Cornwall Super Cup

Cornish Super Cup
Sport Rugby Union
Instituted 2007
Number of teams 2
Country  England
Website Cornish RFU

The Cornwall Super Cup is an annual English Rugby Union club competition founded in 2007, organized by the Cornwall Rugby Football Union and is sponsored by Tribute Ales.[1] Only two Cornish teams – the Cornish All Blacks and Redruth – are currently involved, with the team's league games in National League 2 South doubling up as Super Cup games, and the winner determined by the highest aggregate score.

The Cornish Super Cup was originally introduced for the 2007-08 (then sponsored by Skinner's Brewery) as a 6-game round robin competition between three of the counties top sides including the Cornish All Blacks (National 1), Mounts Bay (National 3 South) and Redruth (National 2),[2][3] with the notable exception being the Cornish Pirates (National 1). This would mean that these sides would no longer participate in the Cornwall Senior Cup as they had previously. By the end of the season the lowest ranked team in terms of division, Mounts Bay, were the champions having defeated the Cornish All Blacks at the final held at the Mennaye Field.[4]

For the following season the competition expanded to include the Cornish Pirates.[5] The intention was that all four teams would play each other twice in a group stage – with the top two teams meeting at the final at Tregorrick Park in St Austell. Due a variety of reasons (mostly fixture congestion) a large amount of games were un-played and the CRFU had to cancel the competition.[6][7] Since this cancellation the cup has been played between the Cornish All Blacks and Redruth as a two legged final (separate from league games) for 2009-10 before switching to the current system of doubling up as league games after a hiatus of several years. At the moment the Cornish All Blacks and Redruth are in the same division so playing the cup as part of the league helps avoid the fixture congestion that plagued previous versions.

Cornwall Super Cup Honours

Cornwall Super Cup Honours
Season Champion Score Runners–up Venue Cup Name/Sponsor
2007–08 Mounts Bay 45–17[1] Cornish All Blacks Mennaye Field, Penzance Skinner's Brewery Cornwall Super Cup
2008–09 Cancelled[n 1]
2009–10 Redruth 48–29[n 2] Cornish All Blacks 2 legs (Home & Away)[n 3] Skinner's Brewery Cornwall Super Cup
2010–11 No competition
2011–12 No competition
2012–13 No competition
2013–14 Cornish All Blacks 39–28[n 4] Redruth 2 legs (Home & Away)[n 5] Tribute Ale Cornwall RFU Super Cup
2014–15 Redruth 29–28[n 6] Cornish All Blacks 2 legs (Home & Away) Tribute Ale Cornwall RFU Super Cup
  1. ↑ This year’s competition had been set up initially with the top four Cornish sides – Cornish Pirates, Cornish All Blacks, Mounts Bay and Redruth – due to play each other on a home and away basis with the top two going through to the final to be held at St Austell in April. Unfortunately these group fixtures were not fulfilled in time for finalists to be determined and the event was cancelled. [6][7]
  2. ↑ The first leg of the final finished 20–16 to the Cornish All Blacks at Polson Bridge while Redruth won the return leg at the Recreation Ground 32–9.[8][9]
  3. ↑ After the cancellation of the previous season as stripped down version of the cup would reappear with the Cornish All Blacks to play Redruth home and away as part of a two legged final (held in March/April 2010) with the team with the highest aggregate score being determined the winner. Outside of the Cornish Pirates (who were in the Championship), the Cornish All Blacks and Redruth were the highest ranked teams in Cornwall.
  4. ↑ First leg at Polson Bridge finished 31–10 to the Cornish All Blacks while the second leg at the Recreation Ground finished 18–10 to Redruth.[10][11]
  5. ↑ The Cornish Super Cup would return with the home and away National 2 South games between the Cornish All Blacks and Redruth counting towards the cup with the team with the highest aggregate score being declared the winner.
  6. ↑ First leg at Recreation Ground finished 14–13 to Redruth while the second leg at Polson Bridge finished 15–15.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TRIBUTE ALE SPONSORSHIPS". St Austell Brewery. 20 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Smart New Deal For South West Refs". SIBA. 4 December 2007.
  3. ↑ "New Fixtures-Cornwall Super Cup and Tamar League". Redruth Rugby. 8 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Mounts Bay win the Cornwall Super Cup". RugbyNetwork.net. 24 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Pirates join Cornwall Super Cup". BBC Sport. 15 July 2008.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "'Super Cup' Final Cancelled". Cornish Pirates. 2 April 2009.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Holders St Ives start their cup defence at home". West Briton. 18 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "All Blacks triumph over Cornish foes". Western Briton. 29 March 2010.
  9. ↑ "Redruth claim Skinner’s Brewery Cornwall Supercup glory over the Cornish All-Blacks". Redruth Rugby. 18 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Cornish All Blacks 31 Redruth 10". Western Morning News. 14 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Redruth come out on top against All Blacks in tense Cornish Derby". Western Morning News. 23 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Rugby: Redruth v Cornish All Blacks match report". Western Briton. 18 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "RUGBY: Spoils shared between Cornish All Blacks and Redruth". Falmouth Packet. 23 December 2014.

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