By MALLY KNOWLES
Hull Ionians 20
Coventry 63

WHETHER Coventry are potential champions is a moot point, but this ninetry victory underlines their ambitions.
Ionians questioned those credentials in the opening session, taking an unlikely 14-3 lead and being only five points in arrears at the turn round, but the second period was a display of pace and power that left the home side reeling.
Coventry’s early dominance resulted in a penalty by Anthony Fenner, but Ionians stunned the visitors with two well-taken tries from No.8 Ed Falkingham.
Coventry resorted to simple forward power to re...