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



As Cov season ticket sales increase, it's Warriors away to start the season - should I stay or should I go?
It's always tease, tease, tease You're happy when I'm on my knees One day it's fine, and next it's black So if you want me off your back...
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Aug 5, 20258 min read
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May 31, 20250 min read
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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
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May 26, 202510 min read
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May 24, 20250 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.
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May 18, 20258 min read
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May 17, 20250 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'...
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May 14, 20258 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
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May 12, 20257 min read
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May 11, 20250 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...
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May 5, 20258 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?
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May 3, 20250 min read
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May 2, 20250 min read
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Hartpury 31 Coventry Rugby 24 - second half resurgence has Hartpury reeling as Cov fall just short
Well life can be a little hard sometimes, you do what you gotta do A lot depends on the luck a man has and the cards that's been dealt to...
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Apr 22, 20259 min read
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Apr 20, 20250 min read
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Coventry Rugby 26 Ampthill 31 - Mob rule as Cov struggles to paper the cracks
Coventry Rugby didn't effectively manage supporters' expectations during that period. Although senior figures in the club have since stated that they anticipated the RFU's rejection of their Premiership bid and viewed it as a chance to identify areas for improvement before reapplying in the future, at the time of the bid, it seemed to be a sincere effort to compete for the Championship for the rest of the season and to seriously contend in the playoffs if Cov won the league i
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Apr 13, 20259 min read
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Coventry Rugby 49 Caldy 31 - tactical changes make the difference as Cov fitness tells
After 65 minutes Cov led Caldy by just 4 points and the result was still very much in the balance, with the visitors quick on the counter ..
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Apr 6, 20259 min read
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Apr 5, 20250 min read
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Chinnor 37 Coventry Rugby 45 - swing time at Kingsey Road as Chinnor lead Cov a merry dance
In the end, Cov deserved the win but they were pushed all the way by a Chinnor side that never gave up even when Cov had started to pull...
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Mar 30, 20259 min read
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Mar 29, 20250 min read
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Coventry Rugby 43 Cambridge 33 - seven try Cov flatter to deceive
They would be partially correct in saying it was entertaining, albeit possibly for the wrong reasons. Cov let Cambridge back into a game...
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Mar 23, 20258 min read
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