Cornwall/Devon League (known as Tribute Cornwall/Devon League for sponsorship reasons) was an English level eight, rugby union league for clubs principally based in Cornwall and Devon. Following the reorganisation of the English rugby union leagues in 2022, the league was replaced by two level eight leagues based in Cornwall and Devon. The Pirates Amateurs won the last competition in season 2021–22 and were promoted to Counties 1 Western West
Format The champions and runner-up were promoted to Western Counties West. The number of teams relegated depends on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above, but was usually two or three to Cornwall 1 and/or Devon 1. The season ran from September to April and comprised twenty-six rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals, home and away. The results of the matches contributed points to the league as follows: 4 points are awarded for a win 2 points are awarded for a draw 0 points are awarded for a loss, however 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match. The top two teams are promoted to Western Counties West and the bottom three teams are relegated to either Cornwall 1 or Devon 1 depending on their location.
2021–22 The 2021–22 Cornwall/Devon League consisted of fourteen teams; eight from Devon and six from Cornwall. The season started on 4 September 2021 and the final matches were played on 23 April 2022. Nine of the fourteen teams participated in the previous, completed season (2019–20); which following the withdrawal of Lanner in February 2020 only had thirteen teams. Truro and Paignton were promoted to Western Counties West as champions and runner-up respectively while South Molton and Exeter Athletic were relegated to Devon 1.
Five of the fourteen teams from the 2021–22 competition were promoted to the level seven Counties 1 Western West for the 2022–23 season; Pirates Amateurs, Topsham, Cullompton, Bude and Plymstock Albion Oaks. Five teams were assigned to the level eight league Counties 2 Cornwall; Hayle, Liskead-Looe, Newquay Hornets, Saltash and Veor while four teams were assigned to the level eight league Counties 2 Devon; North Tawton, Tavistock, Torquay Athletic and Withycombe. No teams were relegated to level nine.
Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/CityPrevious season Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 4th Cullompton Stafford Park Cullompton, Devon Relegated from Western Counties West (14th) Hayle Memorial Park Hayle, Cornwall Promoted from Cornwall 1 (champions) Liskeard-Looe Lux Park Liskeard 9th Newquay Hornets Newquay Sports Ground Newquay, Cornwall Promoted from Cornwall 1 (runner-up) North Tawton Taw Meadow North Tawton 7th Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 5th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 3rd Saltash Moorlands Lane Saltash, Cornwall Relegated from Western Counties West (12th) Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon 11th Topsham Bonfire Field Topsham, Exeter 6th Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground 3,000 (300 seats) Torquay, Devon 8th Veor Memorial Ground 500 Camborne 10th Withycombe Raleigh Park Exmouth, Devon Promoted from Devon 1 (champions)
League table 2021–22 Cornwall/Devon League TablePlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints adj1 Pirates Amateurs 26 24 0 2 897 347 550 17 1 116 2 Topsham 26 23 0 3 1028 300 728 18 1 114 3 Cullompton 26 19 2 5 1008 380 628 15 3 98 4 Bude 26 18 0 8 678 488 190 12 2 87 5 Plymstock Albion Oaks 26 16 1 9 738 557 181 17 2 85 6 Tavistock 26 13 1 12 648 628 20 14 3 72 7 Veor 26 11 1 14 560 735 −175 9 5 61 8 Torquay Athletic 26 13 0 13 584 730 −146 9 1 58 −5 9 Saltash 26 10 1 15 728 743 −15 12 4 58 10 North Tawton 26 8 1 16 492 609 −117 8 8 52 11 Withycombe 26 9 3 14 358 575 −217 2 4 49 12 Liskeard-Looe 26 2 1 23 212 695 −483 0 6 18 13 Newquay Hornets 26 7 2 17 410 830 −420 2 3 7 −30 14 Hayle 26 2 0 24 166 890 −724 1 1 −15 −25 Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Green background are the promotion places.
