Scottish star moves to Coventry Rugby.


By Tom Little
June 7 2011

Coventry Rugby have acted swiftly to cover the loss of Nick Southern and Seb Pearson from last season’s Coventry back row, with the signing of 6ft 2in No 8 Jonny Pelter from the Watsonians Club. Jonny , who is aged 22, has just finished his degree in Edinburgh and has been playing for the Scottish Premiership club Watsonians whilst at University.

 

Originally a member of Bedford Academy, whom he captained, Jonny had previously turned down an offer to stay at Bedford and decided to complete his studies at Edinburgh.

He now wishes to move into a rugby career and looks forward to assisting both his career and Coventry Rugby as they continue to make steady progress to improving their squad.

A hard running , tackling and skilful No 8 Jonny will bring a new dimension to Coventry’s pack giving further options to an already impressive back row, including the recent signing of Jamie Miller.

 

Tom Little

Coventry Rugby press office

7th June 2011

Bookmark or share this story with:

Scottish star moves to Coventry Rugby.
Discussion started by Unofficial Coventry Rugby (IP Logged), 07/06/2011 06:45
Unofficial Coventry Rugby
Unofficial Coventry Rugby
07/06/2011 06:45
What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.

Reply Quote Report
MESSAGES->author
OldNick
07/06/2011 08:57
Looking at the videos, he looks useful. He's played 2nd row at Watsonians as well as back row.

Reply Quote Report
MESSAGES->author
Kimbo
07/06/2011 15:42
Another piece in the puzzle, and another player at an age where he will probably improve. Looking promising in the forwards again.
Welcome to Cov, Jonny.

Reply Quote Report
GetxoGreg
GetxoGreg
09/06/2011 00:05
His old club up here, Watsonians, got relegated last season and will be with us in Scottish Premier 2 next.

We played them in the strange play off system we have up here (bottom 4 of prem 1 against top 4 of prem 2). They came 5th out of the 8, we were 7th.

He was not in the squad that day, and I haven't seen him play, so I can't comment about him, but if any one is interested, highlights of the game we had with them are on Border Rugby TV youtube at [">www.youtube.com]

Reply Quote Report
Coventry Steve
Coventry Steve
10/06/2011 08:51
By the look of things we will have a decent squad around us this season.
I am pleased to see a few of last seasons players have commited to the club.
Does anyone know if Greg the winger has signed up for this season yet?
Well Done Lads
COME ON COV!!!!!!!!!

Reply Quote Report
MESSAGES->author
OldNick
10/06/2011 12:48
Quote:
Coventry Steve
Does anyone know if Greg the winger has signed up for this season yet?

If you mean Jeff Gregson, nothing has been released by the club yet.

If you keep an eye on this thread it contains a complete list of players who played for Cov in NL1 last season and any news that has come about about where they are now.

Reply Quote Report
Coventry Steve
Coventry Steve
11/06/2011 09:39
That's who i meant Oldnick lol (Sm105) - I must be losing my marbles, I have no idea why i called him Gregg - Must have mixed up his surname in there somewhere!
I thought he did well for us last season, hope he does sign on again for us . Then hopefully i should get his name right by then !
Sorry Jeff if you read these posts!

Squad is coming together nicely at the minute, looking forward to the season ahead already!
WELCOME TO COV RUGBY JONNY
COME ON COV!!!!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2011:06:11:16:49:43 by Coventry Steve.

Reply Quote Report
Goto: Forum List•Message List•Search• Log In
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment. We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals. We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards. If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing abuse@sportnetwork.net