Leicester Tigers

didn't the A league fold as it was too costly? Not really. It only actually died a full death with covid. It was run down because several clubs (notably Irish & Wasps) consistently failed to put out any kind of side or support it at all, filling their sides with guests whose main selection crit...

Senior academy is 18-24 and under 50K a year. Tom Manz is still only 22 this season so technically could have another 2 years in the dev squad Good point, I've just re-checked the regulations and they are more generous than I'd thought. They are about being 24 years old (inclusive) on 1st September...

Because there is a seperate cap for Senior Academy guys than the main squad, the club want to keep as many as possible in the Senior Academy cap to allow more cap to be spent elsewhere, being in the Senior Academy does not restrict appearances in the senior team, so I suspect Carnduff and Woodward ...

Costelow only has 12 Welsh caps so unless he is going to stop his international career he won't be coming back anytime soon unless the WRU throw the towel in with the cap ruling. Would like to know how hard we tried to persuade him to stay at Tigers. 3 games in the summer, 4 in Autumn, 5 in the 6N,...

I always think on the big players you want them settled down. So on Pollard (presuming his contract finishes 2025) as soon as the season finishes I'd have two offers for him. 1) A contract extension for a further two seasons (to end in 2027) on good terms. 2) A transfer to a SA franchise. Basically ...

We're still a bit early days to be comparing business and squad sizes.

I know various people like the soundbites about stuff being done so far in advance but it's only the case for a few of the bigger pieces.

SB basically had his first season as a free shot, so I think the same should be afforded to DMK. Agree with other comments, we were massively affected being a WC year and have probably done okay overall. That being said, the two results against Gloucester did make me massively question the directio...

We won't be sacking McKellar. You also don't let McKellar sign players for next season, then sack him at the end of this season, that is beyond absurd. For all the noise about McKellar, from the Quins game at home onwards, we have played 10 games in the league and have won 7. A 70% win percentage h...

SB basically had his first season as a free shot, so I think the same should be afforded to DMK. Agree with other comments, we were massively affected being a WC year and have probably done okay overall. That being said, the two results against Gloucester did make me massively question the directio...

Where ever we finish this season I would be amazed if McKellar was sacked before being given time to show what he can do. Success is not an overnight thing, where there is overnight success is usually when the previous incumbent was actually better than thought and impatient Directors lacked the pa...

One thing to flag is that this will be Hanro Liebenberg's 100th start for the club, so he will get his club cap & a more fancy tie. I think the last player to get the club cap for 100 starts was George Ford in 2022 & before that Harry Wells. It's not been as common a feature as it was in th...

One thing to flag is that this will be Hanro Liebenberg's 100th start for the club, so he will get his club cap & a more fancy tie. I think the last player to get the club cap for 100 starts was George Ford in 2022 & before that Harry Wells. It's not been as common a feature as it was in the...

Let's put it this way. There are three states for a coach to be in: 1) Going so badly a change is needed immediately. 2) Going so well that you are actively trying to extend their contract. 3) Going middling, and nether looking to change nor extend. McKeller has two years left on his initial contrac...

It's not really 12 leavers though is it Joe Powell, Ben Woolett, Mike Williams all short term signings Atkinson moving was basically helping to accommodate for Brown's new contract So that's 4 players off the list of leavers that can't really be accommodated for Makes it more like 8 players leaving...

Jimmy Skitz wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:32 pm how old is Kieran Wilkinson?

Same age as Dan Kelly, played 10 & 12 for their school.