2009–10 Cornish Pirates season

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.

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

Pre–season Friendlies
Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1  15 August 2009Cardiff H W60–13 2403[1]
  2  29 August 2009Harlequins A L17–47 [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 2009Nottingham Rugby A W24–13 1230[3]
  2  13 September 2009Moseley H W57–24 2632[4]
  3  18 September 2009Doncaster Knights A W21–10 1728[5]
  4  27 September 2009Coventry H W20–14 2695[6]
  5  3 October 2009Plymouth Albion A L8–16 4004[7]
  6  11 October 2009Bristol H L13–35 4115[8]
  7  17 October 2009London Welsh A L10–34 1980[9]
  8  27 October 2009Birmingham & Solihull H W62–10 2530[10]
  9  31 October 2009Rotherham Titans A L20–29 1287[11]
  10  8 November 2009Bedford Blues H W25–24 2465[12]
  11  14 November 2009Exeter Chiefs A L15–22 6158[13]
  12  5 December 2009Moseley A W20–19 901 [14][15]
  13  13 December 2009Doncaster Knights H L10–12 2667[16]
  14  18 December 2009Coventry A W27–12 1000[17]
  15  27 December 2009Plymouth Albion H W46–7 5654 [18]
  16  1 January 2010Bristol A L15–31 7740[19]
    10 January 2009London Welsh H P–P  [20]
  17  17 January 2010Birmingham Solihull A D31–31  916[21] Played at Camborne due to bad weather in the Birmingham area
  18  24 January 2010Rotherham Titans H W29–24 2459[22]
  19  30 January 2010Bedford A L16–19 2817[23]
  20  7 February 2010Exeter Chiefs H L15–30 3661[24]
  21  21 February 2010Nottingham Rugby H W47–19 2321[25]
  22  13 March 2010London Welsh H L24–28 1560[26]

Stage one league table
2009–10 RFU Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Bonus Points Points
1Bristol221903630337+2931692
PExeter Chiefs221903699360+3391288
3London Welsh221417483376+107962
4Bedford Blues221219581436+145959
5Nottingham2212010539520+191159
6Cornish Pirates2211110555463+92956
7Doncaster Knights2210012394386+8848
8Plymouth Albion2210111389462–73648
9Moseley2210012444543–99646
10Rotherham Titans227015451520–691543
RCoventry225116346565–219512
12 Birmingham & Solihull220121293836–5434-9

Correct on Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:00 UK

  • Points deductions: Birmingham & Solihull 15, Coventry 15, London Welsh 5
  • 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
Green background are promotion play-off places. Pink background are relegation play-off places.

Stage two matches
Date Opponents H / A Result Score Attendance Notes
  1  19 March 2010Bristol A L12–19 5892[27]
  2  28 March 2010Plymouth Albion H W17–0 2849[28]
  3  4 April 2010Bedford Blues H W22–18 3359[29]
  4  10 April 2010Bedford Blues A L18–42 2599[30]
  5  16 April 2010Plymouth Albion A L14–19 4141[31]
  6  1 May 2010Bristol H L15–60 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 2009Gael Force H W29–8 2370[33]
  2  27 November 2009Leinster A A L10–12  520[34] Played at Donnybrook, Dublin
  3  13 February 2010Plymouth Albion A W13–9 2413[35]
  4  28 February 2010Exeter Chiefs H W37–14 2564[36]
  5  7 March 2010Newport H W26–20 3650[37]
Team P W D L TF PF PA BP LB +/- Pts
Cornish Pirates 5401131156321+5219
Leinster A 54019896511+2418
Newport 531110815411+2716
Exeter Chiefs 520311798511-610
Plymouth Albion 51135555802-38
Gael Force 500563512911-942

Semi–final
25 April 2010
1500
Cornish Pirates 43 – 5 Doncaster Knights
report
Recreation Ground, Camborne
Attendance: 2327
Referee: L Roberts (RFU)

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

See also

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