Updated: 7 August 2022
2020–21 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
2019–20 Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/CityPrevious season Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 3rd Exeter Athletic Bravelands Clyst St Mary, Devon Promoted from Devon 1 (playoff) Lanner St. Day Rugby Field Lanner, Cornwall 9th Liskeard-Looe Lux Park Liskeard 6th North Tawton Taw Meadow North Tawton Promoted from Devon 1 (champions) Paignton Queen's Park 1,650 (150 seats) Paignton, Devon Relegated from Western Counties West (14th) Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 11th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 4th South Molton Station Road South Molton 7th Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon 10th Topsham Bonfire Field Topsham, Exeter 8th Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground 3,000 (300 seats) Torquay, Devon 5th Truro St Clement's Hill 2,000 Truro, Cornwall Relegated from Western Counties West (13th) Veor Memorial Ground 500 Camborne Promoted from Cornwall 1 (champions)
League table 2019–20 Cornwall/Devon League Table (to 16 March 2020, when play stopped due to COVID-19)PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints1 Truro RFC 22 19 0 3 782 281 501 78 2 Paignton (P) 21 17 0 4 452 239 213 70 3 Plymstock Albion Oaks 20 15 0 5 488 331 157 61 4 Bude 21 14 0 7 507 292 215 57 5 Pirates Amateurs 20 13 0 7 506 354 152 54 6 Topsham 22 12 0 9 588 386 202 48 7 North Tawton 22 11 1 10 355 439 −84 47 8 Torquay Athletic 21 11 0 10 493 473 20 45 9 Liskeard-Looe 21 7 2 12 348 540 −102 34 10 Veor 23 8 1 14 414 580 −166 34 11 Lanner 19 7 0 12 317 426 −109 28 12 Tavistock 22 5 0 17 356 545 −189 20 13 Exeter Athletic 19 4 0 15 247 645 −398 16 14 South Molton 22 2 0 20 248 660 −412 8 Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less. If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places. Updated: 2 April 2021
2018–19 Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/CityPrevious season Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 5th Hayle Memorial Park Hayle, Cornwall 11th Honiton Allhallows Playing Field Honiton, Devon 4th Lanner St. Day Rugby Field Lanner, Cornwall 6th Liskeard-Looe Lux Park Liskeard Promoted from Cornwall 1 (champions) Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall 3rd Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 12th Plymouth Argaum Bickleigh Down Plymouth, Devon 9th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 8th South Molton Station Road South Molton Promoted from Devon 1 (champions) Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon 10th Topsham Bonfire Field Topsham, Exeter Promoted from Devon 1 (play-off) Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground 3,000 (300 seats) Torquay, Devon Relegated from Western Counties West (13th) Withycombe Raleigh Park Exmouth, Devon 7th
Final league table 2018–19 Cornwall/Devon League TableTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Penryn 26 22 2 2 964 241 723 18 1 113 2 Honiton 26 22 0 4 1122 307 815 19 2 110 3 Bude 26 21 1 4 769 336 433 16 0 104 4 Plymouth Albion Oaks 26 19 0 7 662 519 143 13 1 90 5 Torquay Athletic 26 17 0 9 790 495 295 13 3 84 6 Liskeard-Looe 26 13 1 12 566 519 47 9 3 66 7 South Molton 26 12 2 12 579 597 −18 11 2 66 8 Topsham 26 10 0 16 611 634 −23 11 6 57 9 Lanner 26 11 0 15 516 593 −77 7 5 52 −5 10 Tavistock 26 10 0 16 361 613 −252 5 6 51 11 Pirates Amateurs 26 8 0 18 458 750 −292 6 5 43 12 Hayle 26 7 0 19 502 973 −471 8 4 40 13 Plymouth Argaum 26 5 0 21 287 941 −654 2 2 24 14 Withycombe 26 2 0 24 264 933 −669 3 5 6 −10If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.Updated: 12 April 2021
2017–18 The season started on 2 September 2017 and finished on 21 April 2018. Fourteen teams contested the Cornwall/Devon league, seven from Devon, six from Cornwall and one from Somerset (Wellington). Nine of the sides played in the league last season and are joined by Bude (13th) and Wellington (14th), both relegated from Western Counties West, and three sides promoted from Devon 1 and Cornwall 1. Wessex (from Devon 1) and Hayle (Cornwall 1) are champions of their respective leagues and Torrington were also promoted after Newquay Hornets declined to contest a play-off for the third promotion match.
Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/CityPrevious season Bude Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall Relegated from Western Counties West (13th) Hayle Memorial Park Hayle, Cornwall Promoted from Cornwall 1 (champions) Honiton Allhallows Playing Field Honiton, Devon 11th Lanner St. Day Rugby Field Lanner, Cornwall 7th Penryn Memorial Ground 4,000 (200 seats) Penryn, Cornwall 5th Pirates Amateurs Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall 8th Plymouth Argaum Bickleigh Down Plymouth, Devon 10th Plymstock Albion Oaks Horsham Playing Fields Staddiscombe, Plymouth 6th Saltash Moorlands Lane Saltash, Cornwall 3rd Tavistock Sandy Park 500 Tavistock, Devon 9th Torrington Donnacroft Great Torrington, Devon Promoted from Devon 1 (play-off) Wellington Athletic Ground Wellington, Somerset Relegated from Western Counties West (14th) Wessex Flowerpot Playing Fields Exeter Promoted from Devon 1 (champions) Withycombe Raleigh Park Exmouth, Devon 4th
Final league table 2017–18 Cornwall/Devon League TableTeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPointsPoints deducted 1 Wellington 26 24 0 2 997 262 735 18 2 118 2 Saltash 26 21 0 5 936 356 580 19 3 109 3 Penryn 26 22 1 3 973 228 745 17 1 108 4 Honiton 25 19 0 6 778 333 445 14 4 94 5 Bude 25 17 0 8 646 399 247 13 3 84 6 Lanner 25 13 1 11 670 518 152 11 2 67 7 Withycombe 26 11 2 13 630 545 85 10 5 63 8 Plymstock Albion Oaks 26 11 2 13 506 598 −92 9 2 54 −5 9 Plymouth Argaum 26 9 0 17 358 881 −523 6 2 44 10 Tavistock 26 7 0 19 393 664 −271 8 5 42 11 Hayle 26 8 1 17 361 645 −284 3 3 35 −5 12 Pirates Amateurs 25 6 0 19 387 888 −501 7 4 35 13 Exeter Athletic 26 3 1 22 381 1065 −684 7 4 25 14 Torrington 26 5 0 21 283 917 −634 3 3 21 −5If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are promotion places. Pink background are relegation places.Updated: 12 April 2021
2016–17