Leicester Tigers

If you are insinuating I was trying to take a cheap shot at Nigel Owens because of his sexual orientation, you are wrong. Do not judge everyone by your own standards. If, as you say 'everyone else knew what I meant', then why are you the only one to comment?

Grimlish wrote:And the pitch is half covered this morning (dont know if it was fully covered earlier)...

Perhaps the section that is covered won't receive any direct sunlight due to how low the sun is at the moment.

No because it wasn't intended as a joke. Why is it every other referee, when signalling a penalty kick at goal, uses both hands to point towards the posts in a sweeping motion whilst Owens sees fit to use the signal I previously described? I appreciate there is no laid down signal for this but why s...

tigercaspian wrote:... but now that Beaumont Jnr follows Beaumont Snr ...

Nit-picking here. There's a difference between actually playing for England and merely being named in an initial 33-man squad.

Iain wrote: He is apparently being mentored this season by Nigel Owens.

In that case, I look forward to his first one-hand wave in the general direction of the posts after he's awarded a penalty and they want to kick for goal.

From the BBC.

MrPartridge wrote:I don't think this is 'strictly' correct. SF can still win the group with 4 points in Munster. See my next post below.

My apologies, MrP. I wasn't looking outside of our group.

As I mentioned yesterday, the format for the semi-finals has changed and it's no longer the luck of drawing balls out of a bag. It now recognises performances by clubs in the pool stages and the achievement of winning away in the quarter finals. Let's assume the current seedings are the final ones. ...

So, it is easy to envisage a scenario where we win this week, even with a bonus point, and still find ourselves without a home draw.... Stade Français would have to get 5 point wins away to Munster and home to Leicester whilst denying us any points for this to happen. That is not a scenario I can e...

AS things stand, the seeding is: 1. Saracens 19 pts, 21 tries 2. Leicester 18 pts, 14 tries 3. Racing 17 pts, 13 tries 4. Clermont 14 pts, 14 tries 5. Wasps 14 pts, 11 tries 6. Stade 14 pts*, 19 tries 7. Ulster 13 pts*, 11 tries 8. Ospreys 12 pts*, 10 tries 9. Toulon 12 pts*, 5 tries Correction. Wa...

No JDV is not at present in the squad but if we are quick we can remove & replace with JDV before the deadline - think it's Wednesday 12:00. See :- http://www.epcrugby.com/matchcentre/leicester_tigers.php?section=3 Could be a straight swap for Owen Williams Since it seems Niall Morris is out of...

I think Goneva is OOC (out of contract) at the end of this season. My guess is he'll look for one last decent contract in either France or Japan.

Skin_and_Muscle wrote:Well, you're not.

S&M, I did mean whilst I was at the BBC, not in normal life.

I forgot to include 'male' in my self-description.

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This is terrible news. I now know why I don't like Mondays.

The BBC is run for and on the behalf of the Liberal left. You have interest in a sport that they see as elitist, attended by people with constructive opinions. You are not their audience. I couldn't agree more. I have worked for the BBC on and off for the last 25 years in London and Manchester. As ...