The 2009–10 season is the Cornish Pirates 7th season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their first in the British and Irish Cup. The Pirates finished 6th in Stage One of the Championship, allowing them to qualify for the promotion stages, where they finished 3rd and did not qualify for the semi–finals. They also won the final of the British and Irish Cup beating Munster A 23–14.

Pre–season Friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceNotes  1  15 August 2009Cardiff H W60–13 2403   2  29 August 2009Harlequins A L17–47 

RFU Championship

Stage one matches Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday 6 September 2009 and completed by Saturday 13 March 2010 (originally due to finish by Saturday 25 February). Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away with the top eight teams qualifying for the promotion play–offs and bottom four play in the relegation play–off. DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceNotes  1  6 September 2009Nottingham Rugby A W24–13 1230  2  13 September 2009Moseley H W57–24 2632   3  18 September 2009Doncaster Knights A W21–10 1728   4  27 September 2009Coventry H W20–14 2695   5  3 October 2009Plymouth Albion A L8–16 4004   6  11 October 2009Bristol H L13–35 4115   7  17 October 2009London Welsh A L10–34 1980   8  27 October 2009Birmingham & Solihull H W62–10 2530   9  31 October 2009Rotherham Titans A L20–29 1287   10  8 November 2009Bedford Blues H W25–24 2465  11  14 November 2009Exeter Chiefs A L15–22 6158   12  5 December 2009Moseley A W20–19 901   13  13 December 2009Doncaster Knights H L10–12 2667   14  18 December 2009Coventry A W27–12 1000   15  27 December 2009Plymouth Albion H W46–7 5654   16  1 January 2010Bristol A L15–31 7740     10 January 2009London Welsh H P–P   17  17 January 2010Birmingham Solihull A D31–31  916 Played at Camborne due to bad weather in the Birmingham area  18  24 January 2010Rotherham Titans H W29–24 2459   19  30 January 2010Bedford A L16–19 2817   20  7 February 2010Exeter Chiefs H L15–30 3661   21  21 February 2010Nottingham Rugby H W47–19 2321   22  13 March 2010London Welsh H L24–28 1560

Stage one league table

Stage two matches DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceNotes  1  19 March 2010Bristol A L12–19 5892   2  28 March 2010Plymouth Albion H W17–0 2849   3  4 April 2010Bedford Blues H W22–18 3359   4  10 April 2010Bedford Blues A L18–42 2599   5  16 April 2010Plymouth Albion A L14–19 4141   6  1 May 2010Bristol H L15–60 3190

Stage two league table Pos Team Played Won Draw Lost  For  Against Bonus Pts PTS 1 Bristol 6 5 0 1 189 86 4 24 2 Bedford Blues 6 4 0 2 154 125 4 20 3 Cornish Pirates 6 2 0 4 98 158 2 10 4 Plymouth Albion 6 1 0 5 57 129 1 5

British and Irish Cup DateOpponentsH / AResultScoreAttendanceNotes  1  22 November 2009Gael Force H W29–8 2370   2  27 November 2009Leinster A A L10–12  520 Played at Donnybrook, Dublin  3  13 February 2010Plymouth Albion A W13–9 2413   4  28 February 2010Exeter Chiefs H W37–14 2564   5  7 March 2010Newport H W26–20 3650

TeamPWDLTFPFPABPLB+/-Pts Cornish Pirates5401131156321+5219 Leinster A54019896511+2418 Newport531110815411+2716 Exeter Chiefs520311798511-610 Plymouth Albion51135555802-38 Gael Force500563512911-942

Semi–final

Final

See also

2009–10 RFU Championship 2009–10 British and Irish Cup 2009–10 British and Irish Cup pool stage

References

External links Cornish Pirates Cornish Pirates unofficial fans site Cornish Rugby