Tony Fenner commits his long-term future to Coventry Rugby

Coventry Rugby have received a major boost with the news that Tony Fenner has signed a new long-term deal with the club.

This contract will keep the 29-year-old utility back at the Butts Park Arena until the end of the 2021-22 season.

Fenner joined the Blue-and-Whites in 2016 after his career had taken in stints in Italy, France, New Zealand and South Africa as well as a spell with Edinburgh.

Since then he has been one of the outstanding success stories of Coventry’s first season back in the Greene King IPA Championship since 2010, appearing in 18 of Cov’s first 19 league and cup games.

During that time, Fenner’s versatility has seen him wear the full back, inside and outside centre shirts before making his first start of the season at fly-half – the position in which he has played most of his rugby – at Bedford last weekend.

Unfortunately, his involvement in the 105-point Goldington Road thriller was curtailed five minutes from time by a ruptured pectoral which requires surgery that will keep him out for the rest of the season.