Maynard hails Cov's fighting spirit.


By Alan Poole, Coventry Telegraph.
April 11 2012

RUGBY director Phil Maynard paid tribute to Coventry’s squad spirit after a 25-24 win over Tynedale at the Butts Park Arena which lifted them back into the top half of National League One.

Showing three changes in the backs through injury, Cov lost experienced fly-half Ben Russell with a head injury three minutes into Saturday’s game which saw them come back from 24-13 down midway through the final quarter to snatch victory in injury-time.

A Brett Daynes try closed the gap and, with Tynedale buckling in the scrum, referee Terry Hall awarded Cov a penalty try in the 82nd minute with Jack Green – who had replaced Russell – kicking the winning conversion.

“You could say we won ugly but every win in this league is a good one and I’m very pleased with the result,” said Maynard.

“We are coming to the end of a long season with a lengthy list of injuries but full marks to the lads who came in today and fought so hard to get the result. They’ve not played a lot of rugby, but they stepped up to the plate.

“Ben has been a pivotal player in the last few games since moving to 10, but Jack did really well in his first game for us in that position and kept his nerve at the end to get the kick that won the game. There’s a lot of fight in this team and they always had the belief that they could nick it. We are pretty fit as a squad and we came back strongly at the end.”

Added Maynard: “We were putting their scrum under enormous pressure and I’m surprised the referee didn’t go to the posts earlier – a penalty try was definitely the right decision at the end.”

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Kimbo
11/04/2012 08:57
Alan Poole?! Jeez, the Bristol City result must have really pished him off!! (Sm14)

(OK. I do realise the Bellylaff is being bled dry of staff....)

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tom snr
11/04/2012 12:33
that explains why he got it wrong saying coventry were in the top half, they are ninth, even if they had a bonus point from last sat they would still have been 9th on points difference.

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John Wilkinson
John Wilkinson
11/04/2012 21:45
RFU table says 8th; it's wins that coiunt before points difference. Alan Poole did not write it, I did.


Team P W D L F A Diff B Pts Pts Adjust
Jersey 27 23 0 4 819 342 477 18 105 -5
Ealing Trailfinders 27 18 2 7 881 590 291 23 99 0
Fylde 27 18 0 9 844 647 197 25 97 0
Blackheath 27 17 1 9 779 670 109 21 91 0
Rosslyn Park 27 16 1 10 713 593 120 17 83 0
Macclesfield 27 14 1 12 761 678 83 22 80 0
Blaydon 27 12 2 13 622 649 -27 18 70 0
Coventry 27 13 3 11 598 671 -73 8 66 0
Cinderford 27 12 0 15 645 580 65 18 66 0
Sedgley Park 27 12 0 15 625 753 -128 16 64 0
Cambridge 27 12 0 15 710 880 -170 14 62 0
Tynedale 27 10 0 17 641 707 -66 22 62 0
Wharfedale 27 11 0 16 590 635 -45 16 60 0
Birmingham & Solihull 27 10 0 17 520 831 -311 9 44 -5
Stourbridge 27 6 0 21 558 777 -219 14 38 0
Barking 27 7 0 20 516 819 -303 9 37 0





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thomas senior
tom snr
11/04/2012 23:35
i think the rfu are wrong according to my official list from SSE Nat i then Cov are 9th on 66 points cinderford 8th on 67

tom little

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John Butler
John Butler
12/04/2012 11:03
Agree. Cinderford 12 wins plus 19 bonus points 67 pts

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covkid53
covkid53
12/04/2012 17:00
Well as they say, unless top or bottom we are no-where, so to speak. But, We live to fight another day (season in our case).

Bigger, stronger squad needed next term to be able to absorb injuries and not rely on loanees.

To be fair, we had a great start to the season which petered out then a little surge not long ago. It showed that we should be able to put in a challenge with the right personnel on board.

Lets hope the funds are available (wisely spent)

(Sm125)

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Kimbo
12/04/2012 20:31
Fair enough John; but it did credit Pooley with the article!

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