List of Cornish Pirates RFC seasons

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Cornish Pirates Rugby Club is a Cornish professional rugby union club playing in the second tier of the English rugby union system, the RFU Championship. The club was formed in 1945 when Penzance RFC and Newlyn RFC amalgamated to form Penzance & Newlyn RFC and is based in Penzance, Cornwall. Twenty days after the end of the Second World War, the first match was played against Guy's Hospital on 22 September 1945. The club was renamed Cornish Pirates in 2005 and apart from one season at Kenwyn, Truro and four at the Recreation Ground, Camborne, they play at the Mennaye Field in Penzance.[1][2]

The list below details the club's achievements from the first league season when they played at level eight in the Cornwall and Devon League through to last season (2011–12), when they equalled their highest league position and were also losing finalists in the play–off for promotion to the Aviva Premiership. The club have won promotion on six occasions and have been successful twice in national competitions and also won Cornish Cup competitions three times.

Season League Notes National Cup Cornwall Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Level
1987–88 Cornwall and Devon League 10 6 1 3 166 111 13 4th 8 QF
1988–89 10 5 0 5 120 147 10 7th SF
1989–90 10 9 0 1 256 96 18 1st Promoted 1st R
1990–91 Western Counties 10 2 1 7 105 115 5 9th 7 1st R
1991–92 10 6 0 4 116 96 12 5th QF
1992–93 12 8 0 4 314 129 16 4th 1st R
1993–94 12 8 0 4 185 124 16 4th QF
1994–95 12 8 0 4 287 160 16 4th 18 consecutive home wins SF
1995–96 11 7 0 4 202 150 14 3rd Promoted 5 clubs promoted due to league reorganisation QF
1996–97 South West Two (West) 21 18 0 3 636 241 36 1st 6 Promoted 1st round SF
1997–98 South West One 22 14 1 7 599 361 29 4th 5 SF SF
1998–99 22 20 0 2 1083 247 40 1st Promoted 3rd round Winners
1999–00 National Three South 26 20 1 5 1055 481 41 2nd 4 3rd round Winners
2000–01 26 18 2 6 823 492 38 3rd Finalists[1]
2001–02 26 24 1 1 1271 468 49 1st 4 Promoted 2nd round
2002–03 National League Two 26 22 1 3 849 442 45 1st 3 Promoted 2nd round
2003–04 National League One 26 8 1 17 474 892 43 10th 2 4th round
2004–05 26 17 0 9 698 526 85 4th 2nd round
2005–06 26 19 0 7 694 561 90 3rd highest position 2nd round
2006–07 30 20 2 8 812 491 101 4th Winners
2007–08 30 20 1 9 800 583 91 5th 3pts deducted[2]
2008–09 30 16 1 13 744 578 82 7th 2nd round Winners[3]
2009–10 RFU Championship 22 11 1 10 555 463 56 6th 2 3rd place in group stage Winners[4]
2010–11 22 15 1 6 633 337 76 3rd highest position lost promotion play–off final group stage
2011–12 22 14 3 5 606 464 74 3rd highest position lost promotion play–off final SF
2012–13 22 10 2 10 435 480 52 6th
2013–14 23 10 2 11 456 554 51 6th
2014–15 22 9 0 13 436 464 45 8th
2015–16 22 8 1 13 530 570 49 9th
2016–17 20 9 2 9 559 497 55 6th
2017–18 22 12 0 10 681 577 67 4th
  • [1]Semi-final held and won at beginning of following season; the final against Launceston was not played and the Pirates decided to withdraw from Cornwall RFU competitions for seven seasons.
  • [2]three points deducted for scrum replacement irregularity
  • [3]New competition, the Cornwall Super Cup
  • [4]British and Irish Cup from 2009–10 onwards

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Westren, P, Thomas, J and Matthews, H. 50 Golden Years. Penzance: Penzance & Newlyn RFC.
  2. ^ a b Tomlin, S and Straughan, D. (2009) Pirates! Pirates! The Rise And Rise Of A Cornish Rugby Club. Penzance: Cornish Pirates
  3. ^ Williams, T. and Mitchell, B. (1991) Courage Clubs Championship Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991-92. Taunton: Tony Williams.
  4. ^ "Trelawny's Army: Cornish Rugby Supporters Club".

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