Английская Википедия:2011–12 Cornish Pirates RFC season

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The 2011–12 season was the Cornish Pirates 9th season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their third in the British and Irish Cup. The Pirates finished 3rd in Stage One of the Championship, allowing them to qualify for the promotion stages, where they were losing finalist to London Welsh RFC. They also reached the semi–finals of the British and Irish Cup losing to Cross Keys in Wales.

Pre–season Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Attendance	Match Report	Ref
20 August 2011	Exeter Chiefs	H	L	3–58	2200	[1]
27 August 2011	Worcester Warriors	A	W	24–21	3600	[2]

RFU Championship

Stage One matches

Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday, 3 September 2011 and completed by Saturday, 25 February 2012. Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away. Top eight teams play in the promotion play–offs, bottom four play in the relegation play–off.

	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Attendance	Position	Match Report	Ref
1	3 September 2011	Moseley	A	D	27–27	806		[3]
2	11 September 2011	Doncaster Knights	H	W	39–32	1990		[4]
3	17 September 2011	London Scottish	A	W	25–23	1200	2nd	[5]
4	24 September 2011	Leeds Carnegie	H	W	52–10	2100	1st	[6]
5	1 October 2011	Plymouth Albion	A	W	20–16	2850	1st	[7]
6	9 October 2011	Bedford Blues	H	L	24–34	2092	3rd	[8]
7	15 October 2011	Nottingham	A	D	25–25	1363	3rd	[9]
8	23 October 2011	Esher Rugby	H	W	34–18	1965	2nd	[10]
9	30 October 2011	London Welsh	A	D	17–17	1749	3rd	[11]
10	6 November 2011	Rotherham Titans	H	W	30–13	2506	1st	[12]
11	20 November 2011	Bristol Rugby	A	L	33–37	6044	3rd	[13]
12	26 November 2011	Doncaster Knights	A	L	21–36	1118	5th	[14]
13	4 December 2011	London Scottish	H	W	42–10	2168	4th	[15]
14	10 December 2011	Leeds Carnegie	A	L	13–14	2568	5th	[16]
15	24 December 2011	Plymouth Albion	H	W	33–12	3214	4th	[17]
16	1 January 2012	Bedford Blues	A	L	13–32	4396	4th	[18]
17	8 January 2012	Nottingham Rugby	H	W	26–24	2026	4th	[19]
18	14 January 2012	Esher Rugby	A	W	36–30	1263	4th	[20]
19	29 January 2012	London Welsh	H	W	27–6	1802	2nd	[21]
	4 February 2012	Rotherham Titans	A		P–P		2nd	[22]
	11 February 2012	Rotherham Titans	A		P–P		3rd
	12 February 2012	Rotherham Titans	A		P–P		3rd
20	13 February 2012	Rotherham Titans	A	W	19–14	463	2nd	[23]
21	19 February 2012	Bristol	H	W	18–17	3115	3rd	[24]
22	25 February 2012	Moseley	H	W	32–17	1844	3rd	[25]

24 September H v Leed Carnegie televised on Sky Sports

Stage Two matches

Stage Two: The promotion play–offs are played in two groups of four with the top two teams qualifying for the knock–out stages. The relegation play–offs consist of one group of four teams with the bottom team being relegated. Each team plays three matches at home and three away. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi–finals.

	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Attendance	Position	Match Report	Ref
1	10 March 2012	Leeds Carnegie	H	D	14–14	1953	2nd	[26]
2	16 March 2012	Bedford Blues	A	L	25–26	3377	2nd	[27]
3	25 March 2012	Rotherham Titans	H	W	25–17	1923	2nd	[28]
4	31 March 2012	Rotherham Titans	A	W	17–14	1222	2nd	[29]
5	15 April 2012	Bedford Blues	H	W	21–20	2139	2nd	[30]
6	21 April 2012	Leeds Carnegie	A	L	25–42	1588	2nd	[31]

Group B table (Promotion)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/–	BP	PTS	Adj
1	Bedford Blues	6	4	1	1	155	109	46	3	24	3
2	Cornish Pirates	6	3	1	2	127	133	–6	2	18	2
3	Leeds Carnegie	6	2	2	2	124	127	–3	2	15	1
4	Rotherham Titans	6	1	0	5	88	125	–37	2	6	0

* Adj – refers to number of points awarded before the start of the play-offs.

