{"id":414753,"date":"2011-05-02T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/02\/cornish-pirates-18-10-lon-welsh\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:56:39","slug":"cornish-pirates-18-10-lon-welsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/02\/cornish-pirates-18-10-lon-welsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornish Pirates 18-10 Lon Welsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"156.757685353\">\n<div>\n<h2>Cornish Pirates (3) 18<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tries :<\/em> Cattle, McAtee<\/li>\n<li><em>Cons:<\/em> Cook<\/li>\n<li><em>Pens:<\/em> Cook 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>London Welsh (10) 10<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tries:<\/em> Corker<\/li>\n<li><em>Cons:<\/em> Ross<\/li>\n<li><em>Pens:<\/em> Ross<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/d3e98b06gavincattle.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"gavin cattle\" \/> Pirates captain Gavin Cattle played a crucial role in both his side&#8217;s tries<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cornish Pirates produced an inspired second-half display to reach the Championship play-off final.<\/p>\n<p>London Welsh enjoyed the better of the first half, Matt Corker&#8217;s try proving just reward for their dominance.<\/p>\n<p>But the second-half saw the Pirates slowly gain the ascendancy, captain Gavin Cattle proving the catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran scrum-half grabbed his side&#8217;s first try, before making the break that put in wing Rhodri McAtee for the score that made the game safe.<\/p>\n<p>The Cornish club now face a two-leg play-off final against Worcester Warriors, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13253830.stm\">who had earlier beaten Bedford 23-22<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates will have home advantage for the first leg at the Mennaye Field on Wednesday 11 May (1945 BST).<\/p>\n<p>They then go to Sixways for the second leg the following Wednesday night (18 May, 1945 BST).<\/p>\n<p>And the Pirates have the psychological bonus of knowing that they are the only side to have beaten Worcester in the Championship this season, after Rob Cook&#8217;s late penalty earend a 23-21 win at Sixways back in October.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates&#8217; progression into the final initially looked in doubt on a sodden Penzance afternoon as Welsh were quickest out of the blocks, centre Simon Whatling making much of the early running with several incisive breaks.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors&#8217; reward came in the 16th minute when, after several phases of attacking play, Corker found the necessary space to squeeze over for the game&#8217;s opening try.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"22.4196428571\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/rugby_union\/13253830.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p>We were pushed to the limit by London Welsh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Chris Stirling<\/span> <span>Cornish Pirates coach<\/span><\/div>\n<p>As the half progressed the Pirates began to enjoy a greater share of possession, stringing together several phases of attack to test the Exiles defence.<\/p>\n<p>The Cornish outfit thought they had their reward when <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12941759.stm\">Harlequins-bound centre Matt Hopper<\/a> made a superb break, only to be held up short.<\/p>\n<p>But, with both sides having kicked first-half penalties, Welsh went in at half-time with a 10-3 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The second-half saw Chris Stirling&#8217;s men employ a change in tactics, utilising the favourable wind and the boot of fly-half Johnny Bentley to put themselves deep into Welsh territory.<\/p>\n<p>As the game entered its final quarter the home side seemed to find another gear, ramping up the pressure on their already strained opponents.<\/p>\n<p>On 64 minutes Cattle took advantage of a rare lapse in the Welsh defence to sneak over on the blindside following a breakdown five metres out.<\/p>\n<p>Cook&#8217;s conversion brought the scores level and, when he slotted over a second penalty to make it 13-10 moments later, the tension amongst the Penzance crowd visibly lifted.<\/p>\n<p>A ground that had been full of nerves was quickly restored to a vibrant throng as Cattle unlocked the Welsh defence once again, this time releasing McAtee who made no mistake as he went over.<\/p>\n<p>Although Cook missed the conversion, it was of little significance as the full-time whistle blew shortly afterwards, confirming the Pirates&#8217; place in the final.<\/p>\n<p><span>POST-MATCH REACTION<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cornish Pirates head coach Chris Stirling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely rapt for the boys that all of their hard work paid off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were pushed to the limit by London Welsh and full credit to the boys for coming through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we kicked overly well but Welsh were tiring as the game went on and, when we shifted it wide, we did well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>TEAMS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cornish Pirates:<\/strong> Cook; McAtee, Hopper, Luke, Jackson; Bentley, Cattle; Andrew, Ward, Paver, Myerscough, Gulliver, Morgan, Betty, McGolone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Rimmer, Elloway, Burgess, Marriott, Doherty, Winn, Locke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>London Welsh:<\/strong> A Thomas; Gibson, Tonga&#8217;uiha, Whatling, Claassens; Ross, R Lewis; Pittman, Ma&#8217;asi, Ward, Powell, Corker, Mills, Hills, Russell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Lahiff, Purdy, Beach, Stevenson, Shabbo, Yarde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/d3e98b06gavincattle.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13253830.stm\" title=\"Cornish Pirates 18-10 Lon Welsh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornish Pirates 18-10 Lon Welsh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cornish Pirates (3) 18 Tries : Cattle, McAtee Cons: Cook Pens: Cook 2 London Welsh (10) 10 Tries: Corker Cons: Ross Pens: Ross Pirates captain Gavin Cattle played a crucial role in both his side&#8217;s tries Cornish Pirates produced an inspired second-half display to reach the Championship play-off final. London Welsh enjoyed the better of the first half, Matt Corker&#8217;s try proving just reward for their dominance. 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