Rugby league in Cornwall

The Cornwall Rugby League Association currently has only one member; Cornish Rebels RLFC who were established in 2013 and play in the South West Premier Division.

The first match was at the Mennaye Field (a rugby union ground); the home of Penzance–Newlyn RFC and the former club of Hull Kingston Rovers player Graham Paul.

The formation of the South West League in 1984−85 saw two amateur teams from Cheltenham and Bristol play at Ludgvan.

[2] On 16 September 2010 the first team to represent Cornwall took to the field to play Devon at the Rectory Ground, Devonport.

[3] In 2012 the match was renamed from the Tamar Cup to the Martin Roddy MBE Trophy.