Leicester Tigers

I think that the possible effect of Cole's absence is being overstated. Cian Healy has been having problems with his ankles of late, both having been strapped in his first two 6N games. His sub, Jack McGrath, is a good young player but he has a long way to go before he's the finished article. I thin...

apart the Irish (and a blip from Edinburgh) when was the last time a Rabo team made it past the group stage ?! Cardiff 2011-12 Ospreys 2009-10 Cardiff and Ospreys 2008-09 Cardiff and Ospreys 2007-08 Scarlets 2006-07 If you take out three of the strongest AP teams plus another team who made a run at...

Hi Cider, maybe you misread my post, but yes I know that. Here is my point. The last English team to reach the HC final was Northampton. Vs. Leinster in Cardiff. Northampton walked all over Leinster in the first half, before physically collapsing at half time as a result of playing an AP semi at Ti...

I enjoyed Johnny Sexton's post match comment that he was delighted to have won his first Welsh cap! On a more serious note the difference in interpretation between Pollock, Joubert and Poite on the scrum and the breakdown areas means that Refs and their interpretations of the Laws of the game are be...

Great news for us Leinster supporters. However, he hasn't recovered from the back spasm sustained against Glasgow last week and is unavailable for the ACC Final.If it transpires that he also misses next week's Pro 12 League Final then his participation in the Lions Tour will be in question.

Healy has won his appeal and he'll be available against France.

Article in today's Irish Times: Anglo-French demands grossly inequitable ON RUGBY: The Anglo-French axis wants to weaken the Irish hand, so as to make it more difficult for them to retain their best players and win Heineken Cups, writes GERRY THORNLEY TOMORROW THE various stakeholders of the ERC – n...

There are only 3 Rabo 'teams' who I am sure will be in the QFs - Ulster, Munster & Leinster. The others suffer for playing in an underpowered league too much and equally from not having the purchasing power of the Irish top 3. This is a complaint often heard in Wales when I go there. Many of th...

The Irish Times - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 New Accord needs compromise from all sides ON RUGBY: There will have to be give-and-take over a new agreement, but keeping 24 teams allows more elbow room than reducing it to 20 teams, writes GERRY THORNLEY PRIOR TO next Monday’s meeting in Rome of all the ...

The Irish Times - Tuesday, September 25, 2012 English TV deal 'illegal' according to ERC A DEAL signed by Britain’s BT Group to broadcast European matches involving leading English clubs from 2014 is illegal, European Rugby Cup (ERC), which runs European rugby competitions, said yesterday. ERC has b...

Sport.co.uk is carrying this report of an interview yesterday with Patrick Wolff, President of the LNR with AFP: French clubs have no intention of quitting the European Cup and Challenge competitions and playing in an alternative tournament just with English clubs, the vice-president of the French N...

Sport.co.uk is carrying this report of an interview yesterday with Patrick Wolfe, President of the LNR with AFP: French clubs have no intention of quitting the European Cup and Challenge competitions and playing in an alternative tournament just with English clubs, the vice-president of the French N...

Brian Moore is being economical with the verite in stating that Ireland has 4 automatic places in the HEC. Connacht is only in this season and was only in last season because Leinster won the HEC.

Hopefully his sister who is reported to be quite will will pull through. What a dreadful tragedy for their family!

It is being reported on the unofficial Leinster MB, Babbling Brook that young Ulster player, Nevin Spence, his brother and father were the 3 people died in a slurry pit on a farm near Hillsborough in N. Ireland. May they rest in peace.