The 2010–11 season is the

Cornish Pirates The Cornish Pirates ( kw, An Vorladron Gernewek) are a professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn ...

eighth season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when ...

and their second in the

British and Irish Cup The British and Irish Cup was an annual rugby union competition for second tier, semi-professional clubs and the reserves or developing teams from professional clubs from Great Britain and Ireland. It took place for the first time in the 2009 ...

Pre–season friendlies

RFU Championship

Stage one matches

Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 4 September 2010 and completed by Saturday 19 February 2011. 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.

Stage one league table

Stage two matches

Stage two was a programme of six matches starting on Saturday 12 March 2011 and completed by Saturday 16 April 2011. Each team played three matches at home and three away with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the semi–finals.

Stage two league table

Semi-finals

Final

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British and Irish Cup

Pool A matches

* Match v Currie was originally due to be played at Malleny Park,

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but moved to the Mennaye because of the freezing weather in Scotland.

Pool A table

Coaching staff

* High Performance Manager - Chris Stirling * Forwards coach – Ian Davies * Backs coach – Harvey Biljon * Strength and conditioning coach – Simon Raynes

References

External links

Cornish Pirates
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