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BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Cornish Pirates finish fourth after thrilling Nottingham win
Cornish Pirates overcame a 13-point half-time deficit to beat Nottingham 35-34 and finish fourth in the were helped by some wayward kicking from the visitors, who missed four conversions and three penalties in the clash at the Mennaye. Nottingham had a bonus point secured within 22 minutes as David Williams went over twice alongside tries from Harry Graham and Ryan Olowofela to put them 20-7 ahead as Matt Pritchard replied for the hosts. Chester Ribbons' try reduced the gap only for Jay Ecclesfield to go over soon after as Nottingham led 27-14 at the extended their advantage to 34-14 soon after the restart thanks to a try from a driving maul before the hosts came back. Milo Hallam, Harry Yates and Harry Hocking all crossed in a seven-minute spell to put Pirates ahead before a scoreless final 20 minutes. "We probably didn't deserve that one," Pirates joint-head coach Gavin Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall. "I think the rugby gods were on our side a little bit and they left a lot of kicking points out there. "But then you look at first half and second half and it was night and day."We had a bit more energy about us, we looked a bit too pretty in that first half by playing a bit of structured stuff, rather than going back to the fundamental of winning collisions, winning the one on ones and that was the message at half time - we were looking for the perfect picture, let's take somebody on one on one and things will happen."
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cornish Pirates look at Mennaye Field improvements
Cornish Pirates say they will begin talks about upgrading their Mennaye Field Championship club, who play at the home of Penzance and Newlyn RFC, were taken over by a consortium of four local businessmen on Thursday. The club has long been looking for a home that would meet the Premiership's minimum standards. Plans for a new stadium capable of hosting rugby and football in Truro were shelved in City Football Club opted to build their own ground on the outskirts of the city which opened last summer. The club's new owners are setting up a development committee with Penzance and Newlyn RFC to look at ways of making the Mennaye - which has a capacity of 4,000 - better for fans."The Mennaye is our home and our heartland," chief executive Sally Pettifer told BBC Sport."We are here and we want to be a really competitive Championship club here, possibly a Premiership club."We've got some quite grand plans this year to improve what's here and then we're going to sit and look at a masterplan for the future."This will be a step change, as we have in leadership, so it'll be on the ground." The new ownership group is led by current board member Martin Hudson, who is associated with the horticulture business founded by previous owner Sir Richard will be joined in the consortium by Philip Champ, Anthony Whyte and Lee Miles, who all run successful Cornish says improving the matchday experience is key for increasing the club's revenue."The Mennaye is the Mennaye, it's been the same for many years," he told BBC Radio Cornwall. "There's been many options of looking at moving and stuff like that."We've got a fantastic pitch, it's very well-maintained. The stand needs some work, there's no two ways about it - we need to make this ground a really strong visitors' experience."People love Penzance, they come down, the excitement of being on the coast and staying here, especially when the weather's good, and we're going to make it a great visitor experience."We want a better facility for the whole community, as well as fans on matchday."
