Month: February 2017
Points just aren’t making prizes, at least not on our travels…and always looking on the bright side
Some things in life are bad They can really make you mad Other things just make you swear and curse. When you’re chewing on life’s…
Hard done by Moseley lose to Blaydon…the run in to the end of the season
Oh dear. Blaydon 25 – 12 Moseley. Blaydon were at the races and won… …Moseley fell at the first hurdle. Yesterday, it seems as if Kevin…
England Counties v Scotland Club XV – it’s all in the stars
Some game that… After a pretty even first half which ended 14 a-piece, Counties eased away in the second 40 to win convincingly, and in…
Cov counts the players, Moseley counts the cost….
I just flew in from the windy city The windy city is mighty purdy But they ain’t got what we got I’m tellin you boys…
Squad size, squad news and squaddies…
I really appreciate the fact that as far as my support of Coventry Rugby Club is concerned, match days aren’t the only weekly focus any more. Tuesday’s now…
Taking the lead…older heads on older shoulders
One of the recurring themes in post-match reports and weekly ‘Coach’s Views’ is the lack of experienced heads on the pitch, especially in the kinds of…
Poll Winner, weekly player updates, a CRSC award and news of a couple of former players….
Many thanks to everyone who took part in the Coventry v Hull Ionians ‘Man of the Match’ poll over the weekend. The results of the voting…
88 points, 12 tries in the game, up into 6th and now the second highest points scorers in the league – well, I enjoyed it anyway.
There have only been a couple of occasions since I started this blog where I knew, even before I’d started a post, that what I was about…
Cov ‘Man of the Match’ v Hull Ionians
Will the outcome of this blog poll to determine Cov’s ‘Man of the Match’ against Hull Ionians agree with that of the sponsors or will supporters once…
Game day…boom but no bust…MoM poll….Twitter
Game day. And after an interesting week in which discussions over Cov’s encouraging performance against Plymouth and the announcement of the first of the summer…
Training ground update – and a promise of no fake news…
There’s plenty of lively discussion on the Messageboard at the moment centring on the run-in to the end of the season and how Coventry might…
Contracts and the first woman referee to officiate a National One game…
I’m embarrassed to say that in my excitement at the announcement of Coventry’s first signings for next season, Alex Grove and Jack Preece, I didn’t read John…
Two new signings… Schadenfreude? Guilty as charged.
So it’s Alex Grove and Jack Preece… Big signings, those. Rowland Winter said that he was looking for players to come in with experience, who…
Reasons to be cheerful – we’re polls apart!
Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly Good golly, Miss Molly and boats Hammer-smith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet Jump back in the alley and nanny goats…
Plymouth v Coventry – Brick walls in Brickfields
In the end, Plymouth were just a little too strong and a little too seasoned for a Coventry side that didn’t quite have the quality and…
Plymouth v Coventry: Buttock Balladry (running in the 4.20 at Aintree)
Results do have to improve, of that I’m under no illusion. Nor am I unaware of the growing number of supporters becoming increasingly frustrated by the…
