Leicester Tigers

Am I alone in being hacked off by the growth of clubs adding an alliterative suffix to their names? Usually in the form of a large, carnivorous animal eg Sale SHARKS, Bristol BEARS, Leicester LIONS (in Nat 1) etc. (Plus the former Worcester Warriors). Presumably it's part of a marketing/PR exercise....

Sale have a flanker who looks a bit like England's Tom Curry.

If you believe half the twaddle on this forum, you'd think that Tigers are the only club to suffer from: - international call ups - injuries to key players - dodgy referees - media bias - obsession with kicking away possession - churn of coaching team - star players underperforming If so, perhaps a...

If you believe half the twaddle on this forum, you'd think that Tigers are the only club to suffer from: - international call ups - injuries to key players - dodgy referees - media bias - obsession with kicking away possession - churn of coaching team - star players underperforming If so, perhaps a ...

So, the $64,000 question: how to give the youngsters (more) meaningful games? It's old hat but how about reforming the A league? North and South divisions to minimising travel etc costs. A teams to be a mixture of young talent, old timers returning to match fitness after injury, back up bench player...

My initial thought was a young (before he hit too many rucks) Joe Launchbury and Jay McGuinness (SCD winner in 2015 and member of The Wanted). After searching for some images, now I'm not so sure. Perhaps others can see a likeness?

If I'd been paying more attention in Biology A level, I'd be tempted to clone Mike Brown. I wouldn't expect him and his clones to play in positions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and possibly not 8 and 9. Given all the criticsm on here of the other players in recent weeks, he'd probably make a better fist of it ...

As others have alluded to, the club's DNA has altered over the years. I was at the JP Cup final in 1978 and can still remember the attritional Glaws forwards deciding the match. That pack contained such softies as Burton and Fidler. Tigers won the next three finals with their stellar backline that f...

Quote " Symptom of no clear attacking plan and Pollard not being up to it."

For S Africa's two most recent RWC wins, other than being their most reliable place kicker, what else did Pollard contribute?

I don't agree with posters saying that the yellow cards cost Tigers the match due to numerical mismatches. Saints also had two so cancel out the Tigers' cards. Obviously the red card made some difference but I'd argue the main difference was how the team with 15 used their numerical advantage over t...

"I think about 12 of that starting 15 are international players, and 3 from the bench (ish)? Tigers are playing worse than the sum of their parts currently because that is a team/squad littered with top drawer talent." An obvious question is "why?" In their (brief) golden period ...

I don't know why many teams bother when you end up playing 90% of the current 2nd in the world squad. Never been a level playing field. According to Wikipedia, England has five times more adult male players than Ireland. All other things being equal (and that's not necessarily true), if Ireland has...

I don't know why many teams bother when you end up playing 90% of the current 2nd in the world squad. Never been a level playing field. According to Wikipedia, England has five times more adult male players than Ireland. All other things being equal (and that's not necessarily true), if Ireland has...

albany wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:05 am Telegraph & Mail reporting Matt O’Connor about to be confirmed as new attack coach. Telegraph also suggesting George Martin has NFL break clause in his contract which the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears are looking to activate at the end of the season!

I need to check today's date.

Excellent though not unexpected news re Perese. On Beets personally I would be surprised if we spent cap money on another back rower. If the coaches feel he has the ability then sometimes youth needs to be given its head as Baxter has proved at Exeter. Slight aside a poster asked for explanations o...