Cornish Pirates have announced that hooker Will Crane is leaving after a year with the club.

Crane, a former captain of Hartpury, from where he joined the Pirates last summer, was all but an ever present in the team during the 2022-23 season.

In total he featured in 27 games, scoring an impressive 14 tries in the process.

The 29-year-old is a former England Students player who, besides Hartpury and the Pirates, has in the past represented Birmingham & Solihull, Moseley, and Excelsior Blues in New Zealand.

Also, during the interrupted 2019-20 season he featured as a replacement for Gloucester Rugby away to Exeter Chiefs.

Crane is the 13th player to be leaving the Pirates, who announced 12 departures earlier this month.