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English Championship

/ 12 months ago

It’s famous five for Opoku to bag slice of Cov history

■By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ............................67pts Tries: Opoku 15, 18, 50, 65, 77; Kvesic 10, Penalty 40, Hinkley 59, Hitchcock 68, 79,...

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English Championship

/ 12 months ago

Strong back to lead the charge

PREVIEW Hartpury v Doncaster Today. 3pm MORGAN Strong lines up for Doncaster for the first time since his move to Coventry...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Classy Rokoduguni blasts in a hat-trick

■By CHRIS WEARMOUTH RAF Men ............38pts Army Men .........31pts THE permanence of class was on show at Kingsholm as Se-mesa Rokoduguni...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Green sets his sights on a big finish at Coventry

■ By CHRIS COLLYER DAN Green has enjoyed his first season at Coventry after making the step up from Newport (Salop)...

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Latest News

/ 12 months ago

Kvesic returns to Worcester

■ By SAM JACKSON MATT Kvesic says it was a ‘no-brainer’ to return to Worcester next season. He becomes the first...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Doncaster’s delight as they make it seven-up

■By GUY WILLIAMS Doncaster .........38pts Tries: Dolly 29, Penalty 45, Ene 55, Kerr 58, Olowofela 66 Conversions: Dolly 29, 55, 58,...

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Dream Team

/ 1 year ago

Dream Team – Jamie Jack

JAMIE JACK, THE BEDFORD BLUES & THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM, AMPTHILL, EDINBURGH, LONDON IRISH AND COVENTRY PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Title race down to the wire

PAUL REES EXAMINES THE PERMUTATIONS AS T HE PREMIERSHIP AND THE URC BOTH ENTER THE HOME STRAIGHT THE Premiership enters the...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Pirates hold firm to do double over Cov

By DAVID LAWRENCE Coventry ...........14pts Tries: Hutler 38, Green 50 Conversions: Mathews 39, 51 C Pirates ...........21pts Tries: Relton 15, Pritchard...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Law fearful of franchise plan

■ By BEN JAYCOCK LONDON Scottish scrum-half Jonny Law fears the rumoured Premiership franchise league could leave the Championship without a...

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Dream Team

/ 1 year ago

Dream Team – Jacob Fewtrell

JACOB FEWTRELL, THE BOURNVILLE AND FORMER LEICESTER TIGERS AND BIRMINGHAM MOSELEY FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST…...

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Columnists

/ 1 year ago

Jeff Probyn: Premiership Promotion should not depend on capacity

By Jeff Probyn - A front row view of the game It is funny how quickly things change once the pressure...

By Jeff Probyn

English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Coventry plan to increase stadium capacity up to 8,000

By Ben Jaycock Coventry chairman Jon Sharp operates with a cautious business model but hopes he can guide the Midlanders into...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Scottish left at the gates as Ampthill maintain run

■By BEN WHITE Ampthill ...........38pts Tries: Barton 14, Bracken 17, 37; Courtney 29, Jackson 42, Frostwick 76 Conversions: Barton 15, 30,...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Hartpury hold on to keep Coventry at arm’s length

■By RHYS ANDERSON Hartpury ...........31pts Tries: J Short 3, Penalty 19, Lewis 39, Austin 43 Conversions: Bazalgette 4, 40, 44 Penalty:...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

West Country derby is the best – Jordan

■ By PAUL REES Hard man: Cam Jordan in action for Gloucester PICTURE: Alamy CAM Jordan thought that the East Midlands...

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Letters

/ 1 year ago

Worcester deserve place back in Tier 2

I READ with interest the views of Cai Griffiths (DoR at London Welsh, one of my alltime favourite clubs) in TRP...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Jackson in right place to snatch it for Ampthill

■By PAUL SMITH Coventry ...........26pts Tries: Trotter 8, 30, Opoku 16, Maunder 23 Conversions: Mathews 8, 16, 23 Ampthill ............31pts Tries:...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Hartpury boss Mark Cornwell baffled by no promotion to Premiership

By Luke Jarmyn Hartpury head coach Mark Cornwell has called the current issues surrounding the lack of promotion and relegation between...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Championship: Senitiki Nayalo hits heights to give Coventry a timely lift

By Paul Smith Coventry ........................... 49pts Tries: Robson 1, 43; Nayalo 23, 54; Owen 58, Barton 71, Mannion 75 Conversions: Mathews...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Lewis Barker’s at his best as Caldy look for strong season’s finish

By Ben Jaycock Its been a campaign of near misses for Caldy as their end-of-season targets have gone from mid-table to...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Doncaster Knights going back in time to celebrate 150th anniversary

By Ben Jaycock President: Steve Lloyd Doncaster Knights’ 150th anniversary coincides with club president Steve Lloyd’s 50th year of involvement at...

