On Wednesday afternoon the Panthers travelled to face Coventry University in the quarter-finals of the Midlands Conference Cup having beaten Northampton in the last 16 back in November. The Panthers once again showed they are in a good place in the run up to their Varsity Match as they lost be a mere two points to Coventry 1st XV, who scored a last minute try under the posts and added the simple conversion to win the match and progress to the semi-finals.
The Panthers return to league action next Wednesday when they welcome Birmingham University in their final league match as they look to secure top spot in Midlands 3.
Starting XV:
1 G Gough 2 R Tudor 3 J Woods 4 J Male 5 S Haynes 6 J Barker 7 M Isaac 8 A Travers 9 C Bonisch 10 S Farmer 11 H Everest 12 R Martin 13 K Lawal 14 C Miossec 15 S Pebody
Replacements:
16 T Lakner 17 I Kilcoyne 18 A Summer 19 L Conlon 20 J Nzabandora 21 D Jowers 22 C Williams
Scorers:
Meg Isaac (1T), Joss Barker (1T), Jo Male (1T), Penalty try