Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...


By Tom Little
August 21 2014

The following is a list of player movements in and out of Coventry Rugby for the season 2014/15.New players and retained players are grouped in a positional order to help supporters.

Coventry Rugby would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those players who have moved on to other clubs or who are longer at Coventry Rugby for their past services to the club. Where known details of these players new clubs are mentioned.

Rugby Director and General Manager     Phil Maynard

Coaches                                 Head Coach   Scott Morgan

                                                Defence Coach    Peter Glackin  

                                                Contact Area and Set piece Coach Dave Addleton

                                                Strength and Conditioning Coach   Rob Norman

Medical Support                  Lewis Clarke                                                       

Full-back  15                         Cliffie Hodgson also centre and fly-half   - retained  -captain

                                                Barry Davies also centre-retained    

Wingers 11/14                    Will Hurrell- retained 

                                               Dan Rundle- new signing Tynedale                                                

Centres  12/13                    Callum MacBurnie – retained-2 year contract  

                                               Luke Myring-retained  

                                               Rob Knox-retained -2nd year contract

                                               James Otutaha- retained  

Fly-half No 10                     Matt Jones-retained    

                                              Ben Cooper-new signing from Boroughmuir and Scotland U 20’s

Scrum-Half No 9                Pierre Ferre-retained  

                                              Louis Silver – retained

                                              Wayne Evans-new signing from Newport Gwent Dragons 

Prop forwards No 1/3     Chad  Thorne – retained      

                                             Andy Brown-retained – 2 year contract   

                                             Joe Foreman—new signing from Bedford Blues Academy  

                                             Henry Sandys-new signing from Darlington MP    

                                            Rikki Stout- new signing from Rotherham Titans

                                            Guido Cambareri-new signing Argentina                           

Hooker No 2                     Chris Locke- retained      

                                            Matt Price-retained 

Second row No 4/5         Scott Morgan   -   retained  

                                            Tom Poole    -    retained   

                                            Danny Wright  also back row– retained      

                                            Roan Van Heerden-retained  

                                            Nick Murphy- new signing Dudley Kingswinford  

Back row No 6/7/8         George Oliver- retained- no 7    

                                            Jacques Le Roux- retained No 8  2 year contract

                                            Sam Pailor-retained

                                            Brett Daynes- retained-No 6 

                                            Gareth Turner-retained -also hooker

                                            Liam Munro-retained- N0 8  

Squad numbers as at 20th August 2014 24 retained plus 8 new signings making total squad of 32 players. In addition there are a number of players training and or on trial with the club.                                     

Players who have left the club (13)

Mark Kohler-winger-Plymouth Albion, Tom Harris-released, Will Maisey-Nottingham Rugby, Tim Ryan- released, Ignas Darkintis-prop to Ealing Tfs, Matt Tibbatts-br to RAF, Ian Clark, Greg Evans, Richard Nauer, Gere Maree, Robert Nash, Jamie Harrop, Alex Smit.

On-going- there will be players training/and or on trial with Coventry Rugby throughout both pre-season and season .In addition contacts will be maintained with a number of Premiership Clubs as to the availability of Academy loan players with already some players  being made available to the club-details of whom will be released if and when arrangements are finalised.

Coventry Rugby will also continue on with their loan arrangement with local clubs such as Broadstreet and Nuneaton.

 

Tom Little

Coventry Rugby press office

20th August 2014

 

Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: Unofficial Coventry Rugby (IP Logged)
Date: 21/08/2014 09:35

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Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: rustyroof (IP Logged)
Date: 21/08/2014 13:10

So we could be down 3 players from the original squad, if the initial diagnoses of the injuries to RVH and Liam were correct. Slightly worrying as cover looks a bit thin in a couple of areas. To manage with a squad of 30 players,we will need better luck with injuries than we've had in the last couple of weeks.

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: Jean H (IP Logged)
Date: 21/08/2014 13:47

We certainly need at least one more winger,only two if Speight
Isn't found!!!!!

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: mick Tombs (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 12:04

Any news on Roan van Heerden yet or sammy Speight also has Nick Murphy appeared yet

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: OldNick (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 12:46

First indications re RvH announced on Tuesday night were that an x-ray indicated less damage than the worst case, so he was to have an MRI scan. This would indicate cartilage rather than ligament damage, and potentially a much shorter recovery period.

Nick Murphy , yes. He has been at Cov training since July and was on the Wales trip.

Sammy Speight is now not expected to join the club. He is a Fijian in the British Army, and was due to b allowed time to play for Coventry by his commanding officer. Over the summer he left the UK and had not (yet) returned. As he is now overdue it is likely that even if he did return he would be unlikely to be released to play rugby.



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Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: tom snr (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 14:53

nick murphy played the whole game against merthyr and scored a try. needs to get match fit and get used to playing at this standard, but a promising debut.

tom little

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: fordy69uk (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 16:38

Who's Nick Murphy? Have i missed something?

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: Cliff Bennett (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 17:04

You have indeed missed something. He's a second row player signed from Dudley Kingswinford (DK). He's listed in the list at the top of this thread.

Re: Updated: Coventry Rugby squad and positional list...
Posted by: fordy69uk (IP Logged)
Date: 22/08/2014 17:22

Oh right lol

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