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Dream Team

/ 1 year ago

Dream Team – George Worboys

GEORGE WORBOYS, THE EALING TRAILFINDERS AND FORMER BATH, CHINNOR, TAUNTON AND COVENTRY FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Championship: Bench come on to give Coventry extra push against Chinnor

By Paul Smith Chinnor ..............37pts Tries: Watson 1, Carter 20, Hardwick 26, Rafferty 55, Goss 80 Conversions: Chamberlain 1, 20, 26...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Coventry News: Charlie Robson ‘I really enjoy taking on the big teams’

Jack Emery talks to the in-form 23-year-old Coventry full-back Charlie Robson about his career aspirations How do you feel your season...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Simon Halliday’s blast: The RFU keeps ignoring the Championship

By Nick Cain Simon Halliday has slammed the proposed loan bail-out for Newcastle Falcons, the Premiership’s basement club, and the continued...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

This Premiership cartel is strangling our game

By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week Welcome to gridlock. Everything that is wrong with the English club...

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English Championship

/ 1 year ago

Jordan Poole at the double as Coventry knock off the rust

Coventry .......... 4 Tries: Poole 2, 22; Henry 12, Morris 17, Barton 40, Hutler 48, Ma’asi 71 Conversions: Mathews 2, 22,...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Cambridge’s steep learning curve

By Ben Jaycock Cambridge have endured problems on and off the pitch this term, with COO Rowland Winter revealing they can’t...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Blackheath’s James Shanahan – After seven years, it’s time for new challenge

Jon Newcombe talks to James Shanahan about his time as Blackheath coach and his move to Bury St Edmunds When James...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Chinnor edge out Cambridge in their private party

By Steve Jackson Cambridge.............. 31 Chinnor.....................33 Chinnor's narrow victory at Grantchester Road saw them return home with the Not The Prem...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Young Guns – George Pearson

Tigers back three player George Pearson made his England U20s bow by scoring a try in last week’s win over Scotland....

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Miscellaneous

/ 1 year ago

Forthcoming fixtures

Week beginning Sunday, March 2, 2025 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MARCH 2...

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Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Davies back to put fire into Coventry

By BEN JAYCOCK FOLLOWING a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Steff Davies hopes to return at the tail end of this...

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Five countries who have only ever had one Premiership player

By Charlie Elliott The Premiership mainly sees players from the Six Nations battling it out week in week out, with a bit of...

By Charlie Elliott

Latest News

/ 1 year ago

Premiership Rugby Cup: Five key talking points of the weekend

By Charlie Elliott The final round of the Premiership Rugby Cup pool stage took place over the weekend, with teams battling...

By Charlie Elliott

Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Josh Bassett and Will Wand give Leicester Tigers shot in the arm

By David Lawrence Coventry ...........26pts Tries: Hinkley 16, Morris 45, Warren 61, Barton 70 Conversions: Mathews 16; Mannion 45, 61 Leicester...

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Features

/ 1 year ago

Two X-Factor players, one goal

PAUL REES SAYS ENGLAND’S NO.10 JERSEY WILL BE FIN SMITH’S FOR SOME TIME BUT MARCUS STILL HAS KEY ROLE TO PLAY...

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Dream Team

/ 1 year ago

Dream Team – Joe Snow

JOE SNOW, THE FORMER EXETER, COVENTRY & TAUNTON SCRUM-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... Forwards 1....

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Premiership

/ 1 year ago

Finn Carnduff leads the way to put Leicester Tigers in the driving seat

By Rob Wildman Leicester ...........................57pts Tries: Woodward 6, Volavola 9, Carnduff 13, 72; Theobald-Thomas 15, Tom Manz 22, Whiteley 29, Pearson...

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