By BILL HOOPER

Cornwall...........78
Hampshire....... 12
CORNWALL began the defence of the Bill Beaumont Cup in champion fashion with a emphatic win against Hampshire.
An early penalty from Fraser Honey set Cornwall on their way, the fly--half adding ten conversions missing the once.
A jinking run from Alex Ducker led to the first Cornish try with just 4 minutes on the clock.
Hampshire rallied well to score a try through prop Dan Sargent bettered by Tom Fieldsend.
Cornwall then took the game by the scruffof-the-neck as the pack dominated. Centre Jack Simmons scored from the restart, be...