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



A blast from the past - name that player 2016/17
I was sorting out some old teaching notes on a portable hard drive and came across all the photos used in the previous version of this...
1874tsmith
Dec 21, 20231 min read
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Coventry Rugby v Nottingham - driving home for Christmas
It's gonna take some time, but I'll get there Top to toe in tailbacks Oh, I got red lights all around But soon there'll be a freeway,...
1874tsmith
Dec 20, 20237 min read
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Cambridge 19 Coventry Rugby 33 - back to winning ways and seemingly another Winter of discontent
Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face Chit chat chatter tryin', stuffy in the place Thank you for the party but I could never stay...
1874tsmith
Dec 18, 20238 min read
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Dec 16, 20230 min read
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Cov Rugby 29 Hartpury 47 - Injuries and unavailability take their toll as Cov well beaten at home
Ain't no angel gonna greet me It's just you and I, my friend And my clothes don't fit me no more I walked a thousand miles just to slip...
1874tsmith
Dec 3, 202310 min read
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Dec 2, 20230 min read
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Ealing 31 Coventry Rugby 13 - thoughts on the day and a first glimpse of Cov's latest signing?
Money don't get everything it's true What it don't get I can't use I want money (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) That's what I want (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)...
1874tsmith
Nov 27, 20239 min read
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Nov 25, 20230 min read
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Coventry Rugby - Player Ratings 2023/24
I could be wrong, I could be right I could be black, I could be white I could be right, I could be wrong I could be white, I could be...
1874tsmith
Nov 21, 20233 min read
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Coventry Rugby 51 Doncaster 7 - Doncaster suffer a dose of 'Knight fever' as Cov run riot...
Listen to the ground There is movement all around There is something goin' down And I can feel it There is dancin' out there If it's...
1874tsmith
Nov 19, 20238 min read
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Nov 18, 20230 min read
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Cov's sesquicentennial celebrations - the video, the shirt and the Legacy Club...
There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship, smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can't...
1874tsmith
Nov 16, 20237 min read
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Doncaster Knights, attendances and the club shop at Christmas
When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't...
1874tsmith
Nov 13, 20238 min read
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Ampthill 34 Coventry Rugby 24 - Cov victim of Mob rule as Ampthill take the spoils
Stand and deliver Your money or your life Hwoah Try to use a mirror Not a bullet or a knife Hwoah And even though you fool your soul Your...
1874tsmith
Nov 5, 20238 min read
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Nov 4, 20230 min read
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Cov sees Red as it threatens legal action
So no one told you life was gonna be this way Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA It's like you're always stuck in...
1874tsmith
Nov 1, 20237 min read
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Coventry Rugby 45 - Caldy 5: Coventry's second half salvo sends out clear message to Championship
I'm heavenly blessed and worldy wise I'm a peeping-tom techy with x-ray eyes Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm...
1874tsmith
Oct 29, 202310 min read
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Coventry Rugby v Caldy; managing expectations for the 23/24 season
For seven consecutive seasons now we've watched Cov progress from a mediocre National One side to one of the top clubs in the Championship.
1874tsmith
Oct 26, 20238 min read
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Jersey's offshore thanking business - trip to the island and some photos
Bermuda in the Bahamas Front street Hamilton They doin' more than growing bananas They got a tax dodge going on Offshore banking business...
1874tsmith
Oct 23, 20236 min read
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Wasps' latest statement - trip to Jersey
Over your window you think I'm confused I'm waiting for the divergent wasp To complete my current ruse Yes, I am the fly in the ointment...
1874tsmith
Oct 18, 20238 min read
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