The Kenwyn Ground was a temporary rugby ground, in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, UK, built in an attempt to increase the fan base of the newly named

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 ...

. The move was controversial and caused resentment from some members and followers of Penzance and Newlyn RFC, as a "proud local name" was lost to the rugby world. The Pirates stayed for just one season (2005–06), playing twelve matches, moving to the Camborne Recreation Ground for the 2006–07 season. The move to

Kenwyn Kenwyn ( kw, Keynwynn) is a settlement and civil parish in Cornwall, England. The settlement is a suburb of the city of Truro and lies 0.5 mi (1 km) north of the city centre, within Truro parish, whereas Kenwyn parish covers an area w ...

was considered to be justified as the average attendance increased by 40% on the previous season.Tomlin, S. and Straughan, D. (2009). Pirates! Pirates! The Rise and Rise of a Cornish Rugby Club. Penzance: Cornish Pirates.

History

The Kenwyn Ground was previously used by Truro Rugby Club in the early part of the 20th century and was the playing field for

Truro Cathedral The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Truro, Cornwall. It was built between 1880 and 1910 to a Gothic Revival design by John Loughborough Pearson on the site of the parish church of St Mary. It i ...

School for many years.Pirates Ahoy! Western Morning News Special Souvenir Supplement, 2005.

First Match

*Sunday 18 September 2005. Cornish Pirates v Earth Titans 43 – 13 (att 2400)

Last Match

*Sunday 16 April 2006. Cornish Pirates v

Plymouth Albion Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The present club was founded in 1920 from a merger between Plymouth RFC (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC (founded 1876). Since 2003 they have pl ...

29 – 28 (att 3850)

Matches at Kenwyn Rugby Ground 2005–06

*For completeness details of the final home league match of the season, played at the

Mennaye Field The Mennaye Field is a sports stadium located in Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The ground was provided by the Borough of Penzance for the Penzance and Newlyn RFC formed on Tuesday, 12 December 1944 with the amalgamation of Penzance RFC and Newlyn RFC ...

, is also shown.

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