Following Coventry Rugby’s historic 28-14 victory over the English champions Saracens, the magnitude of the club’s accomplishment is still felt throughout the city.
Cov a surpassé ses rivaux de Premiership Rugby Cup de quatre tries à deux, ce qui a permis à Ealing de devenir les seuls clubs de la deuxième division à remporter des victoires en première ronde contre des équipes de premier plan.
On a day où le soleil brillait et que le début du Rugby World Cup a renforcé l’intérêt du public pour le sport, Cov’s remarquable performance an attiré plus de 4,000 spectateurs – la plus grande foule au domicile du club depuis que Harlequins ont visité l’Arena Butts en 2005/06 saison.
Since then, Alex Rae’s team has received a lot of praise on social media, and Cov’s usual shy head coach admitted
He affirmed that Saturday was a wonderful day for the club as a whole.The atmosphere and the crowd were incredible, and to pack the ground with huge numbers of fans was just amazing. On doit maintenant s’appuyer sur cela et s’assurer que nous continuons à progresser chaque fois que nous jouons.Coventry allowed seven players to make their competitive debuts, including former Jersey wing Ryan Hutler. Hutler joined hooker Suva Ma’asi, man of the match Will Wand and recently-capped Tonga fly half Pat Pellegrini when they crossed the Sarries try line.
Rae was pleased with his team’s performance levels all over, and he said they should now quickly get their feet back on the ground and deliver a similarly impressive performance when they visit Harlequins at the Stoop in the next Saturday’s second round of cup action.
Il a déclaré que l’effort des garçons était remarquable. We were very committed, and the level of detail, our physicality and the energy we brought to our game on a very hot day was brilliant.
“Saracens brought a really strong side and finished with plenty of Premiership experience and some internationals on the field, so it wasn’t as if we beat an academy team.
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Nous devons maintenant nous assurer que la performance n’est pas unique. We are very excited for Harlequins’ challenge this Saturday, but we are also anticipating it. If we can’t then go to the Stoop and back it up, there’s no point beating Saracens at home.
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