Rooms With A View
Appropriately clad - blue and white - new flats dominate the main stand at Butts Park Arena, home to Coventry Bears RLFC. Pictured a few hours before a 40-28 victory, the hosts' first of the season, over Kingstone Press Cider League One rivals Oxford. The visitors led 4-0 and 10-6 before falling 40-10 behind. A late Oxford scoring flurry, yielding three converted tries, reduced the margin of defeat. The stadium is owned by Coventry RFC.
Match statistics:
Admission: £12. Programme: £2 (20 pages). Attendance: 303. Scoring sequence: 0-4 (11mins); 6-4 (15mins); 6-10 (21mins); 12-10 (30mins); 16-10 (40+4mins); 22-10 (46mins); 28-10 (68mins); 34-10 (71mins); 40-10 (73mins); 40-16 (79mins); 40-22 (80+5mins); 40-28 (80+7mins). Referee: Michael Mannifield (Huddersfield).
Rooms With A View
Appropriately clad - blue and white - new flats dominate the main stand at Butts Park Arena, home to Coventry Bears RLFC. Pictured a few hours before a 40-28 victory, the hosts' first of the season, over Kingstone Press Cider League One rivals Oxford. The visitors led 4-0 and 10-6 before falling 40-10 behind. A late Oxford scoring flurry, yielding three converted tries, reduced the margin of defeat. The stadium is owned by Coventry RFC.
Match statistics:
Admission: £12. Programme: £2 (20 pages). Attendance: 303. Scoring sequence: 0-4 (11mins); 6-4 (15mins); 6-10 (21mins); 12-10 (30mins); 16-10 (40+4mins); 22-10 (46mins); 28-10 (68mins); 34-10 (71mins); 40-10 (73mins); 40-16 (79mins); 40-22 (80+5mins); 40-28 (80+7mins). Referee: Michael Mannifield (Huddersfield).