Sat
12th. August Cornish Pirates v Ebbw Vale and Launceston
At
the Mennaye Field, Penzance - Kick off 5pm Admission £5 for adults
and £1 for children
Season ticket holders admitted free. And
so we start a new season, all of us having fresh hopes and aspirations. 
These
friendly matches are of importance and a warm welcome is extended to all involved. Both
Launceston (the Cornish All Blacks) and Ebbw Vale are well known to us, and best
wishes are expressed to them both for their respective 2006-07 campaigns. Pirates
v Launceston,
Pirates v Ebbw Vale, and
Ebbw Vale v Launceston, | 3
x 40 minute matches
10-15 minutes between each. |
Launceston,
though not at full strength (nor are the Pirates with a number of players carrying
niggling injuries), will clearly be looking to push for promotion in National
2 Ebbw Vale are gearing up for a competitive Principality
Building Society Premiership campaign. Ebbw Vale, Coached
by Alex Codling, a former England lock, bring a strong squad that includes a number
of experienced performers - including Bryan Shelbourne who broke our hearts when
snatching an injury-time, match-winning try here for Plymouth Albion in 2004. For
a few the close season has been a hectic time, and some deserve special praise,
it is hoped to highlight them in forthcoming notes. Pirates
v Launceston
15 Duncan Roke, 14 James Moore, 13 Henry Barratt, 12, Duncan
Bell, 11 Lewis Vinnicombe,
10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Rhodri Wells, 8 Matt
Evans, 7 Sam Betty, 6 Tim Cowley, 5 Heino Senekal,
4 Joe Beardshaw, 3 Sam
Heard, 2 Owen Hambly, 1 Grant Anderson. Pirates v Ebbw Vale
15
Adryan Winnan/ Lewis Webb, 14 Jonny Hylton, 13 Henry Barratt/Duncan Bell, 12 Steve
Winn,
11 Lewis Vinnicombe/Sam Parsons, 10 James Moore/Mike Provis, 9 Rhodri
Wells, 8 Matt Evans,
7 Sam Betty, 6 Tim Cowley/Mike Rawlings, 5 Heino Senekal/Joe
Beardshaw, 4 Scott Hobson,
3 DanSeal, 2 Viliami Ma'asi/Darren Dawidiuk, Alan
Paver. Launceston
(v Pirates)
15 Gareth Lovell, 14 Nick Holt, 13 Ryan Westren, 12 Kevin
Francis, 11 Matt Luxton, 10 Mark Scrivener, 9 Richard John, 8 Dave Kimberley,
7 Wayne Sprangle, 6 Josh Lord, 5 Brett Luxton, 4 Steve Pape, 3 Ian Langbridge,
2 Dave Risdon, 1 Keith Brooking C - Replacements: 16, Jason Bolt, 17 Sam Roberts,
18 Wayne Reed, 19 Ben Collings, 20 Nick Burnett, 21 Matt Abbott, 22 Jake Murphy,
23 Sam Young. Ebbw Vale squad:
Andrew Bevan,
John Bowd, Craig Cleaver, Jamie Cross, Neil Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Kristian
Gay, Ian George, Matthew Griffin, Matthew Griffiths, Simon Hunt, Luke James, Craig
Jones, Richard Jones, Dan Lydiate, Jack Lydiate, Andrew McLaughlan, Sam Mills,
Ioan Ohlsson, Kristian Owen, Dan Phillips, James Quirk, Bryan Shelbourne, Richard
Wilkes, Lyn Williams, Matthew Williams. Referee:
Steve Harland
Touch Judges: AndyBickle/Peter Huckle |