Originally known as Magnet R.F.C, in the mid nineteen-thirties the name was changed to "G.E.C. (Coventry) R.F.C" Further name changes have occurred in their recent history, firstly to "GPT (Coventry) RFC", and again in 1999 their name changed to "Marconi RFC", these changes were due to company takeovers. In 2005, with the Marconi company no longer having any stake in the Sports & Social Club, they finally changed their name to Copsewood. The Copsewood Sports & Social Club is now totally standalone and self-sufficient. As Copsewood RFC they are currently pl...

Coventry rugby club suffered the embarrassment of running into financial difficulties during the 2009 season along with Birmingham and Solihull in their championship season. It went to the final game with the championship structure playoffs where Coventry couldn’t pull the rabbit out of the hat and topped their season off with relegation. This led to many of the professional players contracted to the club looking elsewhere for their rugby, leaving a gaping hole which needed to be filled. Invitations were issued to local clubs recommended players during the close season with large numbers of p...

In the summer of 1929 a meeting was held to form The Junior Technical School Old Boys' Rugby Club for boys 16 and over who had left the Junior Technical School. The JTS Old Boys' Club was formed which was the original name of the Coventry Tech RFC.