Pre Season Friendlies

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.

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.

Duncan Roke 15	James Moore 14	Henry Barratt 13	Duncan Bell 12	Lewis Vinnicombe 11
Alberto Di Bernardo 10	Rhodri Wells 9	Matt Evans 8	Sam Betty 7	Tim Cowley 6
Heino Senekal 5	Joe Beardshaw 4	Sam Heard 3	Owen Hambly 2	Grant Anderson 1

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 Dawiduik, Alan Paver.

Adryan Winnan 15	Lewis Webb 15	Jonny Hylton 14	Henry Barratt 13	Duncan Bell 13
Steve Winn 12	Lewis Vinnicombe 11	Sam Parsons 11	James Moore 10	Mike Provis 10
Rhodri Wells 9	Matt Evans 8	Sam Betty 7	Tim Cowley 6	Mike Rawlings 6
Heino Senekal 5	Joe Beardshaw 5	Scott Hobson 4	Dan Seal 3	Viliami Ma’asi 2
Darren Dawiduik 2	Alan Paver 1

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