2009–10 Cornish Pirates season

2009–10 Cornish Pirates Rugby season
NicknameThe Pirates
Founded1945
LocationPenzance, Cornwall
Ground(s)Recreation Ground, Camborne
Coach(es)Chris Stirling, Harvey Biljon and Ian Davies
CaptainGavan Cattle
League2009–10 RFU Championship
6th
Official website
cornish-pirates.com

The 2009–10 season is the Cornish Pirates 7th season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their first in the British and Irish Cup. The Pirates finished 6th in Stage One of the Championship, allowing them to qualify for the promotion stages, where they finished 3rd and did not qualify for the semi–finals. They also won the final of the British and Irish Cup beating Munster A 23–14.

Pre–season Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1   15 August 2009 Cardiff  H  W 60–13  2403 [1]
  2   29 August 2009 Harlequins  A  L 17–47   [2]

RFU Championship

Stage one matches

Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 6 September 2009 and completed by Saturday 13 March 2010 (originally due to finish by Saturday 25 February). 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.

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1   6 September 2009 Nottingham Rugby  A  W 24–13  1230 [3]
  2   13 September 2009 Moseley  H  W 57–24  2632 [4]
  3   18 September 2009 Doncaster Knights  A  W 21–10  1728 [5]
  4   27 September 2009 Coventry  H  W 20–14  2695 [6]
  5   3 October 2009 Plymouth Albion  A  L 8–16  4004 [7]
  6   11 October 2009 Bristol  H  L 13–35  4115 [8]
  7   17 October 2009 London Welsh  A  L 10–34  1980 [9]
  8   27 October 2009 Birmingham & Solihull  H  W 62–10  2530 [10]
  9   31 October 2009 Rotherham Titans  A  L 20–29  1287 [11]
  10   8 November 2009 Bedford Blues  H  W 25–24  2465 [12]
  11   14 November 2009 Exeter Chiefs  A  L 15–22  6158 [13]
  12   5 December 2009 Moseley  A  W 20–19  901 [14][15]
  13   13 December 2009 Doncaster Knights  H  L 10–12  2667 [16]
  14   18 December 2009 Coventry  A  W 27–12  1000 [17]
  15   27 December 2009 Plymouth Albion  H  W 46–7  5654 [18]
  16   1 January 2010 Bristol  A  L 15–31  7740 [19]
     10 January 2009 London Welsh  H   P–P   [20]
  17   17 January 2010 Birmingham Solihull  A  D 31–31   916 [21] Played at Camborne due to bad weather in the Birmingham area
  18   24 January 2010 Rotherham Titans  H  W 29–24  2459 [22]
  19   30 January 2010 Bedford  A  L 16–19  2817 [23]
  20   7 February 2010 Exeter Chiefs  H  L 15–30  3661 [24]
  21   21 February 2010 Nottingham Rugby  H  W 47–19  2321 [25]
  22   13 March 2010 London Welsh  H  L 24–28  1560 [26]

Stage one league table

2009–10 RFU Championship table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD B Pts Qualification
1 Bristol 22 19 0 3 630 337 +293 16 92 Promotion playoffs
2 Exeter Chiefs 22 19 0 3 699 360 +339 12 88
3 London Welsh 22 14 1 7 483 376 +107 9 62[a]
4 Bedford Blues 22 12 1 9 581 436 +145 9 59
5 Nottingham 22 12 0 10 539 520 +19 11 59
6 Cornish Pirates 22 11 1 10 555 463 +92 9 55
7 Doncaster Knights 22 10 0 12 394 386 +8 8 48
8 Plymouth Albion 22 10 1 11 389 462 −73 6 48
9 Moseley 22 10 0 12 444 543 −99 6 46 Relegation playoffs
10 Rotherham Titans 22 7 0 15 451 520 −69 15 43
11 Coventry 22 5 1 16 346 565 −219 5 12[b]
12 Birmingham & Solihull 22 0 1 21 293 836 −543 4 −9[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2010. Source:
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    Notes:
  1. ^ 5 points deducted
  2. ^ a b 15 points deducted

Stage two matches

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1   19 March 2010 Bristol  A  L 12–19  5892 [27]
  2   28 March 2010 Plymouth Albion  H  W 17–0  2849 [28]
  3   4 April 2010 Bedford Blues  H  W 22–18  3359 [29]
  4   10 April 2010 Bedford Blues  A  L 18–42  2599 [30]
  5   16 April 2010 Plymouth Albion  A  L 14–19  4141 [31]
  6   1 May 2010 Bristol  H  L 15–60  3190 [32]

Stage two league table

Pos Team Played Won Draw Lost  For  Against Bonus Pts PTS
1 Bristol 6 5 0 1 189 86 4 24
2 Bedford Blues 6 4 0 2 154 125 4 20
3 Cornish Pirates 6 2 0 4 98 158 2 10
4 Plymouth Albion 6 1 0 5 57 129 1 5

British and Irish Cup

Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1   22 November 2009 Gael Force  H  W 29–8  2370 [33]
  2   27 November 2009 Leinster A  A  L 10–12   520 [34] Played at Donnybrook, Dublin
  3   13 February 2010 Plymouth Albion  A  W 13–9  2413 [35]
  4   28 February 2010 Exeter Chiefs  H  W 37–14  2564 [36]
  5   7 March 2010 Newport  H  W 26–20  3650 [37]
Team P W D L TF PF PA BP LB +/- Pts
Cornish Pirates 5 4 0 1 13 115 63 2 1 +52 19
Leinster A 5 4 0 1 9 89 65 1 1 +24 18
Newport 5 3 1 1 10 81 54 1 1 +27 16
Exeter Chiefs 5 2 0 3 11 79 85 1 1 -6 10
Plymouth Albion 5 1 1 3 5 55 58 0 2 -3 8
Gael Force 5 0 0 5 6 35 129 1 1 -94 2

Semi–final

25 April 2010
1500
Cornish Pirates43 – 5Doncaster Knights
report
Recreation Ground, Camborne
Attendance: 2327
Referee: L Roberts (RFU)

Final

2010
1800
Cornish Pirates 23 – 14Munster A
report
Recreation Ground, Camborne
Attendance: 4240
Referee: L Hodges

See also

References

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