Tom Blair
3:45
51' | Conversion successful from Bazalgette.
The try scorer was Marlen Walker.
⚔️ 5 - 19 🏴☠️
The try scorer was Marlen Walker.
⚔️ 5 - 19 🏴☠️
3:44
3:44
50' | Connolly off ➡️ Paul on.
⚔️ 5 - 17 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 17 🏴☠️
3:44
50' | Try Pirates. The visitors drive their maul from the lineout and crash over in a pile of bodies to the ref raising his arm for the score.
⚔️ 5 - 17 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 17 🏴☠️
3:43
48 l Another penalty to the visitors, this time at the breakdown. Bazalgette to touch once more.
5-12 #COYP
5-12 #COYP
3:42
48' | Clean collection under the high ball from Best gives Knights back the ball. We're soon into the kick exchanges but a breakdown penalty goes Pirates way to the frustration of the Donny men.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:41
3:41
47' | Fumbled lineout from the Pirates and Knights scramble to collect the ball. Green clears the danger from the 22 as Pirates are forced to run into the Knights defence.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:40
46' | Scrum penalty is called against the Knights and Bazalgette aims for touch. Pirates lineout in the Donny half.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:40
46 l The Knights look for an immediate response, but it's well dealt with by the Pirates and we avert the danger.
5-12 #COYP
5-12 #COYP
3:39
45' | Wheeldon off ➡️ Green on.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:39
45' | Scrum isn't driving straight so we'll have a re-set.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:38
44' | Nice play between Best, Strachan and Volpi on the wide channels but the linesman calls one of the passes forwards so Pirates will have the scrum.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:38
42 l What a start to the half! Tucker exploits the gap in the home defence and strolls in. Bazalgette converts.
5-12 #COYP
5-12 #COYP
3:38
43' | Knights putting pressure on Pirates in their 22 upon the restart but the visitors are able to exit. Knights now in possession on halfway.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:37
3:37
42' | Try Pirates. Not the greatest of starts to the second half as it's all Pirates and Shae Tucker gets a gap in the Knights 22 to run into and through for the latest score. Harry Bazalgette adds the conversion.
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 12 🏴☠️
3:35
3:34
40' | Teams back out as a slight drizzle of rain arrives over Castle Park.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:22
Even Stevens at the break! Not a great deal on this one, as the scoreboard would suggest. Plenty to come in this tie yet…
#COYP
#COYP
3:20
HALF TIME | A back and forth first half comes to an end as the sides run into the changing rooms even on the scoreboard.
Still all to play for at Castle Park.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
Still all to play for at Castle Park.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:20
3:20
40' + | It's a good effort from the forward pack to drive the maul. Wheeldon puts it to the back phases. Best's chip-kick looks for Davey to run onto it but it's got just too much power and rumbles dead, bringing about the whistle.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:19
3:18
40' | Huge showing at the scrum as Pirates are straight away pushed backwards and hinge. McBryde kicks to touch. The half goes on.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:17
40' | Evans' defensive tackles prove pivotal again as he halts the Cornish momentum. Pirates go to the air but Best knocks on his collection of the high ball. Scrum will be to the Pirates just on halfway once physios have left the field.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:16
40+ l A kick out on the full puts us under more pressure, but again it's a superb defensive effort to turn the ball over.
5-5 #COYP
5-5 #COYP
3:16
39' | Lovely interchange of passes between Davey and Roberts to head towards the Pirates' 22. Turned over by the Cornish men a couple of phases later.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:15
39' | Pirates kick straight out under pressure at the back of their lineout, so this time it'll be a Knights throw into the set piece.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:14
38' | Time back on but Pirates touch kick can't reach the line and Davey sends it back up at them. Kick tennis looking to start here but McBryde's kick to touch is just right. Pirates will have a lineout inside their own half.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:14
40+ l Volpi is penalised at the breakdown and we will kick deep into the Knights half from the penalty.
5-5 #COYP
5-5 #COYP
3:13
37' | Break in play as physios and water enter the field.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:13
37' | Great connection between McBryde and Best as the fullback perfectly chases the Welshman's kick to collect in the Pirates half. However, ref looks to have penalised Volpi for sealing off the ball.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:12
40+ l A chance to attack, but no change out of the Donny defence there. Up it goes, as former Pirate Davey claims well.
5-5 #COYP
5-5 #COYP
3:11
36' | Pirates unable to break through the tackles so they go to the air. Nicely taken by Davey under pressure out wide. Knights look to use it now.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:10
34' | Best chip-kicks over to Evans on the wing but he can only get a boot to it but the ball shears into touch giving Pirates a lineout in their own half.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:09
34' | A pass to the feet of Strachan from the scrum has the Knights scrambling to defend but a massive hit from Davies turns over possession.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:08
33' | Knock on in the wide channels from Pirates this time. Knights will have the scrum just inside the opposition half on the near side.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
3:07
36 l Neither side able to fully impose themselves in this one yet, with mistakes from both as we remain level with half time approaching.
5-5 #COYP
5-5 #COYP
3:07
32' | A forward pass from Wheeldon to Edwards off the back of the scrum gives Pirates the chance of their own scrum put-in.
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
⚔️ 5 - 5 🏴☠️
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