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Cornish Pirates 52

Hartpury RFC 26

15 May, 2021

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League / Cup

Greene King IPA Championship Rd 9

Stadium

The Mennaye

Attendance

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Martin 'Woll' Woollatt

A season like no other at the Mennaye concluded in emphatic style, as the Cornish Pirates rattled in eight tries against a Hartpury side – whose combative spirit, enabled a try bonus point at the game’s conclusion.

In truth – as a contest – the tie was as good as over well before half time. And this – after a lively start from the men from Gloucestershire – had the hosts sufficiently rattled in the opening ten minutes. Ben Foley’s unconverted try in only the second minute was no flash in the pan – and with Pirates’ hooker, Cowan-Dickie hving to leave the field after an injury in the build up – it’s fair to say there were concerned looks within the home camp.

Enter Frosty – whose introduction signalled a whirlwind from the front row man from the get-go – and a change in fortunes for the hosts. Albeit with some strokes of good fortune initially – before the good stuff finally clicked and stuck. Arwell Robson’s presence at fly half playing a major part in this to gain the Pirates good ground and/or go forward at the requisite moments.

A penalty try and a 60m intercept score for O’Meara in the space of five minutes created the necessary platform. Which prompted the Pack to announce themselves in some style, to swing the balance of the game beyond any doubt – and trigger a try scoring contest between Duncan & Frost in the process.

Dunks was the first off the mark, with a catch and drive from 5m out in the 26th minute. Three minutes later and it was de ja vu – all over again in the Clubhouse Corner – this time with Frosty emerging from under a pile of red shirts. 1-1 and no need for the TV coverage to show a replay – we’d just had it.
Bonus point sealed and the Pirates were looking rampant – with time for Frosty to repeat his exploit in the Scoreboard Corner this time. 2-1 to Dan…but not for long. A late equaliser from Dunks levelled things – with a 40-5 half time scoreline to boot.

Hartpury’s half time roasting appeared to have the desired effect – as the visitors emerged and began the second period in a mirror image of the first. Fly half Bragman bagging all seven points as reward. It wasn’t to last.

Those ‘Two’ were still intent on upstaging the other try wise – bagging another dot down each in the 53rd & 63rd minutes, respectively. 3-3. And thus it stood with the pair settling for the draw and shared honours at try of the match time.
Meanwhile – Haydn King quietly went about his business in style until his shift was done – to bag the main prize of MoM. Who says props can’t have some fun too?

Hartpury though were not done for the day. Late tries for Smith & Goatley were well earned – and at least gave the consolation of a bonus point of their own, to take back up the M5.

A weekend off then for the Pirates – who then finish their season as they began it – with a fixture against Jersey Reds, the week after. This time on the island. And with a live crowd.

Roll on Pre-season…..

Match Officials

Referee:

Alex Thomas

AR1:

James Milliner-Woodcock

AR2:

Nick Marshall

No:4:

Kevin Williams

The Line Ups

Cornish Pirates Starting 15

15

Tommy Wyatt

14

Alex O'Meara

( 23

Joe Elderkin)

53

13

Rory Parata

12

Will Butler

11

Maliq Holden

10

Arwel Robson

( 22

Will Cargill)

63

9

JB Bruzulier

( 21

Rhodri Davies)

40

1

Hayden King

( 17

Marlen Walker)

72

2

Tom Cowan Dickie

( 16

Dan Frost)

3

3

Jay Tyack

( 18

Sam Rodman)

40

4

Josh Caulfield

( 19

Fa'atiga Lemalu)

63

5

Danny Cutmore

6

Matt Bolwell

7

Antonio Kiri Kiri

( 20

Paddy Ryan)

53

8

Tom Duncan (c)

Substitutes

16

Dan Frost

17

Marlen Walker

18

Sam Rodman

19

Fa'atiga Lemalu

20

Paddy Ryan

21

Rhodri Davies

22

Will Cargill

23

Joe Elderkin

Tries

Penalty TRY

12

Alex O'Meara

17

Tom Duncan

26

Dan Frost

29

Dan Frost

34

Tom Duncan

39

Dan Frost

53

Tom Duncan

63

Conversions

Arwel Robson

18

Arwel Robson

27

Arwel Robson

30

Arwel Robson

40

Arwel Robson

64

Hartpury RFC Starting 15

15

George Simpson

14

Sam Goatley

13

Robbie Smith

12

James Williams

11

Ben Foley

( 21

Matty Jones)

53

10

Joshua Bragman

( 22

Luke Eves)

79

9

Oscar Lennon

( 23

Ervin Muric)

63

1

Olly Adkins

( 17

Ashley Challenger)

67

2

Will Crane (c)

( 16

Luke Stratford)

51

3

Mitchell Walsh

( 18

Ciaran Knight)

40

4

Dale Lemon

( 19

Ehize Ehizode)

53

5

Arthur Clark

6

Joe Howard

7

Will Safe

( 20

Morgan Monks)

74

8

Ian Grieve

Substitutes

16

Luke Stratford

17

Ashley Challenger

18

Ciaran Knight

19

Ehize Ehizode

20

Morgan Monks

21

Matty Jones

22

Luke Eves

23

Ervin Muric

Tries

Ben Foley

2

Joshua Bragman

49

Robbie Smith

71

Sam Goatley

80

Conversions

Joshua Bragman

50

Joshua Bragman

71

James Williams

80

Yellow Cards

Ciaran Knight

62