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(A View From The Stand)
A Coventry Rugby Blog - 2024/25



Coventry Rugby 64 Cambridge 12 - 10 try Cov enjoy a night under the lights
Da Da Woah oh oh oh Well, my friends, the time has come To raise the roof and have some fun Throw away the work to be done Let the music...
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Apr 7, 20249 min read
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Apr 6, 20240 min read
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Coventry Rugby looks to city centre pop-up in move to attract more local support...
With no game at the weekend, news concerning Coventry Rugby is currently in short supply. So, in an effort to fill the void, I thought...
1874tsmith
Apr 1, 20245 min read
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Hartpury University RFC 17 Coventry Rugby 47 - Hartpury blown away as Cov breeze into 2nd place
And I know a howlin' wind runs through here Blowin' every day. Yeah a howlin' wind runs through here Takes my breath away. Swing time is...
1874tsmith
Mar 24, 20248 min read
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Mar 23, 20240 min read
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Coventry 34 Ealing Trailfinders 32 - there once was a team from Ealing...
This is the moment we’ll remember Every day for the rest of our lives Time may rush us hurt or love us But on this day we have arrived...
1874tsmith
Mar 10, 20249 min read
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Mar 9, 20240 min read
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Cov chairman's recent statement makes the likelihood of any Wasps' 'return' to the Championship all but over
You don't come around here no more You don't come around here no more Whatever you're looking for (Hey) Don't come around here no more...
1874tsmith
Mar 7, 20249 min read
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Doncaster Knights 12 Coventry Rugby 27: 'ungracious' (!!!) Cov put Knights to the sword
Mother, mother Everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us? Simply because our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to...
1874tsmith
Mar 3, 20249 min read
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Mar 2, 20240 min read
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Why Steve Boden's departure from Doncaster Knights should concern everyone with an interest in the Championship
Well I hope I don't die too soon I pray the Lord my soul to save Oh I'll be a good boy, I'm trying so hard to behave Because there's one...
1874tsmith
Feb 28, 20248 min read
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Coventry Rugby 34 - Ampthill 6: Cov back to winning ways after strong second half showing
Show some respect, fill the deck, get the lassies twirling, 'Cos they expect to be swept off their feet and whirling, Life is a dance, a...
1874tsmith
Feb 25, 20248 min read
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Feb 24, 20240 min read
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Coventry Rugby - the season so far: it's always darkest before the dawn
Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkest moments I can see no way, I can see no way And all of the ghouls come out to...
1874tsmith
Feb 21, 20248 min read
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Feb 3, 20240 min read
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Could Coventry Rugby's success ultimately be its undoing too?
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands Why must we wait so long before we see How sad the answers to those questions can be Do...
1874tsmith
Feb 2, 20246 min read
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England U20 to play Cov to test squad against the 'strongest opposition possible' - yet Championship still 'not fit for purpose' (according to Sweeney)
You don't have to say what you did I already know, I found out from him Now there's just no chance for you and me There'll never be...
1874tsmith
Jan 31, 20246 min read
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Coventry Rugby 19 Cornish Pirates 21 - Cov left 'shaking all over' as Pirates take the spoils
Quivers down my back bone I've got the shakes down the knee bone Yeah, havin' the tremors in the thigh bone Shakin' all over Shakin' All...
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Jan 28, 20248 min read
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Jan 27, 20240 min read
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Cov left dancing in the dark as Pirates approach from the south-west
Man, I ain't getting nowhere I'm just livin' in a dump like this There's something happening somewhere Baby, I just know that there is...
1874tsmith
Jan 24, 20246 min read
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