Cornish Pirates' win over third-placed Coventry last week kept their play-off hopes alive

Cornish Pirates coach Joe Walsh says the club is continuing their recruitment drive in preparation for the new Champ season.

The club has already agreed terms with 14 of their out-of-contract players while agreeing permanent deals for on-loan forward Tomiwa Agbonbon and Gloucester's Hugh Bokenham.

Seventh-placed Pirates face a must-win final game of the season on Saturday when they travel to sixth-placed Hartpury - should they fail to win they will miss out on the play-offs.

Having secured what joint-head coach Gavin Cattle described as "the spine of the team", Walsh says the next challenge is to add more depth to the squad: