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



Cov chairman's recent statement makes the likelihood of any Wasps' 'return' to the Championship all but over
You don't come around here no more You don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for (Hey) Don't come around here no more...
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Mar 7, 20249 min read
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Doncaster Knights 12 Coventry Rugby 27: 'ungracious' (!!!) Cov put Knights to the sword
Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us? Simply because our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to...
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Mar 3, 20249 min read
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Mar 2, 20240 min read
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Why Steve Boden's departure from Doncaster Knights should concern everyone with an interest in the Championship
Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one...
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Feb 28, 20248 min read
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Coventry Rugby 34 - Ampthill 6: Cov back to winning ways after strong second half showing
Show some respect, fill the deck, get the lassies twirling, 'Cos they expect to be swept off their feet and whirling, Life is a dance, a...
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Feb 25, 20248 min read
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Feb 24, 20240 min read
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Coventry Rugby - the season so far: it's always darkest before the dawn
Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkest moments I can see no way, I can see no way And all of the ghouls come out to...
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Feb 21, 20248 min read
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Feb 3, 20240 min read
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Could Coventry Rugby's success ultimately be its undoing too?
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands Why must we wait so long before we see How sad the answers to those questions can be Do...
1874tsmith
Feb 2, 20246 min read
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England U20 to play Cov to test squad against the 'strongest opposition possible' - yet Championship still 'not fit for purpose' (according to Sweeney)
You don't have to say what you did I already know, I found out from him Now there's just no chance for you and me There'll never be...
1874tsmith
Jan 31, 20246 min read
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Coventry Rugby 19 Cornish Pirates 21 - Cov left 'shaking all over' as Pirates take the spoils
Quivers down my back bone I've got the shakes down the knee bone Yeah, havin' the tremors in the thigh bone Shakin' all over Shakin' All...
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Jan 28, 20248 min read
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Jan 27, 20240 min read
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Cov left dancing in the dark as Pirates approach from the south-west
Man, I ain't getting nowhere I'm just livin' in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is...
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Jan 24, 20246 min read
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London Scottish 38 Coventry 40 - Scottish reel as Cov refuse to dance to the tune of the piper
I sing, trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let, 50 cents No phone, no pool, no pets I ain't got no cigarettes Ah, but, two hours of...
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Jan 21, 20249 min read
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Jan 20, 20240 min read
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Bedford Blues 19 Coventry Rugby 34 - rainy days and Mondays don't always get you down...
What I've got they used to call the blues... What I feel is come and gone before No need to talk it out We know what it's all about...
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Jan 2, 20248 min read
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Jan 1, 20240 min read
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Bedford v Coventry Rugby - so who will be singing the blues?
Well, I never felt more like singin' the blues 'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose Oh, the moon and stars no longer shine The dream...
1874tsmith
Dec 31, 20235 min read
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Coventry Rugby 37 Nottingham 21 - an on/off performance. (That's good on the pitch, not so good off it).
You think you've got it Oh, you think you've got it But "got it" just don't get it 'til there's nothing at all (ah) We get together Oh,...
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Dec 27, 202311 min read
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Dec 26, 20230 min read
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