Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders


By DC
October 2 2026

Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Elior Champ Rugby Round 3
Saturday October 3rd 2026
Mennaye Field, Penzance

Kick Off 15:00

Live Stream At: www.clubbertv.co.uk

In team news, England under-20s’ Nick Lilley, who has just joined the Pirates on dual registration with Exeter Chiefs, goes straight into action partnering Harry Ascherl in the centre.

In the forwards, Hugh Bokenham slots back in at No. 8 as Tomi Agbongbon is not available for selection this week, whilst Matt Cannon, who last week came off the bench to make his 50th appearance for the club, will pack down alongside Milo Hallam in the second row.


Cornish Pirates Match Preview:  https://cornish-pirates.com

Cornish Pirates:
15. Henry Palmer 14 Arthur Relton 13 Nick Lilley
12 Harry Ascherl 11 Josh Radcliffe
10 Arwel Robson 9 Dan Hiscocks
1 Alessandro Heaney 2 Morgan Nelson 3 Alfie Petch
4 Milo Hallam 5 Matt Cannon 6 Alex Everett (captain) 7 Jack Forsythe
8 Hugh Bokenham

Replacements:
16. Matt Pritchard 17 Jamie Clark 18 Osman Dimen
19 Josh King 20 Luke Ratcliff
21 Barnaby Elderkin 22 Will Becconsall 23 Finn Love.

Match Officials:
Referee: George Selwood
Assistants: Emmerson Wood & Kevin Williams
Official 4: Paul Box

 

 

 

 

Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Unofficial Pirates (IP Logged)
Date: 02/10/2026 12:11

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Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Pirate15 (IP Logged)
Date: 02/10/2026 13:59

This is going to be a very tough fixture against a strong Ealing side.
We need to start well and impose our game plan on them to get the mennaye crowd in full voice.
It's a huge challenge but all we ask is that we see a response from the squad after the disappointment of last week's heavy defeat at Coventry.

Tomi Agbongbon
Posted by: Longrockerz (IP Logged)
Date: 02/10/2026 14:39

Does anyone know why Tomi is unavailable for this weekends game v Trailfinders? I thought he'd play as he has now signed a full time contract with us.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026:10:04:10:16:37 by Longrockerz.

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: *Stalwart (IP Logged)
Date: 03/10/2026 10:48

Very tough ask with the current injury situation. Just give it everything, that's all we can ask.

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Geoff DC (IP Logged)
Date: 03/10/2026 16:57

Excellent team effort
Pirates 35 - Ealing 33

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Pirate15 (IP Logged)
Date: 03/10/2026 17:50

We asked for a reaction and the squad responded with an outstanding performance against a physical Ealing side.
Every member of the squad gave their all and the pirates were worthy winners after producing such a determined performance both in attack and defence.
We now need to get drunk, rest, recover and prepare for a very difficult away trip to Bedford.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026:10:03:18:53:59 by Pirate15.

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: welshpirate (IP Logged)
Date: 03/10/2026 17:51

Amazing! One of the best matches I've ever seen at the Mennaye. A brilliant team effort and what an atmosphere, it almost blew the roof off at the end.

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Faithful_City (IP Logged)
Date: 03/10/2026 19:10

Fantastic result, well done Pirates.

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Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: Wino (IP Logged)
Date: 04/10/2026 07:47

What outstanding character to put in a performance and a result like that after last week’s shellacking at Coventry.

Re: Cornish Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders
Posted by: *Stalwart (IP Logged)
Date: 04/10/2026 13:54

Quote:
welshpirate
Amazing! One of the best matches I've ever seen at the Mennaye. A brilliant team effort and what an atmosphere, it almost blew the roof off at the end.

Agree completely, that was up there with the best ever wins at The Mennaye.

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