Cornish Pirates Set Their Sights on Victory: Can They Seize the Moment Against London Scottish?

The Cornish Pirates are preparing for a crucial away clash this weekend as they travel to face London Scottish in Round 4 of the Championship Rugby season. Kick-off is set for 3pm on Saturday 25th October at the Richmond Athletic Ground.

Focused on Their First Win

With two narrow losses and a draw behind them, the Pirates will be eager to secure their first victory of the campaign. There is just one change to the starting XV from last weekend’s contest against Doncaster Knights, with fit-again Joe Elderkin returning to partner Chester Ribbons in the centre. Harry Yates moves to the bench for this fixture.

Coach Reflects on Progress

Speaking ahead of the match, Cornish Pirates coach Joe Walsh said:

“We have prepared for a really important contest this week, and one when we mustn’t take the foot off the gas, because London Scottish will offer a lot of threats.

“There was a feeling that we improved in what was an arm wrestle of a draw against Doncaster Knights last weekend, though ultimately playing without the full accuracy sought to achieve the desired result. At the end we reflected that it was a fair result on the day.

“As for London Scottish, they will clearly be buoyant after their 38-15 first win of the season away to Cambridge on Saturday, and we know from our loss away to them last season that we’ll need our energy to be there this weekend. If so, and we can apply ourselves physically and seize some of those critical moments going forward, then it’ll help our cause.”

Matchday Line-Up

The Cornish Pirates team to face London Scottish is as follows:

Cornish Pirates:
15 Iwan Price-Thomas, 14 Arthur Relton, 13 Chester Ribbons, 12 Joe Elderkin, 11 Ben Cambriani, 10 Arwel Robson, 9 Dan Hiscocks (captain); 1 Billy Young, 2 Morgan Nelson, 3 Alfie Petch, 4 Alfie Bell, 5 Josh King, 6 Rory Suttor, 7 Jack Forsythe, 8 Tomiwa Agbongbon.

Replacements:
16 Sol Moody, 17 Alessandro Heaney, 18 James French, 19 Milo Hallam, 20 Luke Ratcliff, 21 Will Rigelsford, 22 Louie Sinclair, 23 Harry Yates.

Officials:
Referee: Charlie Gayther
Assistants: Iain Kiy & Darryl Chapman
Official 4: Lewis Franks

The Pirates will be aiming to turn their determination into results and finally get their season up and running in Richmond this weekend.