Coventry only unbeaten side

Coventry are the only unbeaten side remaining in the Championship following their 36-17 victory at Cambridge.

Ryan Hutler’s early try got the visitors up and running, the winger successfully latching on to Liam Richman’s kick, but Arthur Lennon responded for Cambridge after a quarter of an hour.

The conversion was missed – Richman charging it down – before Jimmy Martin’s try extended Coventry’s lead to 14-5 at half time. A moment of magic from Charlie Robson, who danced over having claimed possession 60 yards from the try line, was followed by Josh Barton’s bonus point score as the advantage stretched to 28-5.

Oli Morris scored Cov’s fifth either side of tries from Ben Adams and Matty Jones for a battling Cambridge side.

Coventry head coach Alex Rae said: “It wasn’t one of our classics, we weren’t at our free-flowing best but we are very pleased with the five points. It’s nice to win ugly sometimes.

“Credit to Cambridge, they kept themselves in the battle and fought hard. To score five tries while not at our best is nice.

“Charlie (Robson) is a work in progress but he has a natural ability to beat people, he’s a pocket rocket. The more confidence he gets, the better he’ll become.”

Cambridge director of rugby Richie Williams said: “We made Coventry work really hard for that victory.

“I’m really pleased with the levels of physicality we brought but frustratingly, we made some really bad decisions and skill errors which probably cost us a bonus point. Those errors probably cost us two tries.

“But we are ahead of where we were this time last year and I’m pleased with the progress this squad is making.”