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/ 6 days agoDREAMTEAM
ROBBIE POVEY, THE CANADA AND FORMER COVENTRY, NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, SALE FC, UTAH WARRIORS, HOUSTON SABER CATS AND TORONTO ARROWS FLY-HALF/FULLBACK, SELECTS...
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/ 2 weeks agoStandout stars of a trying season
PAUL REES SELECTS FIVE FROM EICESTER AND THREE FROM SARACENS IN HIS BEST XV FROM 2025-26 IT HAS been a trying...
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/ 2 weeks agoWhat the Warriors have achieved this season has been incredibly special
Worcester Warriors captain Matt Kvesic admits he never imagined he would be lifting silverware with the club again after its collapse...
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/ 3 weeks agoWorcester Warriors boss Matt Everard says Champ triumph is “as special as it gets”
Worcester Warriors completed one of rugby’s great resurrection stories with a 27-14 victory over Bedford Blues at Goldington Road last Sunday...
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/ 3 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Longer seasons don’t give us much in return
Brendan Gallagher argues that rugby’s domestic season has become longer despite featuring fewer meaningful matches than in the early years of...
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/ 4 weeks agoFeel-good factor firing the Champ
THE uplift in the Champ, and the sense the second tier league now has greater command over its own destiny irrespective...
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/ 4 weeks agoTrailfinders are the real champs after 26-0 season
WHAT a joke that Worcester Warriors, interlopers to Champ Rugby, are just one game away from being champions. Coventry finished above...
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/ 4 weeks agoBedford Blues vs Worcester Warriors: Alex Day – A win would be pinnacle of my career
Bedford Blues and Worcester Warriors will battle it out for the Champ title today in front of a sold-out Goldington Road.
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/ 4 weeks agoChamp Dream Team: Second tier alive with style and flair
The best XV of the 2025-26 Champ season, as voted for by our correspondents.
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/ 4 weeks agoTom Varndell: Leicester Tigers have shown how to adapt…they are good enough to beat anybody
Tom Varndell, the former Leicester Tigers, Wasps and Bristol Bears wing, believes English rugby is entering a defining period with the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 weeks agoBrendan Gallagher: Success in Europe not all about the money
The European finals in sweltering Bilbao proved to be a humbling weekend for Irish sides with both Ulster and Leinster taking...
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/ 1 month agoBedford Blues 58-24 Coventry: Cov cut down as Blues save best until last
Bedford Blues put in a performance for the ages as they overturned a half-time deficit to completely dismantle Coventry at Goldington...
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/ 1 month agoCornwall 73-14 Kent: Trelawny’s Army ready to march on
Roared on by a huge crowd Cornwall took a giant step on the road to another Twickenham final with an 11-try...
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/ 1 month agoHampshire edge 99-point thriller
By MO SHER Bill Beaumont Division Three round-up IF you were after entertainment yesterday, Havant was the place to be as...
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/ 1 month agoChris Hewett: Changing Premiership game still needs derby passion
If there is a god in rugby’s heaven, Leicester and Northampton will be still be squaring up to each other this...
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/ 1 month agoDavidson try tees Coventry up for a semi-final with Blues
By HARVEY ALLEN COVENTRY survived a very late scare, as substitute Josh Thomas led them to a quarter-final victory with Bedford...
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/ 1 month agoBrendan Gallagher: Newcastle Red Bulls must find a totem pole player
Much of Newcastle’s rugby has been utterly meaningless and has cruelly mocked those in the Championship such as Ealing
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/ 2 months agoEnd-of-season play-offs becoming a bit of a farce
AS a Coventry RFC supporter, now that the dangling carrot of a one-off Prem access match against the bottom Prem side...
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/ 2 months agoOpoku hat-trick puts Cov into overdrive
■By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry .......... 64pts Tries: Opoku 6, 44, 48; Reeves 17, 78; Barton 10, Ferrie 66, Bacon 69, Nayagi...
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/ 2 months agoHartpury seal their spot in the play-offs
■By OLIVER D’ARCY Hartpury ............30pts Tries: Field 50, Knight 55, 65; Hunt 75 Conversions: Bazalgette 51, 66 Penalties: Bazalgette 18, 36...
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/ 2 months agoPeter Jackson: Pair of Wasps on a collision course
When Wasps went bust with debts of £95m and all 167 employees lost their jobs, a redundant pair of England internationals...
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/ 2 months agoTime to provide a better defence
WHEN Super Rugby began in the southern hemisphere in the 1990s, its high scores were castigated for seeming to treat defence...
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/ 2 months agoRice hands Pirates the perfect leaving gift
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........29pts Tries: Cannon 4, Nelson 29, Yates 35, Rice 75 Conversions: Robson 5, 35, 76 Penalty:...
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/ 2 months agoBacon’s new deal
COVENTRY have secured the future of full-back Tom Bacon after he re-signed for the 2026/27 season. Bacon, 26, enjoyed an impressive...
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/ 2 months agoEngland have no answer as Buttimer puts Ireland on top
WOMEN’S U21 SIX NATIONS By PAUL EDDISON TWO tries from Beth Buttimer helped Ireland to an historic 41-40 win over England...
