Nicky Griffiths scored the Pirates' sole try at Meadow Lane on Sunday

Cornish Pirates threw away a 10-point lead with 15 minutes to go as they went down 23-19 to Nottingham at Meadow Lane on Sunday.

The Pirates led 19-9 after 65 minutes thanks to a try by scrum-half Nicky Griffiths and a conversion and four penalties from Rhys Jones.

But with 10 minutes to go Nottingham were awarded a penalty try after a scrum collapsed close to the try-line.

Deep into injury time Dan Montagu sealed the win after being forced over.

Glenn Delaney, Nottingham director of rugby told BBC Radio Nottingham: "Our scrum performance was what we won the game from and I thought all the front row boys were exceptional.

"But we didn't build our way into the game particularly well - we needed to use 80 minutes of game time to get the momentum.

"It was not the way we intended to play but we'll take the result."

Nottingham's scrum-half Tim Usasz suffered a shoulder injury in the first half and is expected to be out for eight weeks.

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