2010–11 Cornish Pirates season

The 2010–11 season is the Cornish Pirates eighth season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their second in the British and Irish Cup.

Pre–season friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceRef 1 14 August Gwent Dragons H L 11 – 27 2110 2 22 August Exeter Chiefs A L 14 – 22 2280 3 5 March Exeter Chiefs XV H W 43 – 19 990

RFU Championship

Stage one matches Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 4 September 2010 and completed by Saturday 19 February 2011. Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away with the top eight teams qualifying for the promotion play–offs and bottom four play in the relegation play–off. DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceRef 1 29 August Doncaster Knights H W 30 – 14 2232 2 5 September London Welsh H W 22 – 3 2047 3 11 September Moseley A D 26 – 26 751 4 19 September Birmingham & Solihull H W 32 – 15 1672 5 26 September Bristol A L 7 – 21 4379 6 3 October Plymouth Albion H W 46 – 13 2439 7 9 October Bedford A L 25 – 32 3243 8 17 October Rotherham Titans H W 40 – 15 1982 9 22 October Worcester Warriors A W 23 – 21 6928 10 31 October Esher H W 54 – 6 1767 11 7 November Nottingham A W 36 – 10 1637 12 14 November London Welsh A L 16 – 23 1250 13 21 November Moseley H W 50 – 7 1854 28 November Birmingham & Solihull A P – P 14 5 December Bristol H W 16 – 6 2253 15 15 December Birmingham & Solihull A W 61 – 28 407 26 December Plymouth Albion A P – P 16 2 January Bedford Blues H W 23 – 13 3051 17 8 January Rotherham Titans A L 18 – 19 1067 18 12 January Plymouth Albion A W 10 – 6 2512 19 30 January Worcester Warriors H L 30 – 33 1976 20 5 February Esher A L 12 – 13 1338 21 13 February Nottingham H W 40 – 0 2486 22 19 February Doncaster Knights A W 16 – 13 1091

Stage one league table

Stage two matches Stage two was a programme of six matches starting on Saturday 12 March 2011 and completed by Saturday 16 April 2011. Each team played three matches at home and three away with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the semi–finals. DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceRef 1 13 March Doncaster Knights H W 33 – 25 2185 2 20 March Bedford Blues A W 31 – 18 2725 3 27 March Rotherham Titans H W 64 – 17 2285 4 2 April Rotherham Titans A W 24 – 16 1026 5 10 April Bedford Blues H W 33 – 22 2985 6 16 April Doncaster Knights A W 27 – 24 1173

Stage two league table

Semi-finals

FB 15 Rob CookRW 14 Nick JacksonOC 13 Matt HopperIC 12 Tom Luke LW 11 Rhodri McAteeFH 10 Johnny BentleySH 9 Gavin Cattle (c)N8 8 Laurie McGloneOF 7 Sam Betty BF 6 Chris MorganRL 5 Ben Gulliver LL 4 Mike MyerscoughTP 3 Alan Paver HK 2 Dave Ward LP 1 Paul AndrewReplacements:PR 16 Carl Rimmer HK 17 Rob Elloway FL 18 Phil Burgess N8 19 Kyle Marriott CE 20 Steve WinnCE 21 Drew Locke SH 22 James DohertyCoach: Chris Stirling FB 15 Aled Thomas RW 14 Liam GibsonOC 13 Hudson TongaʻuihaIC 12 Simon WhatlingLW 11 Errie Claassens FH 10 Gordon RossSH 9 Robert Lewis N8 8 Ben Russell OF 7 Michael HillsBF 6 Jonathan Mills (c)RL 5 Matt CorkerLL 4 Mike Powell TP 3 Lorne WardHK 2 Viliami Ma'asi LP 1 Shawn Pittman Replacements:HK 16 Saul Nelson PR 17 Max Lahiff LK 18 Martin Purdy N8 19 Lee Beach SH 20 Ben Stevenson CE 20 Dominic Shabbo WG 22 Marland Yarde Coach: Phil Greening Touch judges: Steve Leyshon Peter Parker-Sedgemore Television match official: Geoff Warren

