Cornwall League 2

Tribute Cornwall League 2
Current season or competition:
2015–16 Tribute Cornwall League 2
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1987 (1987)
Number of teams 6
Country England
Holders Roseland (2nd title) (2015–16)
Most titles St Agnes RFC (5 titles)

Tribute Cornwall 2 is an English level ten rugby union league for clubs based in Cornwall. The champions (and in some seasons the runners-up) are promoted to Tribute Cornwall 1; there is no relegation. The league has run continuously since 1987–88, except for a two season break, when Cornwall 2 was 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.[1]

Roseland, the current champions are promoted to the Tribute Cornwall League 1 for season 2016–17. St Agnes are the most successful team having won the league on five occasions and Helston have won the competition on four occasions. Both teams currently play in Tribute Cornwall League 1 (2015–16).

2015–16

The first matches of the 2015–16 Tribute Cornwall 2 were played on 10 October 2015 and the final matches on 2 April 2016 with the six teams playing each of the other teams twice to make ten matches each.

Participating clubs and locations

Lankelly-Fowey
Redruth Albany
Roseland
St Just
Stithians
Locations of the 2015-16 Tribute Cornwall 2 teams
Team Ground Town/Village Previous season
Camelford RFC Parc Tremain, Tintagel Camelford 3rd
Lankelly-Fowey RFC Lankelly Farm Fowey 6th
Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth 5th
Roseland Philleigh relegated from Cornwall 1
St Just Tregeseal St Just 4th
Stithians Playing Field Stithians relegated from Cornwall 1

League table

2015–16 Tribute Cornwall League 2 Table[2]
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try bonus Loss bonus Pts Notes
1 Roseland 10 10 0 0 309 43 266 7 0 47
2 St Just 10 8 0 2 249 68 181 5 2 40
3 Camelford 10 4 1 5 167 127 40 2 4 24
4 Stithians 10 5 0 5 135 187 –52 3 0 23
5 Lankelly-Fowey 10 2 1 7 123 272 –1491 1 0 11
6 Redruth Albany 10 0 0 10 46 332 –286 0 1 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:

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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: 24 April 2016

2014–15

The 2014–15 Tribute Cornwall League 2 originally consisted of seven teams; each team playing the others twice, home and away. St Day withdrew before the season started reducing the league to six teams. The season started on 4 October 2014 and finished on 24 January 2015 with the champions, St Agnes promoted to Tribute Cornwall 1.[3][4] Lanner, in their first season in league rugby was also promoted after finishing the league season in second place. Both promoted teams finished the league season unbeaten winning eight of their ten matches.

Participating clubs and locations

Team Ground Town/Village Previous season
Camelford RFC Parc Tremain, Tintagel Camelford 3rd
Lankelly-Fowey RFC Lankelly Farm Fowey 5th
Lanner Trevarth Lanner first season
Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth 6th
St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes relegated from Tribute Cornwall 1
St Just Tregeseal St Just 2nd

League table

2014–15 Tribute Cornwall League 2 Table[5]
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try Bonus Loss Bonus Pts Notes
1 St Agnes 10 8 2 0 522 75 447 7 0 44
2 Lanner 10 8 2 0 433 62 371 7 0 44
3 Camelford 10 5 0 5 86 228 –142 2 0 24
4 St Just 10 4 0 6 112 300 –188 2 1 15
5 Redruth Albany 10 2 0 8 96 407 –311 0 1 9
6 Lankelly-Fowey 10 1 0 9 96 273 –177 1 1 –9 15 points deducted

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:

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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: 17 August 2015

2013–14

The 2013–14 Tribute Cornwall 2 kicked off on 28 September 2013 and was due to finish on 18 January 2014 with each team playing each of the other teams three times. Owing to fixture cancellations the competition finished on 8 February 2014. The champions, Illogan Park are promoted to Tribute Cornwall 1, there is no relegation.

Participating clubs and locations

Team Ground Town/Village Previous season
Camelford RFC Parc Tremain, Tintagel Camelford
Illogan Park RFC Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan
Lankelly-Fowey RFC Lankelly Farm Fowey
Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth
St Day RFC Playing Field, Telegraph Hill St Day
St Just Tregeseal St Just relegated from Tribute Cornwall 1

League table

2013–14 Tribute Cornwall League 2 Table[6]
Pos Team P W D L F A Diff Try Bonus Loss Bonus Pts Notes
1 Illogan Park 15 15 0 0 763 135 628 13 0 73
2 St Just 14 9 0 5 255 189 66 6 3 47
3 Camelford 15 7 0 8 239 335 –96 5 0 34
4 St Day 14 6 0 8 215 346 –131 5 2 21 10 pts deducted
5 Lankelly-Fowey 15 4 0 11 255 414 –159 6 2 19 5 pts deducted
6 Redruth Albany 15 3 0 12 179 487 –308 4 3 15 5 pts deducted

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:

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. 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: 27 August 2014

