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(A View From The Stand)
A Coventry Rugby Blog - 2025/26



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Ealing Trailfinders 55 Coventry 38 - Ealing crowned but Cov lay claim to heir apparent...and the winner of this year's Championship Food Watch is...
For Cov, and especially for many of the younger, less experienced players, this season has been something of learning curve. At times, a steep one. Despite the challenges, Saturday demonstrated just how much they have learned. Even when facing the strongest opponents, they showed they possess the ability, physicality, and mental resilience to meet the challenge. On Saturday, they made the supporters proud, they made the Club proud, but most importantly, they made themselves p
1874tsmith
May 2610 min read
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Coventry Rugby 67 Nottingham 5 - crowd get a glimpse of the future as Cov youngsters put Archers to the sword
those starting the game yesterday did more than enough to show that there's a core of young players that has the potential to take Cov forward to that next level, even without such as talisman as Kvesic.
Indeed, Kvesic had a fairly quiet game by his standards and it was the likes of Tom Ball, Chester Owen, David Opoku-Fordjour and Dan Green, when he came on, who caught the eye the most.
1874tsmith
May 188 min read
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Doncaster Knights 38 Coventry Rugby 24 - a tale of two halves as Donny power past stuttering Cov
Now I'm free, free fallin' (Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a Free fallin', I'm-a free fallin', I'm-a) Yeah I'm free, free fallin'...
1874tsmith
May 148 min read
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Some Worcester Warrior fans just don't seem to get it - here's why...
For me, the most unfortunate aspect of all this is that some Worcester supporters still seem unaware of the reasons behind this situation. Meritocracy has always been a fundamental principle in sports, so when a club is forced into a league where many believe it doesn't rightfully belong, it inevitably causes some resentment. And when that same club then begins to recruit from the ranks of its own and in so doing further upsets the very supporters it is hoping to appease, the
1874tsmith
May 127 min read
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Coventry Rugby 14 Cornish Pirates 21 - Pirates' take the spoils as Cov unable to breach the visitor's defences
We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack Drink up me 'earties, yo ho Maraud and embezzle and even highjack Drink up me 'earties, yo ho A...
1874tsmith
May 58 min read
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Coventry Rugby Combine - some pre-match photos
Will we be seeing any of these youngsters running out onto the BPA in Cov Rugby colours in the years to come?
1874tsmith
May 30 min read
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