Students Taught A Lesson By Cov Rugby

Last updated : 08 March 2014 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry Rugby beat Loughborough Students 33-14 at The Butt's Park Arena this afternoon.

Coventry went in front on seven minutes with a Le Roux try which Hodgson converted and ten minutes later, Le Roux scored a second try that was converted to give Coventry a fourteen point lead.

The crowd of 1054, saw a third try for Cov in the 21st minute when Silver went over and Hodgson converted.

There was no more score until the 65th minute when Poole scored a try and in the 78th minute, Le Roux completed his hat-trick with a try, converted by Hodgson.

Most of the crowd would go on to record a cleansheet but the Students had other ideas and in the third minute of the second half stoppage time, Pons ran in a try and Katz converted and seconds later. Eastwell scored with a second try which Katz converted to reduce Coventry's margin of victory to 33-14.