Pirates again however lost in the final, this time to London Welsh, losing 21–37 at the Mennaye and 29–20 away from home, 66–41 on aggregate. Following these highs, Pirates did not finish in the play-off places again, finishing between 6th and 9th in the subsequent seasons. They returned to the top four in the 2017–18 season, finishing 4th, however a restructure to the league for that season had seen the play-offs abolished, with 1st place being promoted to the Premiership automatically.
To be promoted to the Premiership a team must meet certain stadium requirements, and the capacity of the Mennaye Field is too small to meet these. Because of this, there have been many plans over the years for the Pirates to move into a new, larger stadium which meets these requirements to allow the Pirates to achieve their goal of promotion to the Premiership. The most concrete of these plans is the proposed Stadium for Cornwall, which would be home for both the Pirates and Truro City Football Club. [2] The Stadium For Cornwall has received funding from Cornwall Council, and is now only awaiting £3m of funding from the UK government before construction can begin, which is expected to be provided in Spring 2019.
43[a 18] Semi-finals[a 19] 2020–21 Green background stands for either league champions (with promotion) or cup winners. Blue background stands for promotion without winning league or losing cup finalists. Pink background stands for relegation. Honours[edit] Cornwall Cup winners (3): 1975–76, 1998–99, 1999–00[a 20] Cornwall & Devon champions: 1989–90 South West Division 2 champions: 1996–97[13] South West Division 1 champions: 1998–99[14] National League 3 South champions: 2001–02 National League 2 champions: 2002–03 EDF Energy National Trophy winners: 2006–07 British and Irish Cup winners: 2009–10[15] RFU Championship runners up: 2010–11, 2011–12 [16] Club records[edit] Highest attendance – 6, 487 At home to Northampton Saints on 9 September 2007 (Recreation Ground, Camborne).
Following the vote, Dicky Evans told members: "ten years ago I asked you to support me in taking this club into the professional era. At that time there were those were totally against this move, there are people that are against this latest move. However, it is my belief that we must try this venture". He expressed his personal happiness at the support expressed for the move and regarded it as a step towards a Premiership rugby club in Cornwall.
Penzance & Newlyn RFC club badge. Joe Beardshaw wins line-out ball for the Pirates against Plymouth Albion Following a highly successful 2005–06 season, (when crowds were increased and the Pirates finished 3rd in Division 1), it was decided to relocate again and over the next two seasons the Cornish Pirates played their home rugby matches at Camborne RFC's recreation ground. [1] Camborne's ground is seen as many to be the best rugby ground in Cornwall boasting a superb grandstand.
Jersey Reds v Cornish Pirates, Greene King IPA
It is hoped that the proposed move back to Truro to the proposed Stadium for Cornwall will see an upturn in the club's fortunes and bring the supporters back. Season Total Average Highest 2000–01[a 1] 11, 400 1, 140 2, 000 2001–02[a 2] 12, 400 1, 127 3, 000 2002–03[a 3] 11, 300 1, 614 2, 200 2003–04[a 4] 19, 810 2, 201 5, 100 2004–05[a 5] 24, 018 2, 002 5, 000 2005–06 36, 194 2, 784 5, 879 2006–07 38, 892 2, 593 5, 365 2007–08 52, 294 3, 486 6, 487 2008–09 44, 739 2, 983 4, 913 2009–10 42, 157 3, 011 5, 654 2010–11 39, 195 2, 450 3, 500 2011–12 36, 932 2, 308 3, 214 2012–13 20, 480 1, 862 2, 954 2013–14 21, 558 1, 797 3, 752 2014–15 16, 270 1, 479 2, 390 2015–16 15, 705 1, 428 2, 340 2016–17 16, 132 1, 467 2, 043 2017–18 16, 715 1, 520 2, 236 2018–19 20, 190 1, 835 2, 963 2019–20[a 6] 14, 372 2, 975 Season summary[edit] League National Cup(s) Other Cup(s) Competition/Level Position Points Play Offs Competition Performance 1987–88 Cornwall/Devon (8) 4th 13 1988–89 7th 10 1989–90 1st (promoted) 1990–91 Western Counties (7) 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 3rd (promoted) 14 1996–97 South West 2 West (6) 1997–98 1st (promoted)[4] 36 1998–99 South West 1 (5) 4th[5] 29 Tetley's Bitter Cup 2nd Round Cornwall Cup Winners 1999–00 1st (promoted)[6] 40 3rd Round 2000–01 National 3 South (4) 3rd 38 Semi-finals[7] 2001–02 49 Powergen Cup 2002–03 National 2 (3) 45 2003–04 National 1 (2) 10th 43[a 7] 6th Round 2004–05 85 2005–06[a 8] 90 Powergen Trophy 6th Round[8] 5th 101 EDF Energy Cup Winners[9] 91 EDF Energy Trophy 4th Round[10] 82 5th Round[11] RFU Championship (2)[a 9] 6th[a 10] 58[a 11] British & Irish Cup RFU Championship (2) 3rd[a 12] 76[a 13] Runners up Pool Stage 3rd[a 14] 74[a 15] Semi-finals 6th[a 16] 52 Quarter-finals 6th 51 8th 9th 55 4th[a 17] 67 59 RFU Championship Cup 2019–20 75.
[17] Highest average attendance (league) — 3, 486 Achieved during the 2007–08 season Current standings[edit] Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus 1 Ealing Trailfinders 12 0 528 226 302 61 2 Jersey Reds 11 407 249 158 56 3 Coventry 8 371 301 70 9 43 4 Bedford Blues 5 421 377 44 42 Doncaster Knights 7 6 335 310 25 34 Hartpury 293 325 −32 33 Cornish Pirates 250 278 −28 28 Caldy 286 364 −78 27 Nottingham 309 350 −41 24 Richmond 268 417 −149 20 Ampthill 289 −39 16 London Scottish 222 454 −232 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background Championship winners will be promoted to the Premiership, subject to minimum standards criteria. Red background will be relegated.
On 15 April 2007, the Cornish Pirates won the EDF Energy National Trophy at Twickenham for the first time in the club's history, against Exeter Chiefs. The score was 19–16. The Pirates returned to The Mennaye for the 2010–11 season and remain there to date. After the success of the 2006–07 cup win, the hope was that the club's ambition could finally be realised. This hope was hampered by the loss of Viliami Ma'asi and Alberto Di Bernardo (to Leeds), these losses were offset in some degree by the signing of Canadian international scrum half Ed Fairhurst, former England U21 centre Simon Whatling from Worcester and seasoned professional Rob Elloway from Gloucester. At first the results were not good but after the World Cup the team began to pick up and were joined by one of the stars of the tournament Tongan full back; Vunga Lilo.
Cornish Pirates - WikipediaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cornish PiratesFull namePenzance and Newlyn Rugby Football ClubUnionCornwall RFUFounded1945; 78 years agoLocationPenzance, Cornwall, EnglandGround(s)Mennaye Field (Capacity: 4, 000 (2, 200 seated))ChairmanPaul DurkinCoach(es)Gavin Cattle Alan PaverCaptain(s)Nicolas de BattistaLeague(s)RFU Championship2021–223rd Team kit Official websitewww.
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