Rugby Football Union
This Sunday, 1st March, Cornwall Under 17s will play Dorset & Wilts Under 17s at Callywith College, Bodmin.
There will be two games played with the first game kicking off at 12:30 pm.
The selected squad is listed below.
Saturday 22nd February sees various semi-finals in the Tribute CRFU Cups.
Tribute Cornwall Clubs Cup
St. Agnes v Hayle
Camborne School of Mines v Newquay Hornets (this fixture will be played as a double-header on Saturday 21-3-20
Tribute Cornwall Clubs Plate
Lankelly-Fowey v St. Just
Bodmin v Illogan Park
Tribute Cornwall Clubs Vase
Helston v Roseland
Perranporth v Stithians
Tribute Cornwall Clubs Shield Final (to be played on Finals day)
Camelford v Redruth Albany
Tribute Duchy Cup
Launceston II v Camborne II
Redruth II v Wadebridge Camels II
Tribute Duchy Plate
St. Austell II v Bodmin II
Falmouth II v Bude II
Tribute Duchy Vase Final (to be played on Finals day)
Veor II v Penryn II
Everyone connected with Cornwall RFU and the wider Cornish rugby family will wish to join us in wishing former Cornwall captain Graham Bate a very happy 80th Birthday.
We were contacted by Graham’s family, who were looking to put together some of Graham’s rugby memories ahead of the big day, but couldn’t locate his county cap.
Graham, who played for Penryn and Falmouth and was an England trialist, played on 64 occasions for Cornwall, famously captaining the side in the 1969 County Final lost to Lancashire at Redruth.
The CRFU were happy to oblige and furnish the family with brand new cap to mark the occasion.
By all accounts a great day was had by Graham, his family and many rugby friends.
We are delighted to announce that Man Down Cornwall has been chosen as our charity to support during 2020.
The announcement was made at the Cornwall team get-together held at the Eden Project on Sunday 9th February.
In addition we will also be supporting Wooden Spoon during 2020.
We look forward to raising as much as possible during the year for these worthy causes.
Subsequent to an earlier post made on 23rd January, it is evident that some clubs are still not following the format as detailed below;
The other great news is that the groups will have a conclusion top 4 will play each other on 18th April 1v4, 2v3 with final for each group on 25th April, highest placed finalist in each group will host.
Dave Saunter
Chairman Cornwall RFU
Dates for the selected players;
Monday 17th Feb: Training at Callywith College, Bodmin, PL31 2GT (Meet at 1800)
Sunday 23rd Feb: Trial match at Callywith College, Bodmin, PL31 2GT (Meet at 1130 for a 1230 Kick Off).
Selected Players
The County U15 selection process has been ongoing by watching club/school games, plus the satellite/DPP sessions and the festivals.
However, in the interests of being open and transparent we are asking for nominations from club/school coaches of players who are not currently part of the DPP/skills programme but feel are of the ability of County/Academy standard.
Clubs/schools as a guide should not be nominating players en mass and should be directed to the standard of County/Academy and are not currently part of our DPP/Skills programme. Hope that makes sense and please could nominations be sent to richsiveter@hotmail.com
Luke Cowan-Dickie was today named in Eddie Jones England squad for the 2020 Nations.
Sadly, Jack Nowell was not named in the squad as he has to undergo an ankle operation.
Cornwall RFU are saddened to learn of the passing of former county player Paddy Bradley (Redruth).
Paddy played for Cornwall between 1957-58 on the wing.
A well know authority, author on Cornish life, Paddy amassed a very large collection of photographs depicting various aspects of Cornish Life, notably rugby. He was a bard of the Cornish Gorsedh.
Cornwall RFU wish to express their condolences to family and friends.
The funeral will take place on Friday 24th January at St. Stephen’s Church, Treleigh at 1 pm.