Points per match are awarded as follows:

• Four points for a win
• Two points for a draw
• 1 bonus point for scoring four tries and/or losing a match by seven points or less
• Knock-out stages consist of two-legged semi–finals and final with the highest league finisher from Stage One being the home team

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British and Irish Cup

The Cornish Pirates were drawn in Pool one and played the teams in Pool two. The Pool winners and the two best runners–up qualified for the Quarter–finals.

Pool one fixtures

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Venue	Attendance	Match Report	Ref
21 September 2011	Bristol	H	W	50–22	The Mennaye	1612	[32]
12 October 2011	Plymouth Albion	A	W	38–0	Brickfields	1425	[33]
12 November 2011	Munster A	A	W	10–6	Clonmel RFC	1207	[34]
18 December 2011	Cross Keys	H	W	30–3	The Mennaye	2259	[35]

Pool one final table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	BP	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Cornish Pirates (1)	4	4	0	0	128	31	2	18
Шаблон:Flagicon Ayr	4	2	0	2	44	72	1	9
Шаблон:Flagicon Moseley	4	2	0	2	46	106	0	8
Шаблон:Flagicon Neath	4	1	0	3	62	108	1	5

Quarter–final

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Venue	Attendance	Match Report	Ref
22 January 2012	Nottingham Rugby	H	W	33–3	The Mennaye	1492	[36]

Semi–final

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Score	Venue	Attendance	Match Report	Ref
7 April 2012	Cross Keys	A	L	16–20	Pandy Park	2500	[37]

Squad 2011–12

Dual Registration

• Tom Cowan–Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
• David Ewers (Exeter Chiefs)
• Lloyd Fairbrother (Exeter Chiefs)
• Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs)
• Drew Locke (Exeter Chiefs)
• Alan Paver (Exeter Chiefs)
• Charles Walker–Blair (Exeter Chiefs)

Internationally Capped Players

Andrew Suniula joined the Pirates after the 2011 World Cup.

Transfers 2011–12

Players In

• Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Cooper (from Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons)
• Шаблон:Flagicon David Doherty (from Шаблон:Flagicon Jersey)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Kessell (from Шаблон:Flagicon Plymouth Albion)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Maidment (from Шаблон:Flagicon Moseley)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Smith (from Шаблон:Flagicon UWIC
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Westren (from Шаблон:Flagicon Launceston) moved to London Scottish in December 2011
• Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Suniula (from Шаблон:Flagicon Chicago Griffins)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Darren Daniel (from Шаблон:Flagicon Carmarthen Quins)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ceiron Thomas (from Шаблон:Flagicon Leeds Carnegie)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Evans (from Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons)

Players Out

• Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Betty (to Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Blair Cowan (to Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors in January 2012)
• Шаблон:Flagicon James Currie (to Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Gulliver (to Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Tyrone Holmes (released)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Hopper (to Шаблон:Flagicon Harlequins)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Jackson (released)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Luke (released)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Winn (released)

Coaching staff

• Chris Stirling (Шаблон:Flagicon) (High Performance Manager) appointed in January 2009 and left club in April 2012.
• Ian Davies (Шаблон:Flagicon) (Head Coach) from April 2012. Previously Forwards Coach appointed in April 2009.
• Harvey Biljon (Шаблон:Flagicon) (Backs Coach) appointed in April 2009.
• Simon Raynes (Шаблон:Flagicon) (Strength and Conditioning Coach) since summer 2005.

See also

• 2011–12 RFU Championship
• 2011-12 British and Irish Cup

External links

• Cornish Pirates
• Cornish Pirates unofficial fans site
• Cornish Rugby