High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cornish Pirates (Cornish: An Vorladron Kernewek) 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 traditional home at Mennaye Field in Penzance.