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



U17s and U18s Academy v Boys Club of Wales - youngsters show the promise of things to come in convincing double header wins
Hopefully, more sponsors will want to be involved ... whatever the sums involved, they must be a shadow of the alleged £450,000 that Prem...
1874tsmith
Mar 48 min read
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Nottingham Rugby 41 Coventry Rugby 26 - Archers on target as Coventry's frailties exposed again
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere...
1874tsmith
Dec 29, 20249 min read
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Coventry Rugby 45 Bedford Blues 7 - Cov forwards dominant as Blues' wings are clipped
When it's not always raining there'll be days like this When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this When everything falls...
1874tsmith
Sep 29, 20249 min read
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The dam, the ram and some high hopes...
Once there was a silly old ram Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam No one could make that ram scram; He kept buttin' that dam 'Cause he...
1874tsmith
Aug 18, 20248 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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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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Jersey Reds - thoughts from abroad
On and on, the world keeps spinning On and on, I keep on winning This is a case of passion over reason This is a case when your shoes...
1874tsmith
Oct 4, 20235 min read
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The RFU - you really don't have to take this crap as the walls come tumbling down
I know we've always been taught to rely Upon those in authority - But you never know until you try How things just might be - If we came...
1874tsmith
Jul 5, 20237 min read
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Wasps - wherever they lay their hat, that's their home...
Some thoughts on Wasps' move to Solihull Moors
1874tsmith
Jan 3, 20236 min read
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