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Pirates offer Falcons hope
CORNISH Pirates secured a 45-24 first-leg Championship play-off semi-final lead over Bristol yesterday to boost Newcastle’s hopes of avoiding Premiership relegation.
In the event of Pirates winning the play-offs, they will not gain promotion as their stadium does not fulfill the necessary criteria, thus saving the bottom-placed Falcons.
Tries from James Merriman and Will Helu gave Bristol the lead before two Carl Rimmer tries, and further tries from David Doherty and Grant Pointer secured the comeback.