Birmingham Moseley 14-17 Coventry

[Phil]

Coventry Squad:

15 Rob Povey; 14 James Martin, 13 Andy Bulumakau, 12 Will Owen (capt), 11 Max Trimble; 10 Dan Lewis, 9 Pete White; 1 Toby Trinder, 2 Scott Tolmie, 3 Luc Jeannot, 4 Scott Russell, 5 James Voss, 6 Ben Adams, 7 Jack Ram, 8 Senitiki Nayalo

Replacements

Shaun Allsopp, James Gibbons, Gareth Denman, Ed Enoka, Harry Charter, Archie Strath, Will Flinn, Morgan Dayes, Paul Wells, Cameron Sharpe

[Phil]

[andyj]

Do we have some players out injured at the moment?

[Phil]

Aug 23, 2019 12:01:04 GMT andyj said:

Do we have some players out injured at the moment?

Yes we do Andy.

[kingsheathlad]

FT Moseley 14 Coventry 17.2 tries to 3.

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

Apparently one of the Cov supporters lost his phone at the ground tonight. Hopefully someone's found it. It's Cliff Bennett - you can contact him on the Cov supporters messageboard. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read/s425.htm?798,16631301

[dingle]

Assured performance by BM against old rival from one division above.

Match photos uploaded link

[Shy Spa]

Aug 23, 2019 21:07:39 GMT kingsheathlad said:

FT Moseley 14 Coventry 17.2 tries to 3.

First Moseley try scored well ahead of the 7:45 kick-off time published on the club website and printed on the ticket.

[observer]

www.coventryrugby.co.uk/2019/08/23/birmingham-moseley-14-coventry-rugby-17-match-report/

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

Aug 23, 2019 22:23:34 GMT martinwatson aka Camera Shake said:

Apparently one of the Cov supporters lost his phone at the ground tonight. Hopefully someone's found it. It's Cliff Bennett - you can contact him on the Cov supporters messageboard. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read/s425.htm?798,16631301

I believe this has been sorted.

[kingsheathlad]

I thought our defence showed up well second half when we had little ball,scrum held up well,lineout not as good as in the previous psf.overall positive for season ahead and no serious injuries in these games like last season.

[markd]

Cov website report is reasonably fair. Moseley started well and finished well and Cov dominated in between albeit it didn't show on the scoreboard.

In the first half, the Mose defence wasn't tested as much as it might have been despite conceding three tries. Cov made a lot of handling errors, most of which were self-inflicted. In the second half, however, defence stood up well and managed a clean sheet. If Mose are going to make an impression on the division this season, they will need to concede, on average, less than 20 points per match.

From an attacking point of view, the two tries were well taken and tough conversions were excellent (windless evening). I would have liked to have seen less kicking possession away. An essentially new group of players needs to play together with ball in hand.

Two yellow cards showed that discipline will need to be watched. Rugby is a difficult enough game with 15.

Overall, there was enough to feel some encouragement for the coming season, but pre-season is rarely a guide to what follows.

Come on Mose!

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

Just the tries from the game

[andyj]

Aug 23, 2019 12:46:21 GMT Phil said:

Aug 23, 2019 12:01:04 GMT andyj said:

Do we have some players out injured at the moment?

Yes we do Andy.

I assume this includes Cliffie and Zac who have not featured in any of the pre season friendlies.

[Phil]

Aug 27, 2019 15:13:16 GMT andyj said:

Aug 23, 2019 12:46:21 GMT Phil said:

Yes we do Andy.

I assume this includes Cliffie and Zac who have not featured in any of the pre season friendlies.

Cliffie yes but unsure about Zac.

[southernmose]

Aug 27, 2019 15:22:03 GMT Phil said:

Aug 27, 2019 15:13:16 GMT andyj said:

I assume this includes Cliffie and Zac who have not featured in any of the pre season friendlies.

Cliffie yes but unsure about Zac.

Just as long as we've not lost anyone to the 0113 dialling code.... (genuine observation, I've not got any fact or rumour - but I've had fingers crossed for a while now)

[grooveavenue]

Well if any of our signed squad go 0113 then 0113 will have to pay off contract signed by 0121443 Club I assume. I also assume that none of the 0121443 squad will see a future in the 0113 playground horseplay.

The 0113 scenario is strange and I keep updated on Rolling Maul.

[grooveavenue]

Meanwhile lets welcome the 01482 club a week on Saturday!!!

[andyj]

Aug 27, 2019 17:08:09 GMT grooveavenue said:

Well if any of our signed squad go 0113 then 0113 will have to pay off contract signed by 0121443 Club I assume. I also assume that none of the 0121443 squad will see a future in the 0113 playground horseplay.

The 0113 scenario is strange and I keep updated on Rolling Maul.

Just in case anyone is in doubt where 0113 is - it is Leeds.