Mennaye Field is a sports stadium

Sports Stadium

Sports Stadium was an Irish television sport programme on Raidió Teilifís Éireann . Broadcast between 1973 and 1997, it was RTÉ's flagship sports programme and one of its longest-running shows....

 located in Penzance

Penzance

Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...

, Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

. The ground was provided by the Borough of Penzance for the Penzance and Newlyn RFC formed on Tuesday, 12th December, 1944 with the amalgamation of Penzance RFC

Penzance RFC

Penzance RFC formed in 1876, was a rugby union club based in Penzance, Cornwall, UK.-1870-1914:The first recorded rugby match in Penzance is from 1870, played in the grounds of Poltair House, Heamoor and organised by W Borlase of Marlborough School...

 and Newlyn RFC

Newlyn RFC

Newlyn RFC was a rugby football club based in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK.The club was formed in 1894 by a young curate of St Peter’s Church, the Rev. Fred Peel Yates. Before the founding of the club it was said that the young men of the village played a form of rugby on St Goulders Common and on moonlit...

. The current tennants are the Cornish Pirates

Cornish Pirates

The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team, who play in the RFU Championship

RFU Championship

The RFU Championship replaced National Division One as the second tier in the English rugby union system in September 2009. Unlike National Division One, which is semi-professional, the RFU Championship is a fully professional league.-History:...

. The club moved, in 2005, to a temporary stadium at Kenwyn

Kenwyn Rugby Ground

The Kenwyn Ground was a temporary rugby ground, in Cornwall, UK, built in an attempt to increase the fan base of the newly named Cornish Pirates. The move was controversial and caused resentment from some members and followers of Penzance and Newlyn RFC, as a “proud local name” was lost to the...

, near Truro

Truro

Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...

 and the following year to Camborne Recreation Ground. In 2010 the club returned to the Mennaye Field and announced that the capacity would be increased by 1,500.

List of Tennants

• 1945 - 2005 Penzance-Newlyn RFC/Cornish Pirates
  Cornish Pirates
  The Cornish Pirates are an English professional rugby union team who play in the Championship, the second level of the English rugby union pyramid, and are the premier Cornish rugby club. Formerly known as Penzance & Newlyn Pirates, the Cornish Pirates play their home games and train at their...
  
  
• 1945 - 1973 Mounts Bay RFC (under-18)
• 1974 - present Pirates Colts
• 1999 - 2009 Mounts Bay RFC
• 2010 - present Penzance-Newlyn Amateurs
• 2010 - present Cornish Pirates

First Match

22nd Sept., 1945: Penzance-Newlyn v Guy's Hospital

Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club

Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...

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