of the country last season, we’ve been working hard to ensure everyone in the game has the opportunity to engage and help shape the game. The next opportunity will be on the topic of competitions, taking place in October. Find out more in this section. Try Love Rugby Following the success of the Red Roses and the Rugby World Cup, now is the perfect time to inspire more girls to give rugby a try. Try Love Rugby: 4 Week Intro is a programme that focuses on introducing girls to rugby in a supportive, all-girl environment. Age Grade Updates – Registration & Playing Out of Age Grade Make sure your age grade players are registered to play rugby, find out how you can win prizes for your club and re-familiarise yourself with the playing out of age grade rules in this section. READ ONLINE > |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Registrations for the Volunteer Area at Quilter Nations Series Volunteers who already have tickets to an England home match at Allianz Stadium can register for up to four places in the volunteer area pre-match, find out how to do so in this piece. Female health resources and projects Check out the updates to the resources available for all players, coaches, match officials and club volunteers in the female game, from toolkits to workshops. 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 Bonfire night events – Public Liability Insurance As bonfire night approaches, it’s reassuring to know that affiliated clubs are protected under the RFU’s Public Liability cover, as long as you are able to comply with the insurers risk management conditions, details of which can be found in this section. 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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Coaching Development Day success
On October 12, 2025, the CRFU hosted its annual Coaching Development Day, with mini and Junior rugby in Cornwall paused to support coaches in taking the opportunity to participate in activities that would support their development.
Over 60 coaches from 21 clubs participated in a variety of activities, which included coaching clinics led by Cornish Coaching Legends Graham Dawe and Graham Whitmore.
The one-stop development day offered courses, featuring Wayne Reed and Gemma Carnegie delivering RFU-accredited sessions on first contact, kicking, catching, and passing throughout the day. 121 GMS workshops were conducted by Ian Renard, and a Play it Safe safeguarding course was run by Paula Rowe, along with a first aid course.
As a county, we believe that great coaches make great players, and the aim of creating events like today is to encourage coaches to collaborate, share ideas, and continue their own development, thereby providing the best quality coaching to their age groups.
CRFU President back at Camborne
CRFU President Andy Reed attended Camborne’s last home game against Lymm RFC in National League 2 West.
Whilst he was at Crane Park, Andy was delighted to present Camborne RFC with a plaque which acknowledged the club having nurtured a British & Irish Lion, namely Andy himself.
Also attending was Dave Saunter Cornwall Clubs Rep to the RFU Council.
Picture by Steve Monk
Cornwall President’s XV v Royal Navy U.23
Cornwall President’s XV will play the Royal Navy Under 23s at St. Austell RFC on Wednesday 29th October 7:30 pm. Gate entry £5, Under 16s free.
Community Game Update: RWC Edition
| CELEBRATE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2025 WITH RUGBYFEST The Rugby World Cup may be coming to an end, but the celebrations don’t have to stop there! We’re inviting clubs across the country to join in RugbyFest – a nationwide weekend of rugby fun and community spirit taking place from Friday 3 October to Monday 6 October. Your RugbyFest can be anything you want it to be – a festival, tournament, open training session, social event, Home Fixture, or even something completely unique. The only rule? Make it a celebration of rugby and the World Cup! Already planning something that weekend?  Add your event to the England Rugby Find Rugby page so new players & supporters can get involved. By adding your event to findrugby.com, it will be included in our national campaign directing people to your event.Let’s make RugbyFest a weekend to remember!  |
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Introducing our new Rep of Cornish Clubs on RFU Council
Cornwall RFU would like to introduce David Saunter as our representative on the England Rugby Football Union Council.
For those of you who have not worked alongside Dave or had the privilege of meeting him, below is a little backstory.
Inspired by his PE teacher at secondary school, Dave has been involved in rugby for 50 years both on the field and off.
As a player at Bodmin RFC he is proud to have made over 1000 appearances in a club shirt. Off the field he has been on the Club Committee since 1988. He has held many offices and at present he is a trustee of the Club.
Whilst playing and since retiring he has also been a referee. When a little fitter, he was happy at level 7, now does any level match given, helping with the youth and women’s matches on a Sunday.
Driven to promote and support the community game Dave joined the CRFU Management Board as Chair of Youth and Education.
For the last five years he has been our County Chairman. A great believer in “change is good and not to give into stagnation” he has now handed this role to his successor.
Last season he was also Team Manager for the Cornwall Women’s team.
On a personal note, Dave is married to Jenny and has two grown up children.
Dave is very proud to have been elected on to the ERFU Council on behalf of the CRFU.
Contact Details:
Mobile: 07554010480
Please disseminate this information to your clubs and update your records accordingly. Many thanks in advance.
CRFU grateful for Army support
Attending this year’s Trelawny’s Army AGM CRFU Chair Steve Murley accepted a cheque for £600 in respect of colts rugby for the forthcoming season. The CRFU appreciate the ongoing support from Trelawny’s Army Supporters Club of the Colts finals day at the end of the season, as well as the other generous support they provide over the course of the year at various level CRFU officials were on hand to assist in the presentation of the various player awards made by TASC
Also present on the evening were CRFU Officers, Kevin and Tanya Thomas.
