By Tom Little.
November 10 2011

The Coventry Rugby team to face Birmingham Solihull at home this Saturday at the Butts Park Arena; kick off 3pm has just been announced.

With Luke Myring still out injured, the Coventry team shows 3 changes plus two positional changes to the team which lost away to Fylde.

Matt Tibbatts and Ben Russell have both recovered from injury and are restored to the starting lineup. Mark O’Connor switches to the wing in place of Jeff Gregson, and Luke Veebel comes in on the other wing in place of Andy Murray who switches to the replacements. Matt Tibbatts resumes the No 8 shirt, while Brett Daynes is restored to No 6 in place of Adie Hall.

Team:

15 Ben Russell

14 Mark O’Connor

13 Nat McDonald

12 Heath Stevens

11 Luke Veebel

10 Elliott Read

  9 Lewis Barker

  1 Ethan Waller

  2 Dale Ager

  3 Adam Parkins

  4 Liam Mather

  5 Benji Dechartres

  6 Brett Daynes

  7 Alex Nash

  8 Matt Tibbatts

Replacements:

 16 Matt Price

 17 Luke Beales

 18 Sam Herrington

 19 Andy Murray

 20 Danny Richards

Tom Little

Coventry Rugby press office

Coventry Rugby team to face Birmingham Solihull.

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10/11/2011 23:06

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Coventry Steve
11/11/2011 09:55

Should be a great game Saturday, good to see Ben Russell back, he is an excellent catcher of the ball at full back. We will need experience in the squad with the young players coming through.
Good to see another couple of replacement kickers in the squad, O'Connor is a great replacement for Luke Myring until he is fit again.
We also have great replacements for our wingers as well, every member of the team so far has stepped into the first team line up and done themselves proud.
COME ON COV!!!!!!!!!!

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Nige H
11/11/2011 17:36

heck steve your forever the optimist! to be honest im a bit worried about the backs line ip for the game. lets hope the defence has omproved from the last 2 games.

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zinzanh
11/11/2011 18:29

Great to see Mr Tibbs back, hope it's not to early. Great set of backs, and hope Elliot is fully fit to carry on the excellent form this season. Also hope that if he has to be rested that Danny Richards comes on at 10 to give us some continuity.C'MON COV.

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Coventry Steve
11/11/2011 20:05

Yep Nige, i am optimistic as usual but from what i have seen so far this season i can't be anything else.
The whole team has developed and are playing some great attacking and defensive rugby.
I think the backs have played some great rugby and a big improvement on last season.
The forwards are looking decent in the scrum and the lineouts are improving each week, with Benji now getting to full fitness the pack looks a force to be reckoned with!
Only my ever optimistic view of course lol
Anyway looking forward to the game tommorow
GOOD LUCK LADS - COME ON COV!!!!!!

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Yozza Cov
11/11/2011 20:14

Optimisum is the only way to go! Cov have to move forward from last week and lets hope we give the brummies something to remember. I think the back selection will be interesting, hope Elliott is fully fit as he looked to be in some pain last week.Any news on Luke Myring? In his CET piece he said he should be fit?

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tom snr
11/11/2011 22:23

elliott looked ok on thursday night and Luke did train but sensible not to risk him.

tom little

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Nige H
12/11/2011 10:51

I am definately optimistic, just have a dose of realism with it too.

The team is doing well this season, but these heavy away losses do worry me espeically when we dont have what would be considered our first choice line up.

i think the forwards are looking good, especially with tibbats back today, but in my opinion the jury is still out on the backs we have in the team today. The starting centre pairing were left wanting with a couple of tries being let in in that area in the last home game, and occonor, whilst a fantastic kicker still looks a bit suspect in several other aspects of his game. Veebles hasnt proved himself at first team level yet, so whilst im optimistic, i do think several players have still got to prove themselves at first team level. So lets hope they step up to the challenge today and beat those brummies! :-)

And on that note, does anyone know why Jeff isnt playing today?

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Inside
12/11/2011 19:01

He's injured.

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