Influential back-rower Matt Kvesic has given Coventry a boost by recovering full fitness ahead of the visit of title rivals Ealing on Saturday.
Alex Rae’s side finished third last season, 11 points behind champions Jersey, and they are currently placed second, four points behind leaders Ealing.
Just a few weeks earlier, he was hidden away, performing in a Premiership Rugby Cup campaign. Then came the emergency call from France – could he get over to Croissy-sur-Seine ASAP? He did.
Remarkably that is the incredible sequence of events which led 23-year-old fly half Pat Pellegrini on a rugby odyssey which may well end up with him playing in a Tonga shirt alongside modern greats Charles Piutau and Malakai Fekitoa at France 2023.
Ireland kicked off their tour in style thanks to Keith Earls' first-half double at Red Bull Arena on Saturday.
