Match Day Live: Cornish Pirates (A)
Welcome to our Match Day Live coverage for Saturday’s Championship clash with Cornish Pirates.
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FULL-TIME SCORE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 25 EALING TRAILFINDERS
80: TRY EALING TRAILFINDERS! Burnsy scores swiftly out wide and that’s the bonus point. Willis misses the conversion.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 20 EALING TRAILFINDERS
78: TRY EALING TRAILFINDERS! Willis boots a sharp cross field kick, collected beautifully by Jordan Burns who touches down in the corner. Conversion missed.
77: That’s another yellow card for Pirates. We attack from the five metre lineout.
75: The referee awards us the penalty and Willis kicks us to the corner. Score remains 12-15.
74: We’re back swinging the ball into the Pirates 22, with the referee playing the advantage.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 15 EALING TRAILFINDERS
72: PENALTY EALING TRAILFINDERS! Craig slots the penalty kick and we have the lead!
71: HUGE scrum by our pack, winning the penalty against the feed. Willis will line up to give us the lead.
70: Will Davis replaces Kyle Whyte in the front-row.
69: Time is off after a frantic period of play. When play resumes Pirates will have the scrum feed, 20 metres from their line.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 12 EALING TRAILFINDERS
62: TRY EALING TRAILFINDERS! Carlo powers over from close range. Willis adds the extras and we’re all tied up!
60: That’s another yellow card for Pirates and the hosts are down to 13 players. Willis kicks us to the corner again. Score remains 12-5.
59: It’s a dodgy lineout and Pirates win back the ball to clear their lines. We’ll attack again, 18 metres from the Pirates line.
59: Yellow card for Pirates for repeated infringements. We kick for the corner, another big drive coming up.
57: We power our way swiftly into the Pirates 22 but the referee penalises us at the breakdown. It’s a let off for the home side as they kick out of danger.
54: Ross Kane is on the pitch for Lewis Thiede, Rob Farrar is on for Jack Digby.
53: Massive defence by Ealing as we win the ruck penalty following a powerful period of possession from Pirates. Score remains 12-5.
49: Danny Cutmore replaces Barney Maddison in the second-row, Carlo Tizzano is on for Simon Uzokwe.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 5 EALING TRAILFINDERS
48: TRY EALING TRAILFINDERS! We barge over from close range, Simon Uzokwe the scorer. Willis misses the conversion from out wide.
46: Willis throws a wide pass to Luke Daniels but the referee calls it forward. We return for the penalty and another attacking lineout. Five metres from the Pirates line.
45: We’re awarded the penalty in front of the sticks. We decide to kick for another attacking corner.
43: Clumsy play as we cough up possession. Pirates clear their lines with the kick to touch. We’ll have the lineout on their 22.
42: That’s another penalty for our boys. Shings boots to the corner, big drive coming up!
41: We’re back underway at The Mennaye. Big second half required as we win the early penalty and move the ball swiftly into the Pirates 22.
HALF TIME SCORE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 0 EALING TRAILFINDERS
40: Strong defence by our boys, turning over the ball deep on our line.
39: The hosts have the lineout throw, ten metres from our line. We defend the driving maul well but Pirates continue to push forward, phase by phase.
38: Fumbly stuff in the ruck as we turn the ball over. It’s a scrum to the hosts with a couple minutes left in the first half.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 12 – 0 EALING TRAILFINDERS
35: TRY PIRATES. The hosts intercept our short pass and run 75 metres to score under the posts. Conversion successful.
31: Here comes another attacking opportunity for our lads. We win the penalty on half-way and Willis kicks us to the corner.
30: We do well to turn the ball over but then throw a wayward pass. Pirates will pack down for another scrum.
28: We drive over the Pirates line but the Pirates defence does well to hold us up. It’s a Pirates scrum feed.
28: Pirates hold us out but the referee was playing advantage. We’ll take the quick tap from five metres out.
27: We’re driving our maul deep into the Pirates 22, building momentum, inch by inch!
24: We return to 15 men with Shings back on the pitch following his yellow card. Score remains Pirates 5-0 Ealing Trailfinders.
24: Huge scrum by our pack winning the penalty, we kick for the attacking lineout 22 metres out.
22: Cian Kelleher has left the field with an injury, replaced by Jordan Burns who will slot in on the wing.
21: We build our first proper set of attacking phases, working the ball into the Pirates half. Pirates then fumble our corner kick and we’ll pack down for the scrum, our feed.
17: Pirates pin a sharp kick into our 22, with the ball rolling into touch. We’re then awarded the penalty from the lineout. Willis boots us into touch, just over half-way.
SCORE UPDATE: CORNISH PIRATES 5 – 0 EALING TRAILFINDERS
13: TRY PIRATES. The home side drive over the line from close range. Conversion missed.
12: Our defence is holding remarkably well but the referee awards Pirates another penalty and Shingler is the sent to the sin-bin. We’re down to 14 for the next ten minutes.
9: Pirates have another driving maul close to our line. Our pack is holding firm!
8: The home side fling a cross-pitch kick to the corner but Jonah Holmes is there to cover. The referee was playing advantage so we return for the Pirates penalty. Five metres from our line.
7: Pirates maintain the ball and win the penalty just outside our 22. They opt to kick for the attacking corner. Score remains 0-0.
4: We fumble possession on half-way and Pirates will pack down for the first scrum of the game.
3: David Johnston has injured his shoulder in that attempt and immediately replaced by club captain Steven Shingler, on for his 50th cap.
3: We steal possession and grubber the ball swiftly into the Pirates danger zone, David Johnston and Luke Daniels scramble to attempt to score but the ball is fumbled forward.
2: Both sides play a bit of box kick tennis in the early stages.
1: We’re underway at The Mennaye following a minutes applause in memory of rugby legend Doddie Weir. Our thoughts remain with Doddie’s family and friends.