2012–13

Participating clubs and locations

Team Ground Town/Village
Bodmin RFC Clifden Park Bodmin
Camborne School of Mines RFC Memorial Park, Kernick Road Penryn
Camelford RFC Parc Tremain, Tintagel Camelford
Illogan Park RFC Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan
Lankelly-Fowey RFC Lankelly Farm Fowey
Redruth Albany Trewirgie Road Redruth
St Day RFC Playing Field, Telegraph Hill St Day

[7]

Cornwall League 2 honours

[8][9][10][11][12]

Cornwall League 2 honours
Season No of teams Champions Runners-up ref
1987–88 5 Veor Lankelly-Fowey
1988–89 6 Stithians St Just
1989–90 6 St Agnes Roseland
1990–91 7 Helston Redruth Albany
1991–92 6 St Just Camborne School of Mines
1992–93 6 Helston Wadebridge Camels
1993–94 6 St Agnes Perranporth
1994–95 6 Redruth Albany St Day
1995–96 6 Illogan Park St Just
1996–97 6 Bodmin Wadebridge Camels
1997–98 7 Redruth Albany Veor [13]
1998–99 7 St Agnes St Day [14]
1999–00 8 Liskeard Looe Redruth Albany [15]
2000–01 8 Mounts Bay Callington [16]
2001–02 8 St Day Redruth Albany [17]
2002–03 8 Redruth Albany Illogan Park [18]
2003–04 8 Helston Stithians [19]
2004–05 8 St Day Stithians [20]
2005–06 8 Helston Camborne School of Mines [21]
2006–07 8 Roseland St Just [22]
2007–08 8 Illogan Park Redruth Albany [23]
2008–09 6 Veor St Day (five others also promoted)[n 1] [24]
2009–10 No competition
2010–11 No competition
2011–12 7 St Agnes Perranporth [25]2[n 2]
2012–13 7 Bodmin Camborne School of Mines [26]
2013–14 6 Illogan Park St Just [27]
2014–15 6 St Agnes Lanner [28]
2015–16 6 Roseland St Just
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ For 2009–10 Cornwall 2 and Cornwall League 1 combined into a single division.
  2. ↑ After two seasons there was a return to a two tier system; Tribute Cornwall 1 and 2.

Geography

The following clubs have participated in the Cornwall League 2.

Team Ground Town/Village
Bodmin Clifden Park Bodmin
Callington Duchy College Playing Fields Stoke Climsland
Camborne School of Mines Memorial Park, Kernick Road Penryn
Camelford Parc Tremain, Tintagel Camelford
RNAS Culdrose Sport Field RNAS Culdrose
Helston King George V Playing Field Helston
Illogan Park Paynters Lane Playing Field Illogan
Lankelly-Fowey Lankelly Farm Fowey
Lanner Trevarth Lanner
Liskeard Looe Lux Park Liskeard
Mounts Bay The Mennaye Field Penzance
Ormdale Treleigh Redruth
Perranporth Ponsmere Valley Perranporth
Pirate Amateurs The Mennaye Field Penzance
Redruth Albany Trewirgie Redruth
Redruth Grammar School Old Boys Clijah Croft Redruth
Roseland Philleigh
St Agnes Enys Parc St Agnes
St Day Playing Field, Telegraph Hill St Day
St Just Tregeseal St Just
RAF St Mawgan RAF St Mawgan
Stithians Playing Field Stithians
Veor Wheal Gerry Camborne
Wadebridge Camels Molesworth Field Wadebridge

Sponsorship

The competition is known as Tribute Cornwall 2 and has been sponsored by St Austell Brewery from season 2011–12 through to the current season, 2015–16; Tribute is the name of a beer. For the first ten seasons (1987–88 to 1996–97) the league was sponsored by the Courage Brewery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nigel Walrond. Duchy Diary In Independent, 5 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cornwall League 2". England RFU. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tribute Cornwall 2". Rugby First. RFU. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Weston, Matt (5 October 2014). "St Day". Independent (Plymouth). p. 67.
  5. ↑ "Tribute Cornwall 2". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tribute Cornwall 2". RFU. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Cornwall RFU Handbook 2012-13". Cornwall RFU. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org.uk/ta/tascf.html
  9. ↑ Cornwall Rugby Football Union Handbook, 1992-3,1996-7
  10. ↑ Williams, T. and Mitchell, B. (1990) Courage Clubs Championship Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990-91. Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co. Ltd.
  11. ↑ Williams, T. and Mitchell, B. (1991) Courage Clubs Championship Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991-92. Taunton: Tony Williams.
  12. ↑ "results, tables and fixtures". Independent. 25 March 2012. p. 57.
  13. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables78.html
  14. ↑ "Cornwall 2". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  15. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables90.html
  16. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables01.html
  17. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables12.html
  18. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables23.html
  19. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables34.html
  20. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables45.html
  21. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables56.html
  22. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables067.html
  23. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables078.html
  24. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables089.html
  25. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables1112.html
  26. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables1213.html
  27. ↑ http://www.trelawnysarmy.org/ta/tables1314.html
  28. ↑ "Tribute Cornwall 2". RFU. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

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