Coventry……….33 Leicester L ….. 21

By JOHN JENKINS

NEWLY promoted Leicester Lions showed they will be a force to be reckoned with in National 1 this season.
They made a lightening start against their Championship opponents, drawing first blood through Shaun Murray. But Coventry stuck back in fine style. Ollie Andrews was the instigator, breaking and then offloading under pressure to release Tobi Wilson for the score.
Gareth Collins’ unit saw plenty of the ball in an attritional first half, which led to no additional action on the scoreboard – but that all changed as Coventry changed their entire XV afte...

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