Good luck to our Girls Under 18 side playing up in Gloucestershire tomorrow.
Cornwall Under 18’s side to face Dorset & Wilts – result
Cornwall Under 18s play their opening fixture in this season’s County Championship when they face Dorset & Wilts this Sunday at Hartpury College.
We wish the team the very best for this season’s campaign.
UPDATE – Cornwall Under 18’s win 20 – 15, congratulations guys.
Tamar Cup date announced
Tamar Cup 2024/25
Cornwall RFU are pleased to announce that this seasons Tamar Cup will be played on Easter Saturday 19th April 2025 KO 1400 Venue TBC. This is a departure from the traditional mid week fixture and is being played much closer to the start of the County Championship campaign.
We hope that this new approach will enable and encourage Cornish supporters to get right behind the team over the Easter break. We hope to confirm the venue in the next couple of weeks.
CRFU Appoint new Senior XV Backs Coach
CRFU President Andy Reed and CRFU Chairman Steve Murley welcome Mal Roberts into his new role as Mens Senior XV Backs coach.
Cornwall Head Coach Graham Dawe said “I’m delighted that Mal has agreed to join our coaching team; our main focus continues to be the County Championship and I’m looking forward to working with Mal as we start to plan ahead of the Championship campaign”
Mal started his rugby career at Illogan Park, his playing journey took him to Truro, Newbury, Cornish All Blacks and Weston Super Mare. From a Representative Rugby perspective Mal played for Cornwall, England Counties, Barbarians, British Army and Combined Services.
He has coached at a number of Clubs in addition to holding a number of roles with the British Army and Combined Services. Mal was appointed as the British Army Head Coach in 2020.
County Championship Fixtures Released
The RFU have recently released County Championship fixtures for our
Men, Women and U20 Teams. There are some mouth watering clashes there
with both our Men and Women playing double Championship winners in
their respective groups. We are working hard behind the scenes to
arrange additional games with potentially some exciting fixtures. As
soon as we have confirmations will be releasing further details
Our mens team kick off their campaign with a home game against
reigning champions Kent who will no doubt be determined to win their
third consecutive title. Cornwall and Kent have won the past 4 County
Championships so this promises to be a titanic encounter. Our final
group game is at Hampshire who will be keen to avenge the defeat at
Redruth last season.
Our Women, semi-finalists last season in their County Championship
Division 2, begin with an away game against reigning two-times County
Champions Hampshire.They then have two home games, the first against
Gloucestershire while the final group game is a fantastic contest
against our friends from the other side of the Tamar, Devon.
Our U20s begin their games at the end of March at home against
Gloucestershire before travelling to play Devon and completing their
group stage with a home game against Somerset.
We will post details of where matches are played as soon as we can, so
you can come along and support your Cornish teams.
Steve Murley
Chairman Cornwall RFU
Bill Beaumont Cup Division 1
Sat 24th May, Cornwall v Kent
Sat 31st May, Hampshire v Cornwall
Gill Burns Cup Division 2
Sun 18th May, Hampshire Women v Cornwall Women
Sun 25th May, Cornwall Women v Gloucestershire Women
Sun 1st Jun, Cornwall Women v Devon Women
Jason Leonard Cup Under 20s County Championship (dates tbc)
29th Mar, Cornwall Under 20 v Gloucestershire Under 20
26th Apr, Devon Under 20 v Cornwall Under 20 (Brunel Cup)
10th May, Cornwall Under 20 v Somerset Under 20
Sun 25th May, Divisional Finals
Note. Finals weekend at Twickenham is the 21/22 June.
Proposed County Deaf XV
For further information please contact Daubroy Delahunty.
Cornwall Under 18’s Girls Squad
Congratulations to all the girls selected for this season’s Under 18’s squad. You have all come through a tough selection process. To those girls who didn’t make it, commiserations, along with best wishes on your rugby journey.
The squad can now look forward to their programme of matches against Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset.
Community Game Update – November
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| 1. ACTION REQUIRED Age Grade Registration – 45 Days Regulation Reminder We have now reached 162,000 registered age grade players. Registering all club age grade players each season is an important regulation of our sport and must be done within 45 days of the start of their playing season. International Ticket Allocations – Upload Your Fixture Data All fixtures for your club this season need to be uploaded to GMS by 23 May 2025 to give you an accurate international ticket allocation next summer. Lower XV & 1st Team Entries Open Reminder Applications for entry are now open for teams not currently in the RFU Leagues for the 2025-26 season. Men’s Papa Johns Community Cup Entries are open A reminder to all Men’s RFU Leagues clubs that the entries for the Papa Johns Men’s Community Cups are open for 1st XVs. Mascot Opportunities at England Matches For each England Test at Allianz Stadium, we have a very limited number of opportunities for community mascots. These opportunities are for children aged between 5 and 11, who face big challenges or who have made a real difference. READ ONLINE > |
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| 2. ACTION IF OF INTEREST Volunteer Recruitment Programme Apply for funding and access a range of resources, to help plan and deliver a volunteer recruitment activity. England Rugby Director of Rugby Course 24/25 The Director of Rugby Course for 2025/26 is open for interested individuals to register their expressions of interest. England Rugby Advanced Coaching Workshop 2025-26 From 18th 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. New Emergency First Aid in Rugby Union (EFARU) CPD Module Series This series is designed to give Emergency First Aiders (EFAs) a refresher of the skills and information provided in the face-to-face EFARU course. Access the first module now. Upcoming webinars & support available for your club! Find details and registration information for our upcoming webinars and support here. |
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| 3. FOR AWARENESS Club Safeguarding Audit The annual Club Safeguarding Audit deadline has now passed. Find out the next steps for clubs in this section. The Rugby Club Business Network (RCBN) Find out more and join the RCBN, a group created just over 12 months ago with the aim of bringing together individuals from clubs across the country to help with the business of running a community rugby club. T1 Rugby resources for Schools There is a comprehensive package of resources, designed by teachers for teachers, to help anyone—regardless of prior knowledge or experience—to deliver T1 Rugby with confidence. Find them in this section. Club Health Check Tool The Club Health Check tool is designed to help you evaluate the current state of your club, is easy to use and available at any stage of the season. Find out more and access it 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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Simon Ferguson takes up Diversity and Inclusion role
Introduction to New Diversity & Inclusivity Lead
In Simons words:
Simon Ferguson is a broken-down Tighthead, who still occasionally get his boots on for
Redruth Albany, for which he also has the honour of being club president. He moved to
the Duchy eight years ago from Gloucestershire, where his daughter still lives.
He had the good fortune to meet a Cornish maid, who he married in Newquay as one of
the first marriages in the Duchy coming out of Covid. It was to the benefit of both bride
and guests that he was required to wear a mask during much of the ceremony!
Simon is an Army Veteran who also served for a time with the Police, before moving into
social care, via some time with Royal Mail. During his time in the third sector, he
developed an appreciation of the importance of diversity and inclusion. In recognising
that the skills and experiences of people from different backgrounds add to the strength
and richness of our society, Simon took up the opportunity to advocate for some of the
most vulnerable and became an apprentice Social Worker with the local authority. He
was recently awarded a BA (Hons) in Social Work, gaining it a mere 30 years after he
first thought about going to university!
Welcome to the CRFU Management Board Simon, we look forward to working and supporting you in your new role.
Cornwall Under 18 double delight in Bristol
Cornwall Under 18 Boys travelled to Bristol to play a couple of matches today.
The results;
Cornwall U.18, 28 – 12 Gloucestershire U.18
Cornwall U.18. 15 – 10 Somerset U.18
Congratulations to the lads.