Final

FB 15 Rob CookRW 14 Wes Davies OC 13 Matt HopperIC 12 Tom Luke LW 11 Rhodri McAteeFH 10 Johnny BentleySH 9 Gavin Cattle (c)N8 8 Laurie McGlone OF 7 Phil BurgessBF 6 Chris MorganRL 5 Mike MyerscoughLL 4 Ian NimmoTP 3 Alan Paver HK 2 Dave Ward LP 1 Paul Andrew Replacements:PR 16 Ryan Storer HK 17 Rob Elloway PR 18 Carl Rimmer FL 19 Tyrone Holmes N8 20 Kyle Marriott CE 21 Drew Locke SH 22 James DohertyCoach: Chris Stirling FB 15 Chris Pennell (c)RW 14 Marcel GarveyOC 13 Alex Crockett IC 12 Dale RasmussenLW 11 Miles BenjaminFH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Jonny ArrN8 8 Kai HorstmannOF 7 Jake AbbottBF 6 Neil Best RL 5 Craig GilliesLL 4 Greg Rawlinson TP 3 Tevita Taumoepeau HK 2 Chris Fortey LP 1 Adam BlackReplacements:HK 16 Aleki Lutui PR 17 Bruce Douglas LK 18 Graham Kitchener N8 19 Adam Balding SH 20 Ollie FrostFH 21 Joe Carlisle CE 22 Alex Grove Coach: Richard Hill Touch judges: Gareth Copsey Chris Sharp Television match official: Steve Leyshon

FB 15 Chris Pennell (c)RW 14 Marcel Garvey OC 13 Alex GroveIC 12 Dale Rasmussen LW 11 Miles BenjaminFH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Jonny ArrN8 8 Kai HorstmannOF 7 Jake AbbottBF 6 Neil Best RL 5 Craig GilliesLL 4 Greg Rawlinson TP 3 Tevita Taumoepeau HK 2 Chris Fortey LP 1 Adam BlackReplacements:HK 16 Aleki Lutui PR 17 Bruce Douglas LK 18 Graham Kitchener N8 19 Adam BaldingSH 20 Ollie Frost FH 21 Joe Carlisle CE 22 Alex Crockett Coach: Richard Hill FB 15 Rob CookRW 14 Nick JacksonOC 13 Matt HopperIC 12 Drew LockeLW 11 Rhodri McAtee FH 10 Johnny BentleySH 9 Gavin Cattle (c) N8 8 Kyle MarriottOF 7 Phil Burgess BF 6 Chris MorganRL 5 Mike MyerscoughLL 4 Laurie McGlone TP 3 Carl Rimmer HK 2 Rob Elloway LP 1 Ryan Storer Replacements:PR 16 Paul Andrew HK 17 Dave Ward PR 18 Alan Paver LK 19 Ian Nimmo FL 20 Sam Betty CE 21 Tom Luke SH 22 James Doherty Coach: Chris Stirling Touch judges: Gareth Copsey Chris Sharp Television match official: Steve Leyshon

British and Irish Cup

Pool A matches DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceRef 1 11 December Currie H W 54–31 923 2 19 December Leinster A H W 43–12 2026 3 16 January Plymouth Albion H W 34–3 2207 4 21 January Newport A L 32–34 697 5 26 February Worcester Warriors A L 12–28 4042 Match v Currie was originally due to be played at Malleny Park, Currie but moved to the Mennaye because of the freezing weather in Scotland.

Pool A table

Coaching staff High Performance Manager - Chris Stirling Forwards coach – Ian Davies Backs coach – Harvey Biljon Strength and conditioning coach – Simon Raynes

2010–11 Cornish Pirates season

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