Matt Evans and Owen Hambly are used to tackling tricky situations on the pitch as members of the Cornish Pirates. But Thursday 27 July 2006 saw a completely different challenge for the two burly forwards. They had to quite literally get their kit off to unveil the new look rugby strip.
 | | Owen and Matt from the Cornish Pirates |
At 8am on Thursday morning Matt and Owen met up with two models as they prepared to have the new strip painted to their bodies. A few hours later the strip was launched in Penzance. Using the traditional colours of red, white and black for the home strip, and a touch of the Duchy's famous black and gold, the lads showed off this season's strip, in painted form. The unique launch certainly caught the attention of the media world, including BBC Cornwall's very own Amy Gladwell. Click on the link below to hear Amy's report: The new kit has been produced by Samurai. They also supply equipment to fellow National League One sides London Welsh, Newbury, Doncaster, Waterloo and locally Redruth RFC. The Cornish Pirates squad for 2006/7 Joe Beardshaw (lock)
Gavin Cattle (scrum-half)
Tim Cowley (No. 8/flanker)
Matt Evans (No. 8/flanker)
Viliami Ma’asi (hooker)
Nick Makin (hooker)
Rhodri McAtee (utility back)
Iva Motusaga (flanker)
Alan Paver (prop)
Duncan Roke (centre/full-back)
Dan Seal (prop)
Heino Senekal (lock)
 | | Owen Hambly models the 'painted look' |
New signings to date are:-
Henry Barratt (centre), Gasolo Salima (wing), Grant Anderson (prop), Duncan Bell (centre), Chris Cracknell (flanker), Alberto Di Bernardo (fly-half), Sam Heard (prop), Stan McKeen (No. 8/flanker), James Moore (utility back), Lewis Vinnicombe (wing), Rhodri Wells (scrum-half), Steve Winn (centre) Academy players are:-
Sam Betty (flanker), Darren Dawiduik (hooker), Owen Hambly (hooker), Scott Hobson (lock), Adam Nicholls (flanker), Sam Parsons (centre), Mike Provis (fly-half), Mike Rawlings (flanker), Gareth Tedstone (prop), Lewis Webb (scrum-half). | 