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/ 2 months agoIt’s time to give the new franchise system in Premiership rugby a chance
By JOHN ALLANSON There are those who constantly focus on negatives regarding the new franchised Prem model. But the financial gulf...
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/ 2 months agoChinnor gunning for a top six spot in the Champ
Second row forward Conor-Terrah Brockschmidt believes Chinnor’s rise from relegation battlers to top-six contenders has been built on adapting to the...
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/ 2 months agoBlackheath’s Billy Harding is writing his own history after testing his harbouring skill
Blackheath hooker Billy Harding admits the moment he broke the National One try-scoring record is still a blur after crossing for...
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/ 2 months agoChamp teams deserve better
IT IS time counties like Cornwall and clubs like Camborne, Cornish Pirates, Redruth, Ealing, Bedford and Coventry made their voices heard....
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/ 2 months agoCoventry winger to join his brother at Sale
Go: David Opoku-Fordjour COVENTRY winger David Opoku-Fordjour has earned a move to Sale Sharks this summer. The 22-year-old, brother of Sale’s...
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/ 2 months agoTries galore as ruthless Cov tune up for Pirates
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ...........77pts Tries: Ferrie 13, 63; Maunder 17, Bavadra 30, 45; Strong 39, 79; Reeves 48, 71; Green...
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/ 2 months agoBeer feels glass is still half full for Chester
By BEN JAYCOCK Looking up: Chester wing Louis Beer LOUIS Beer believes Chester have shown enough quality this season to prove...
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/ 3 months agoNottingham fight back to secure Matt Gallagher Cup
■By CÓILÍN DUFFY Nottingham .....33pts Tries: Christian-Goss 20, Cherry 32, 40; Yarnell 66, Parks 77 Conversions: Parks 21, 33, 40, 67...
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/ 3 months agoCambridge turn up the heat on Ealing
They put everything into pressure. ■By STEVE WHILE Ealing went away with the expected five points, a defiant Cambridge pushed them...
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/ 3 months agoWe are still in the race for play-offs, says Cattle
■By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ...........57pts Tries: Nelson 13, Yates 26, 39; Price-Thomas 35, Elderkin 44, Relton 48, Becconsall 52, Ribbons...
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/ 3 months agoThe Championship deserved better
MENTION of Coventry’s famous 19-18 win over Newcastle in the old Courage League One 30 years ago – equivalent to the...
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/ 3 months agoYOUNG GUNS
TAIOVARNDELL COVENTRY & ENGLAND U19 WING Taio Varndell is carving out his own path with Coventry but is inspired by his...
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/ 3 months agoPaul Rees: Why rugby must adapt to survive in the social media age
Paul Rees reports on how the game needs to adapt to attract new fans in a world dominated by social media.
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/ 3 months agoCoventry 69-12 Caldy: Jack Reeves on a rampage as Cov put on the burners
Play-off hopefuls Coventry extended their unbeaten run to six games with a Jack Reeves-inspired 11-try home win over Caldy.
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/ 3 months agoFive-star Api Bavadra has Coventry flying high in the Champ
Coventry winger Api Bavadra admits even he has been surprised by his recent try-scoring form after he crossed in five consecutive...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 months agoBrendan Gallagher: 30 years on from Matt Gallagher’s special day
There’s been a lot going on recently in the rugby world, but it would be remiss not to pause awhile to...
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/ 3 months agoCoventry take some time to put Scottish in their place
NICHOLLS ■JACKSON L Scottish ........29pts Tries: Clayton 19, 67; Ransom 45, Wilstead 54, Bentley 76 Conversions: Wilstead 47; Honey 76 Coventry...
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/ 3 months agoFerrie is ‘buzzing’ for the Red Bulls
COVENTRY will lose back rower Allan Ferrie at the end of the season after he secured a move to Prem outfit...
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/ 3 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Billy Harding – I’ll play until the wheels fall off
Billy Harding, the former England Counties, Rosslyn Park, London Scottish, Esher, Wasps, Ampthill & Coventry hooker, who now plays for Blackheath,...
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/ 3 months agoWe’re going for second spot, says Cov coach
■By PAUL SMITH Coventry .......... 44pts Tries: Nayalo 3, Ferrie 17, 20; Ball 39, Johnson 52, Adderly-Jones 60, Bavadra 63 Conversions:...
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/ 4 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Alex Woolford – I’d love to get 100 caps for Bedford Blues
Former Northampton Saints, London Welsh and Coventry second row Alex Woolford, who now plays for Bedford Blues, reflects on his life...
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/ 4 months agoDavidson has the power to snatch it for Coventry
By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........36pts Tries: Barton 7, Auvaa 19, Wilson 42, 53; Heslop 67 Conversions: Barton 8, 43, 54, 68...
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/ 4 months agoAmpthill are gunning for strong finish, says Rylands
■ By BEN JAYCOCK AMPTHILL flanker Charles Rylands believes a lack of game management has cost his side dearly this season,...
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/ 4 months agoLoughborough Lightning 21-24 Bristol Bears: Millie David double seals dramatic turnaround
Bristol Bears recorded an impressive comeback victory away to Loughborough Lightning on Sunday afternoon.
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