By DAVID LAWRENCE

Coventry ..........26pts
Tries: Poole 31, 45, Penalty 40, Ma’asi 64
Conversions: Pellegrini 31, 45, 64

Bedford Blues ..18pts
Tries: Adamson 1, Woolford 67, Hughes 75
Penalties: Maisey 22
Coventry head coach Alex Rae praised his young guns after they secured an opening day bonus point victory over an undisciplined Bedford side under the lights on Friday night.
After gifting their visitors a first minute try, Cov clawed their way back to dominate large periods of the game before the Blues produced a final flourish.
There were no excuses for Bedford who were the architects...