Pellegrini steers Cov back to top of the pile

■ By BEN JAYCOCK

Bedford ............. 19pts Tries: King 11, 32; Penalty 48 Conversions: Maisey 33 Coventry .......... 34pts Tries: Pellegrini 3, Hutler 20, Poole 26, 39 Conversions: Pellegrini 4, 21, 27, 40 Penalties: Pellegrini 59, 78 JORDAN Poole scored two tries to go with Pat Pellegrini’s 19-point haul as Coventry bolstered their title aspirations by replacing Bedford at the summit for the first time since 1988. As a result of the heavens opening, the sell out crowd of 5,000 had to settle for an attritional game of rugby which the visitors managed better to sec...

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