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When John Collins, the only player to have been capped from his home town club of Camborne, played his first game at Twickenham in the 1950's it took him more than 8 hours to get there by train and almost 12 hours by car.
Twickers may be 282 miles from Land's End, the furthset point West in England, but these days it's a mere four hours by car or train.
"When I made my England debut against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1952 I left home on Wednesday morning and didn't arrive back until Monday. Most of the time was taken up with travelling - you just had to be patient," said John, who has never owned a car and still lives 200 yards away from Camborne Rugby Club.
"It was a fantastic feeling playing for England and a great honour to play at Twickenham. It was a big ground even in my day, but now it's even grander - a wonderful stage on which to play rugby."
All four men are hoping the cornish pirates can one day reach the heights of playing in the Heineken Cup. Having the Heineken Cup at Land's End they were due to see it again on Sunday 3rd December at the Pirates' home division one game against Waterloo.
