By ROB WILDMAN
Leicester .........................19pts
Tries: Wand 6, Kata 54, van der Flier 65
Conversions: Threlfall 54, 65
Coventry ......................... 33pts
Tries: Hinkley 14, Poole 17, Hitchcock 20, Opoku 22, Nayalo 68
Conversions: Matthews 14, 17, 22, 68
COVENTRY struck a blow for the Championship by taking full advantage of Leicester’s mistakes to win this first senior match between these old rivals in 27 years.
A burst of four tries in eight first-half minutes gave Cov sufficient advantage to hold off a Leicester fightback in the second half.
And th...
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