Tolmie hat-trick gets

HOOKER Scott Tolmie claimed a hat-trick of tries as Coventry overcame stubborn resistance from visitors Bury St Edmunds in a game played in torrential rain for all but the last few minutes and which included a 15minute break when referee Neil Chivers took the players off in thunder and lightning.

Cov held a tenuous 7-3 lead at the end of the first 30minute period, and with Liam McBride kicking three penalties, Bury stayed in touch with their higherranked hosts until conceding three tries in the final 14 minutes.

Cov took the lead immediately after the weather break, driving Bury back at a scrum for Darrell Dyer to touch down and Tony Fenner to convert.

McBride responded three minutes later with his first penalty, and the score rem