• 13:18 Round 3 @CoventryRugby v Hartpury. Great to be back #homeiswhereyourheartis

Good to see James Tincknell and Scott Hamilton warming up. Both must be close to comebacks pic.twitter.com/0lqancHclO

— Tim Smith (@CowshedTim) September 19, 2015

• 14:10 50 minutes til kick off and players beginning to come out onto pitch

•  14:19 Steady stream through turnstiles, earlier than usual.

• 14.36 Cov into routines now. Certainly seem fired up!

20 mins to go and filling up nicely… pic.twitter.com/HtWVNDRDm5

— Tim Smith (@CowshedTim) September 19, 2015

• 14.56 Getting close now! Atmosphere building!!!

• Hartpury out onto pitch followed by Cov. Good response from crowd!

First Half

• 0 mins Cov to kick off..now!

• 1 mins Cov attacking

• 2 mins Over line! Ref consults Try to Dom

• 3 mins Gone with conversion near touch. Missed. 5-0

• 4 mins Poor decision by ref…Knock on against Cliff. Scrum Hartpury in our half

• 5 mins Cov in old kit

• 6 mins Cov penalised..offside at loose. Pen kick 40 yards out to left
• 5-3

• 8 mins Flowing move from Hartpury 70 metres see them score. Reality check for Cov

• 9 mins Converted 5-10
• This is the test we’ve needed
• Hartpury knock on from kick off

• 11 mins Cov scrum on Hartpury 22…having to be retaken

• 12 mins Cliff bundled into touch 5 metres out and promptly injures shoulder again!
• SUB
• Cliffie off Ryan on

• 16 mins Cov retaining possession through phases and win pen. Jones to left corner
• Lost lineout

• 17 mins Give away needless pen. Hartpury clear lines

• 19 mins Hartpury move into Cov 22 but Jones and Dom defend well

• 20 mins Loti great in loose and wins ball
• Cov pen…Jones to corner again

• 21 mins And we loose ball again
• And then penalised!

• 22 mins Cov penalised again in ruck

• 23 mins Hartpury kick to out 50m line

• 25 mins Jones kicks ball straight out…back to our 40 metre line
• Lineout won and good break by Baker

• 26mins Promising attack ended by wasted kick from Jones
• Break for Hartpury injury.

• 29 mins Cov seeing more of the ball.Jones high ball…good work from Ryan wins Cov penalty
• Right hand corner…third time lucky…no lost again

• 30 mins Cov win pen. Quick tap and help up under posts. Scrum 5 metres

• 32 mins so close now
• Knox goes over…phew!

• 33 mins Jones with another difficult conversion. Missed…10-10

• 34 mins SUB
• McNulty on for Hartpury

• 39 mins Cov looking much stronger now. Pen in front if posts
• Jones gets it….13-10

• 40 mins Hartpury strong from kick off

• 40 + 1 mins And score under posts
• Converted 13-17

• 40+2 mins Cov looking a bit ragged. Price warned for impeding player

• 40+ 3 mins Hartpury to take pen from half way line….missed

• 40 +4 mins Half time. Morgan needs to have a few words

Half time

• Attendance less than 1100. World cup must be a factor
• Lineout poor at the moment. Hope on????

Second Half

• 41 mins Teams coming out for second half
• No changes!

• 43 mins Cov with scrum on half way line

• 44 mins Cov on the attack

• 45 mins Win penalty 5 metres out. Oliver did well

• 46 mins Lineout won
• But scrum given to Hartpury. Not sure why!

• 48 mins Problems settling scrum

• 50 mins Pen Cov…No 6 stamped on Cov player. Spoken to but no card. Kick to corner
• Yellow card Hartpury pulling player down
• Prop was player yellow carded

• 51 mins Morgan shouting for scrum
• Which we take!
• 52 mins But they win scrum

• 53 mins Jones chips…Dom chases…ref checks but try not given
• Back for pen. Another kick to corner

• 55 mins Catch and carry…Pricey over…deserved after lots of possession. Jones with kick
• Conversion missed. 18-17
• SUB
• Thorne off Sigley on
• Lotti off Woodburn on

• 59 mins Cov collapse scrum. Hartpury opt for kick at goal… wide to right…30 metres. Gets it
• 18-20

• 61 mins Accidental offside as two player collide…frustration building up. 30 mins left
• Hope warming up

• 62 mins Our scrum a mess… penalised…kick 40 metres out to left of posts.

• 63 mins 18-23
• SUB
• Price off Hope on

• 64 mins Another penalty against Cov
• Hartpury kick to half way line

• 66 mins Cov pen…in front of kicker. Jones to Hartpury 40 metre line

• 67 mins Cov knock on…scrum Hartpury

• 70 mins Another pen to Hartpury following scrum

• 71 mins Huge kick into our 22

• 72 mins Great break out of defence but knock on brings it to end

• 75 mins Cov attacking again. Win pen. Kick to corner. Delayed by another Hartpury injury
• Going for 3 points. Interesting decision!
• Gets it…21-23. Come on Cov

• 77 mins And we knock on after more another phase of possession

• 78 mins Everton for Evans…not his best game
• Oliver MoM

• 79 mins Scrum and penalty to Hartpury.  Cov no answer to Hartpury

• 80 mins
• Pen missed
• SUB
• Roberts off Lotti on
• Sigley off and Thorne on

• 80+1 mins Cov pushing forward

• 80+3 mins Pen earn pen….37 metres out…wide to right. Could be last kick of match
• I feel sick…
• Misses…

• 80+5 mins Hartpury player down…we lose advantage. Scrum

• 80+7 mins another pen to Cov…opt for corner!
• And lose throw….

• 80+8 mins Stomach not over yet…another pen to Cov same position as last.

• 80+9 mins 40 metres way out to left…misses. Final whistle. Cov lose 21-23

Scores Today

RESULTS | from #nat1 pic.twitter.com/Mgk6soO3ze

— SSE National 1 Rugby (@national1_rugby) September 19, 2015