List of Cornish Pirates RFC seasons

Cornish Pirates Rugby Club is a Cornish professional rugby union club playing in the second tier of the English rugby union system, the RFU Championship. The club was formed in 1945 when Penzance RFC and Newlyn RFC amalgamated to form Penzance & Newlyn RFC and is based in Penzance, Cornwall. Twenty days after the end of the Second World War, the first match was played against Guy's Hospital on 22 September 1945. The club was renamed Cornish Pirates in 2005 and apart from one season at Kenwyn, Truro and four at the Recreation Ground, Camborne, they play at the Mennaye Field in Penzance.[1][2]

The list below details the club's achievements from the first league season when they played at level eight in the Cornwall and Devon League through to last season (2011–12), when they equalled their highest league position and were also losing finalists in the play–off for promotion to the Aviva Premiership. The club have won promotion on six occasions and have been successful twice in national competitions and also won Cornish Cup competitions three times.

Season League Notes National Cup Cornwall Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Level
1987–88 Cornwall and Devon League10613166111134th8QF
1988–89 10505120147107thSF
1989–90 1090125696181stPromoted1st R
1990–91 Western Counties1021710511559th71st R
1991–92 1060411696125thQF
1992–93 12804314129164th1st R
1993–94 12804185124164thQF
1994–95 12804287160164th18 consecutive home wins SF
1995–96 11704202150143rdPromoted5 clubs promoted due to league reorganisationQF
1996–97 South West Two (West)211803636241361st6Promoted 1st round SF
1997–98 South West One221417599361294th5 SF SF
1998–99 2220021083247401stPromoted3rd roundWinners
1999–00 National Three South2620151055481412nd43rd roundWinners
2000–01 261826823492383rd Finalists[1]
2001–02 2624111271468491st4Promoted2nd round
2002–03 National League Two262213849442451st3Promoted2nd round
2003–04 National League One2681174748924310th24th round
2004–05 261709698526854th2nd round
2005–06 261907694561903rdhighest position2nd round
2006–07 3020288124911014thWinners
2007–08 302019800583915th3pts deducted[2]
2008–09 3016113744578827th2nd roundWinners[3]
2009–10 RFU Championship2211110555463566th23rd place in group stageWinners[4]
2010–11 221516633337763rdhighest positionlost promotion play–off finalgroup stage
2011–12 221435606464743rdhighest positionlost promotion play–off finalSF
2012–13 2210210435480526th
2013–14 2310211456554516th
2014–15 229013436464458th
2015–16 228113530570499th
2016–17 20929559497556th
2017–18 2212010681577674th
  • [1]Semi-final held and won at beginning of following season; the final against Launceston was not played and the Pirates decided to withdraw from Cornwall RFU competitions for seven seasons.
  • [2]three points deducted for scrum replacement irregularity
  • [3]New competition, the Cornwall Super Cup
  • [4]British and Irish Cup from 2009–10 onwards

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See also

References
  1. Westren, P, Thomas, J and Matthews, H. 50 Golden Years. Penzance: Penzance & Newlyn RFC.
  2. Tomlin, S and Straughan, D. (2009) Pirates! Pirates! The Rise And Rise Of A Cornish Rugby Club. Penzance: Cornish Pirates
  3. Williams, T. and Mitchell, B. (1991) Courage Clubs Championship Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991-92. Taunton: Tony Williams.
  4. http://www.trelawnysarmy.org.uk/ta/tascf.html
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