- 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