Editing Coventry (section)

===Rugby League===
[[Midlands Hurricanes]] are the major [[rugby league]] team in the city. Originally known as Coventry Bears, the Hurricanes compete in the [[RFL League 1|Betfred League 1]], as a semi-professional team in the third tier of the game. They play their home matches at the [[Butts Park Arena]].

In 2002, the club won the [[Rugby League Conference]], and took the step up to the national leagues. In 2004, they won the National Division 3 title and have appeared in the [[Challenge Cup]]. In 2015 the Bears entered their reserve team into the [[Conference League South]] league, a level below the first team under the name [[Coventry Bears Reserves]] playing home games at the Xcel Leisure Centre.

Both [[Coventry University]] and the [[University of Warwick]] compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Midlands 1a competition.