By Tom Little.
November 1 2013

The following is a list of player movements in and out of Coventry Rugby club for the season 2013/14 with the new squad arranged in a positional order.  

Coventry Rugby would also like to thank all those players that are no longer at the club, or who have moved on to other clubs, for their past service, details of their new clubs or prospective clubs are mentioned where known.

Rugby Director and General Manager             Phil Maynard

Coaches:Head Coach  Scott Morgan

Skills Coach  Peter Glackin,

Forwards Coach  Dave Addleton

Strength & Conditioning Coach Rob Norman

Medical Support 

1^st Team Physio Peter Walford

Club Medical Officer Dr Ralph Mitchell

Fullback No 15  Cliffie Hodgson also flyhalf     retained

Barry Davies also centre     new signing – Jersey

Howard Packman  new  signing dr from Northampton Academy

Wingers 11/14 Mark Kohler             new signing – Bedford Blues

Will Hurrell also centre      new signing – Stourbridge

Ian Clark                new signing –Hartpury College

Tom Harris             retained—loan to Broadstreet

Josh Skelcey          new signing dr from Northampton Academy

Centres 12/13     Greg Evans also winger       retained

Luke Myring also fly half     retained

James Otutaha      retained

Callum MacBurnie               retained

Fly half No 10       Matt Jones             new signing –Bristol Rugby

Will Maisey      retained

Scrum half No 9   Lewis Barker         retained

Louis Silver            new signing –Doncaster Knights

Alex Smit             new signing

Prop forwards 1/3  Tim Ryan  new signing –Newport Gwent Dragons

Chad Thorne         new signing –Hartpury College

Ignas Darkintis      new signing –AMPO Ordizio Spain

Andy Brown          new signing –Doncaster Knights

Danny Hobbs -Owoyemi       retained—dr Northampton Academy

Hooker No 2         Matt Price             retained

Chris Locke           new signing –Bedford Blues

Reece Marshall    new signing-dr Northampton Academy

Second row 4/5   Tom Poole also flanker       retained

Scott Morgan        retained

Danny Wright       retained

Sam Pailor  also back row new signing Swansea RFC

Back row 6/7/8    Jacques Le Roux   retained

Brett Daynes         retained

Matt Tibbatts         retained

Gareth Turner   retained-loan to Broadstreet

Jamie Harrop also hooker  retained

Liam Munro          retained

Geré Mareé  new signing Portugal

Robert Nash  new signing Crosskeys

Squad Numbers as at 1^st November 2013, 19 retained and 18 new signings making a total of 37 players.

Players who have left the club (18)

Heath Stevens-centre-Plymouth Albion, Bronson Ross –prop-Ulster, Nathan Jones-no 9, Ed Tellwright-centre, Jeff Gregson-wing-Broadstreet, Nat Macdonald-centre-Stourbridge, Jack Green-centre-Cambridge, Lee Chapman-no 10-Broadstreet, Greg Sammons-hooker, Davy McGregor-hooker-Plymouth Albion, Alex Woolford-lock dr from Nton to Moseley, Ben Toft-fullback-Romania, Rob Dugard-prop, Nico Steenkamp-prop-Bedford Blues, Sam Herrington-lock-Shelford, Andy Murray-wing-Broadstreet, Steve Johns-winger, Ross Kevan-no 9-Cambridge.

On-going there will be players training with Coventry Rugby on a trial basis. In addition to the above there is an agreement between Premiership side Northampton Saints and Coventry Rugby for players to be attached to Coventry Rugby from Northampton Academy on a dual registered loan basis. Currently 4 such players are included in the above, although presently only Danny Hobbs is available.

As at this date there are no dual registered loan players from Worcester Warriors Academy currently attached or training at Coventry Rugby.

As part of the on-going relationship between Coventry Rugby and Broadstreet, Coventry squad member Josh McNulty has just signed for them in addition to the two other players on loan at Broadstreet as per list above.

Will Davis a DR from Bristol Rugby has been released and is now at Cinderford, and James Tyas is no longer training with Coventry Rugby.

Tom Little

Coventry Rugby  press  office 

1^st November  2013.

Coventry Rugby squad and positional list season 2013/14.

Discussion started by Unofficial Coventry Rugby (IP Logged), 01/11/2013 11:26

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01/11/2013 11:26

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Cliff Bennett
01/11/2013 11:39

Tom, are you prepared to/can you give any more information as to James Tyas?

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tom snr
01/11/2013 12:24

Sorry cb still sub judice

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Nige H
01/11/2013 18:15

Ok... So where's Mike Phillips.?! ;-)

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Geoff Kennedy
01/11/2013 18:36

Negotiating to take over the Butts retreat
Supposed to be a secret

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