Counties 3 Cornwall (formerly known as Tribute Cornwall League 2) is an English level nine rugby union league for clubs based in Cornwall. The champions and runner-up are promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall (formerly Cornwall League 1); there is no relegation. The league ran continuously since 1987–88, except for a two-season break, when Cornwall 2 combined with Cornwall League 1 for seasons 2009–10 and 2010–11. The competition recommenced in 2011–12 when it was decided to form two leagues of seven teams each.Nigel Walrond. Duchy Diary In Independent, 5 June 2011.
For the 2016–17 season Cornwall 1 and Cornwall 2 were amalgamated to create the Cornwall League with fifteen teams playing each other once in the first phase. After Christmas the teams split into two leagues with the top eight playing in Cornwall One and the remainder playing in Cornwall Two. For the 2018–19 season Cornwall League 1 and Cornwall League 2 reverted to separate divisions. The RFU reorganised the league system in 2022, renaming the league Counties 3 Cornwall.
Launceston II XV are the current champions and are promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall. St Agnes are the most successful team having won the league on six occasions.
Format The season runs from September to April and the results of the matches contribute 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.
2026-27 Departing were St Agnes promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall.
The league will be contested in two phases with all clubs playing 13 fixtures before it then splits into the top eight and bottom six clubs who will then play a further seven or five fixtures respectively.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Bodmin Clifden Park Bodmin Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall Bude II Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall Re-entry Camborne School of Mines Memorial Park, Kernick Road Penryn 5th Falmouth II Recreation Ground 3,000 Falmouth, Cornwall Re-entry Hayle Memorial Park Hayle 8th Helston II King George V Playing Field 2,500 Helston New entry Illogan Park Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan 3rd Lankelly-Fowey Lankelly Farm Fowey 6th Pirates Amateurs II Mennaye Field 4,000 (2,200 seats) Penzance, Cornwall New entry Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth Re-entry Roseland Philleigh Rugby Field Philleigh 7th Saltash II Moorlands Lane Saltash 4th St Ives II Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives 2nd Veor Memorial Ground 500 Camborne Re-entry
2025–26 Departing were Launceston II promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall, while Hayle were relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall and Lankelly-Fowey rejoined the league. At the beginning of the season the league was due to be contested by twelve sides; however, over the course of the season four teams withdrew (see below) leaving eight sides to contest the fixtures.
Bude II Falmouth II Redruth Albany Veor
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Camborne School of Mines Memorial Park, Kernick Road Penryn 7th Hayle Memorial Park Hayle Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall Illogan Park Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan 6th Lankelly-Fowey Lankelly Farm Fowey Re-entry Roseland Philleigh Rugby Field Philleigh 3rd Saltash II Moorlands Lane Saltash 4th St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes 2nd St Ives II Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives 5th
League table 2025–26 Counties 3 Cornwall Table
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Pts adj 1 St Agnes (P) 14 12 0 2 521 253 268 11 0 59 2 St Ives II 14 10 0 4 501 267 234 12 1 53 3 Illogan Park 14 10 0 4 331 226 105 8 3 51 4 Saltash II 14 6 0 8 386 578 −192 10 0 34 5 Camborne School of Mines 14 6 1 7 418 364 54 7 2 30 −5 6 Lankelly-Fowey 14 5 0 9 271 425 −154 7 1 29 −1 7 Roseland 14 4 1 9 328 419 −91 7 1 27 −1 8 Hayle 14 2 0 12 231 455 −224 3 1 7 −5 Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 0 points for a loss 1 point for scoring four tries 1 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 Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background is the promotion place. There is no relegation. Updated: 15 June 2026
2024–25 Participating teams and locations Departing were Hayle and Wadebridge Camels II, promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall. Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall were Illogan Park (11th) and Camborne School of Mines (12th), while Truro II, St Ives II and Penryn II joined the league.
At the start of the season the league was due to be contested by fifteen sides; over the course of the season the following teams withdrew (2023–24 finishing position shown in brackets) leaving just seven sides to contest the fixtures.
Bude II (12th) Camborne II (4th) Falmouth II (10th) Lankelly-Fowey (7th) Penryn II (n/a) Redruth Albany (11th) St Austell III (5th) Truro II (n/a)
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Camborne School of Mines Memorial Park, Kernick Road Penryn Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall Illogan Park Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall Launceston II Polson Bridge 3,000 (194 seats) Launceston 3rd Roseland Philleigh Rugby Field Philleigh 9th Saltash II Moorlands Lane Saltash 8th St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes 6th St Ives II Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives New entry
League table 2024–25 Counties 3 Cornwall Table
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Pts adj 1 Launceston II (P) 12 9 0 3 294 196 98 8 1 47 +2 2 St Agnes 12 8 1 3 245 182 63 4 0 39 +1 3 Roseland 12 6 0 6 276 316 −40 4 2 30 0 4 Saltash II 12 5 1 6 299 282 17 5 1 29 +1 5 St Ives II 12 6 2 4 236 240 −4 4 0 27 −5 6 Illogan Park 12 3 0 9 119 246 −127 1 2 12 −3 7 Camborne School of Mines 12 3 0 9 191 198 −7 5 4 6 −15 Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 0 points for a loss 1 point for scoring four tries 1 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 Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are promotion places. There is no relegation. Updated: 30 October 2025
2023–24
Departing were Perranporth and St. Just, both promoted to Counties 2 Cornwall.
Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Bude II Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall 9th Camborne II Recreation Ground 7,000 (780 seats) Camborne 3rd Falmouth II Recreation Ground 3,000 Falmouth, Cornwall First season Hayle Memorial Park Hayle Relegated from Counties 2 Cornwall (12th) Lankelly-Fowey Lankelly Farm Fowey 8th Launceston II Polson Bridge 3,000 (194 seats) Launceston 5th Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth 10th Roseland Philleigh Rugby Field Philleigh 7th Saltash II Moorlands Lane Saltash First season St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes 4th St Austell III Tregorrick Park 4,000 (300 seats) St Austell First season Wadebridge Camels II Molesworth Field 500 Wadebridge 6th
League table 2023–24 Counties 3 Cornwall Table
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Pts adj 1 Hayle 22 20 1 1 912 228 684 16 0 99 2 Wadebridge Camels II 22 20 0 2 1064 238 826 17 0 97 3 Launceston II 22 15 1 6 883 364 519 15 2 79 4 Camborne II 22 15 1 6 603 330 273 12 2 72 −5 5 St Austell III 22 12 2 8 441 381 60 10 2 60 −5 6 St Agnes 22 11 1 10 592 473 119 10 2 59 7 Lankelly-Fowey 22 10 0 12 467 581 −114 10 4 55 8 Saltash II 22 8 1 13 505 763 –258 11 2 48 9 Roseland 22 8 2 12 379 532 −153 5 2 45 10 Falmouth II 22 6 1 15 333 616 –283 6 2 31 −5 11 Redruth Albany 22 1 0 21 145 1304 −1159 2 0 6 12 Bude II 22 1 0 21 242 756 −514 4 1 −6 −15Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 0 points for a loss 1 point for scoring four tries 1 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 Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are promotion places. There is no relegation. Updated: 1 September 2024
2022–23 Ten teams competed this season with Perranporth, Redruth Albany and St Just returning from the 2021–22 competition. Lankelly-Fowey, Roseland and St Agnes were relegated from Cornwall 1, while, four club 2nd teams joined the league; Bude II, Camborne II, Launceston II and Wadebridge Camels II.
Participating teams and locations
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Bude II Bencoolen Meadow 750 Bude, Cornwall First season Camborne II Recreation Ground 7,000 (780 seats) Camborne First season Launceston II Polson Bridge 3,000 (194 seats) Launceston First season Lankelly-Fowey Lankelly Farm Fowey Relegated from Cornwall League 1 (6th) Perranporth Ponsmere Valley Perranporth 2nd Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth 4th Roseland Philleigh Rugby Field Philleigh Relegated from Cornwall League 1 (5th) St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes Relegated from Cornwall League 1 (7th) St Just Tregeseal Tregeseal, St Just (3rd) Wadebridge Camels II Molesworth Field 500 Wadebridge First season
League table 2022–23 Counties 3 Cornwall Table
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Pts adj 1 Perranporth 18 16 0 2 808 200 608 15 1 80 2 St Just 18 13 0 5 505 225 280 8 1 62 3 Camborne II 18 13 0 5 600 259 341 11 2 61 −5 4 St Agnes 18 11 0 7 639 319 320 11 1 57 5 Launceston II 18 10 0 8 566 332 234 9 2 47 −5 6 Wadebridge Camels II 18 8 1 9 385 514 −129 7 0 42 7 Roseland 18 7 1 10 431 456 −25 8 2 40 8 Lankelly-Fowey 18 8 0 10 532 474 58 11 0 38 −5 9 Bude II 18 3 0 15 300 602 −302 4 2 18 10 Redruth Albany 18 0 0 18 86 1471 −1385 1 0 1 Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 0 points for a loss 1 point for scoring four tries 1 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 Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled Green background are promotion places. There is no relegation. Updated: 29 March 2023
2021–22 Participating teams and locations Stithians, who finished 4th in 2019–20, returned for 2021–22 but withdrew from the league in September 2021, consequently it ran with five teams instead.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season Camelford Lane End 500 Camelford 5th Perranporth Ponsmere Valley Perranporth 3rd Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth 6th St Ives Recreation Ground 3,000 (275 seats) St Ives withdrew from South West 1 West in 2019–20 St Just Tregeseal Tregeseal, St Just relegated from Cornwall 1
League table 2021–22 Cornwall League 2 Table Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Pts adj 1 St Ives 8 8 0 0 302 9 293 5 0 40 2 Perranporth 8 6 0 2 171 92 79 2 0 28 3 St Just 8 4 0 4 297 195 102 4 1 21 4 Redruth Albany 8 2 0 6 58 348 −290 1 0 0 −10 5 Camelford 8 0 0 8 59 243 −184 1 0 −9 −10 Points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw