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REPORT | Off colour Blues beaten at Coventry
Another harrowing experience at Butts Park Arena as Bedford Blues fell to a 45-7 defeat against old rivals, Coventry.
It was about as bad as afternoon as one could imagine with Bedford off the pace from the first whistle, losing the physicality battle all afternoon and struggling to match their opponents in pretty much every department of the field.
A carbon copy of the last few years on hostile territory, Blues paid the price for poor discipline and never really recovered from conceding less than three minutes into the contest.
Coventry ran riot for the most part and were exceptionally well drilled, barely putting a foot wrong while Bedford struggled to put a foot right.
When the dust settles, there will be positives but so soon after the final whistle, always tricky to find. Blues’ scrum did begin to dominate in the latter stages, going forwards they looked okay in parts, but that takes nothing away from the scoreboard on the day.
Oisin Heffernan scored a nice try after patient build up play in the red zone from the team, but that was all the team could muster in terms of points on the board alongside the conversion from the Will Maisey.
The benefit of an even numbered lead is that games come thick and fast this season so Blues will have the chance to put things right within the week. Hartpury – who came through a tough test v London Scottish – will pose another test and Blues will need to bounce back.
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