Cornish Pirates

British Irish Cup Round 4

Sunday 28th February 2010
KICK OFF 2PM

Phil Westren's Preview

We started this month with a home game in The Championship against Exeter Chiefs, and on Sunday we welcome them back to finish off February in the British & Irish Cup competition.

For the Pirates there is the incentive not just to record a first win from what will have been three matches played against the Chiefs this season, but to also strive for their first victory against them since October 2007, when it was Jimmy Moore's injury-time try that caused the 'Rec' to rock!

Third-placed Pirates have named a strong side for Sunday's encounter, despite a number of players being unavailable because of injury.

In the forwards lock Mike Myerscough, who has been a replacement these past two weeks, will make his first start in a Pirates shirt, whilst one change in the back-row sees Tyrone Holmes come back into the side at open-side flanker in place of Sam Betty.

Sam suffered rib damage playing his 100 th game for the Pirates last week.

Of other players, Laurie McGlone is fit again and is listed among the replacements

The one change in the backs from the side that started against Nottingham, sees Paul Devlin making the starting line-up, swapping places with Mark Ireland who is named on the bench.

Chris Stirling feels that the Pirates have had a couple of good performances in their last two outings and reckons that Sunday's game “will give the team a good opportunity to see just where we are.”

Speaking on behalf of Exeter, whose side is littered with quality performers, head coach Rob Baxter has commented: “We have a number of players in this weekend's group who are pushing very hard to be the guys who run into the play-offs with us. It's a derby game and we're all very excited about the challenge that awaits.”

 

Cornish Pirates:
R. Cook, R. McAtee, P. Devlin, S. Winn, W. Davies
J. Bentley, G. Cattle (capt), B. Cowan, T. Holmes. C. Morgan
B. Gulliver, M. Myerscough, R. Brits, D. Ward,, C. Rimmer.

Replacements:
P. Andrew, R. Prosser, S. Franklin, R. Labuschagne, L. McGlone, J. Doherty, M. Ireland.

Exeter Chiefs:
S. Marsden, P. McKenzie, T. Bedford, M. Cornwell, E. Lewis
D. Gray, R. Bolt, D. Ewers, J. Scaysbrook (capt), T. Johnson
C. Bentley, S. Tomes, R. Murphy, S. Blythe, B. Moon.

Replacements:
S. Nelson, S. Kingsland, A. Lockley, M. Stupple, J. Fleming, C. Stuart-Smith, S. Jones.

Referee: Chris Sharp (RFU)

Assistants: Philip Davies & Eric Woodmason

Mascot: Aiden Richardson (Penryn U13s)

Match Day Sponsor: Midas Construction

Match Ball Sponsor: Bardon Concrete

 

Beer Prices In The Marquee

Carlsberg, Tetleys and Tribute only £2.50 per pint.

Watch It Live On Pirates TV

This match will also be screened live on Pirates TV - http://cornish-pirates.com/pirates-tv/

And on the Big TV Screen in the marquee