Nickname(s) The Pirates | Founded 1945 | |
Coach(es) (High Performance Manager) Chris Stirling left the club April 2012 and replaced by Ian Davies(Forwards) Ian Davies(Backs) Harvey Biljon | ||
The 2011–12 season was the Cornish Pirates 9th season in the second tier of the English rugby union league system, the RFU Championship and their third in the British and Irish Cup. The Pirates finished 3rd in Stage One of the Championship, allowing them to qualify for the promotion stages, where they were losing finalist to London Welsh RFC. They also reached the semi–finals of the British and Irish Cup losing to Cross Keys in Wales.
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Stage One matches
Stage one is a league programme of 22 matches starting on Saturday, 3 September 2011 and completed by Saturday, 25 February 2012. Each team play 11 matches at home and 11 away. Top eight teams play in the promotion play–offs, bottom four play in the relegation play–off.
24 September H v Leed Carnegie televised on Sky Sports
Stage Two matches
Stage Two: The promotion play–offs are played in two groups of four with the top two teams qualifying for the knock–out stages. The relegation play–offs consist of one group of four teams with the bottom team being relegated. Each team plays three matches at home and three away. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi–finals.
Group B table (Promotion)
* Adj – refers to number of points awarded before the start of the play-offs.
Points per match are awarded as follows:
British and Irish Cup
The Cornish Pirates were drawn in Pool one and played the teams in Pool two. The Pool winners and the two best runners–up qualified for the Quarter–finals.
Squad 2011–12
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
Dual Registration
Internationally Capped Players
Andrew Suniula joined the Pirates after the 2011 World Cup.