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2009–10 Cornish Pirates season

Field	Value
teamname	2009–10 Cornish Pirates Rugby season
nickname	The Pirates
url	http://cornish-pirates.com/
founded	1945
location	Penzance, Cornwall
ground	Recreation Ground, Camborne
coach	Chris Stirling, Harvey Biljon and Ian Davies
captain	Gavan Cattle
league	2009–10 RFU Championship
position	6th

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
2	29 August 2009	Harlequins	A	L	17–47

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
2	13 September 2009	Moseley	H	W	57–24	2632
3	18 September 2009	Doncaster Knights	A	W	21–10	1728
4	27 September 2009	Coventry	H	W	20–14	2695
5	3 October 2009	Plymouth Albion	A	L	8–16	4004
6	11 October 2009	Bristol	H	L	13–35	4115
7	17 October 2009	London Welsh	A	L	10–34	1980
8	27 October 2009	Birmingham & Solihull	H	W	62–10	2530
9	31 October 2009	Rotherham R.U.F.C.	Rotherham Titans	A	L	20–29	1287
10	8 November 2009	Bedford Blues	H	W	25–24	2465
11	14 November 2009	Exeter Chiefs	A	L	15–22	6158
12	5 December 2009	Moseley	A	W	20–19	901
13	13 December 2009	Doncaster Knights	H	L	10–12	2667
14	18 December 2009	Coventry	A	W	27–12	1000
15	27 December 2009	Plymouth Albion	H	W	46–7	5654
16	1 January 2010	Bristol	A	L	15–31	7740
	10 January 2009	London Welsh	H		P–P
17	17 January 2010	Birmingham Solihull	A	D	31–31	916
18	24 January 2010	Rotherham Titans	H	W	29–24	2459
19	30 January 2010	Bedford	A	L	16–19	2817
20	7 February 2010	Exeter Chiefs	H	L	15–30	3661
21	21 February 2010	Nottingham Rugby	H	W	47–19	2321
22	13 March 2010	London Welsh	H	L	24–28	1560

Stage one league table

Stage two matches

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

Stage two league table

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Bonus Pts	PTS
1	Bristol	6	5	1	189	86	4	24
2	Bedford Blues	6	4	2	154	125	4	20
3	Cornish Pirates	6	2	4	98	158	2	10
4	Plymouth Albion	6	1	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
2	27 November 2009	Leinster A	A	L	10–12	520
3	13 February 2010	Plymouth Albion	A	W	13–9	2413
4	28 February 2010	Exeter Chiefs	H	W	37–14	2564
5	7 March 2010	Newport	H	W	26–20	3650

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	BP	LB	+/-	Pts
England Cornish Pirates	5	4	0	1	13	115	63	2	1	+52	19
Ireland Leinster A	5	4	0	1	9	89	65	1	1	+24	18
Wales Newport	5	3	1	1	10	81	54	1	1	+27	16
England Exeter Chiefs	5	2	0	3	11	79	85	1	1	-6	10
England Plymouth Albion	5	1	1	3	5	55	58	0	2	-3	8
Scotland Gael Force	5	0	0	5	6	35	129	1	1	-94	2

Semi–final

Final

References

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Straughan, Dick. "Albion send derby rivals crashing to first defeat". Western Morning News.
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Straughan, Dick. "Pirates set for play-offs after Titans victory". Western Morning News.
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Straughan, Dick. "Dragons slain as Pirates secure place in last four". Western Morning News.

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