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Cornish Pirates 52 Leeds Carnegie 10
RFU Championship Round 4
Saturday 24th September
Kick Off 4:15pm
Woll's Match Report
Although still only a fledgling season, the Pirates emphatically strode to the top of the Championship table, with a seven try romp over a young Leeds side clearly short of the right stuff to bounce straight back up to the top tier.
This was most noticeable up front, where the Pirates Eight set up a platform so dominant, that the Yorkshiremen just couldn’t subdue from the moment the hammering began at the kick off.
Cook’s penalty from this first minute indiscretion set the tone, which Ford’s leveller four minutes later did little to address. Indeed by the time Carnegie finally got into the game and enjoyed their only spell of ascendancy for ten minutes or so before the half hour mark, they were down by two tries by Cattle and their scrum was buckling and in full reverse.
Not that the home side were complaining as they sniffed blood and went for the throat at every opportunity.
Fly half Thomas in particular wanted ‘some’ and was unfortunate not to prosper against his old club as he danced his way through from 15m out, only to be halted short in the knowledge that a penalty was coming.
Cook delivered again, which signalled a blistering finish to the half during which Locke sprinted in from half way, after some quick thinking from Burgess following yet another Leeds infringement. They teetered precariously, but somehow survived further concession of points before the break, despite Cowan’s best efforts and McGlone’s dazzling yellow footwear that shone as brightly under the floodlights, as in the sun later. (HT 25-3)
Leeds had arrived with a reputation for being slow starter’s to date, and must have hoped to combine any revival of fortunes with the Pirates own ‘heel’ during the third and fourth quarters.
Thomas’s peach of a touch finder under pressure in the first minute after the restart shattered that hope immediately. The fly half rubbing things in with the bonus point try moments later much to his obvious joy.
Cook converted and was on hand to reward yet more forwards gains soon after.
His pot at the sticks with only five minutes of the half chalked off left little doubt now as to which gods were in attendance.
The crossbar taking a glancing blow from 45m out, but with the pill landing in the Penzance goal area.
When it’s going your way and all that, became absolute after the restart as Leeds’s only chance before their consolation try from Thornley on 55 minutes, went begging.
But nothing was going to halt the immovable intent of the Pirates 8.
As the screw tightened further and threatened to de-thread completely, it was Burgess to prosper next, his touchdown in the Scoreboard Corner requiring Spreaders’ fourth opinion of the afternoon; this time with a thumbs up.
Cowan was the man to seal the rout with a brace towards the end to bring up the second half century of points in four days. In the process leaving the tykes battered, but not quite ready for the mantle of some new chip shop delicacy that only our friends in the north can concoct.
Plenty to savour warmly in the aftermath judging by the Falmouth Marine Band’s infamous drum bashing in the beer tent afterwards.
All this in the presence of the SKY cameras for the first time this season too.
Imagine that in the Stadium when the time comes!
Cornish Pirates
15 R. Cook 14 W. Davies 13 G. Pointer 12 D. Locke 11 D. Doherty
10 C. Thomas (21 T. Cooper 56mins) 9 G. Cattle (capt) (22 J. Doherty 77mins)
8 B. Cowan 7 P. Burgess (20 C. Walker-Blair 64mins) 6 C. Morgan
5 I. Nimmo (19 M. Myerscough 64mins) 4 L. McGlone 3 A. Paver (16 R. Storer 70mins)
2 D. Ward (17 R. Elloway 56mins) 1 C. Rimmer (18 R. Brits 60mins).
Replacements: all used
Tries: Cattle 2, Locke, Thomas, Burgess, Cowan 2
Cons: Cook 4
Pens: Cook 3
Leeds Carnegie
15 L. Blackett 14 O. Richards 13 I. Thornley 12 J. Barker (16 P. Nilsen 70mins) 11 C. Wilson (22 T. Bell 35mins) 10 J. Ford (?21 S. Barrow 45mins) 9 C. Hampson (?20 R. Shaw 45 mins) 1 G. Denman ( 3 P. Swainston 56mins) 2 A. Titterrell (c) 3 P. Swainston (17 D. Young 45mins) 4 J. Pendlebury 5 D. Barrow (18 R. Beck 38mins) 6 D. Hemingway (19 C. Walker 53mins) 7 J. Rowan 8 R. Burrows
Replacements: all used.
Tries: Thornley
Cons: Bell
Pens: Ford
Yellow: Pendlebury Match Officials
Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
Assistants: Ross Campbell & Steve Leyshon
Official 4: Andy Bickle
TMO: Tony Spreadbury
Man of the Match: Gavin Cattle
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