Leicester Tigers

Always was in 2 minds about Manu. At his best he was a star for the club and responsible for one of my favorite nights at Welford Road (V South Africa with my now passed dad). but the way that he left after having spent so much of his time at the club on the sidelines still rubs a bit raw. Yes, thi...

We've had a few former academy backs go on to establish themselves at other clubs. Lewington one of the most obvious. Purdy. Perry Humphries. Charlie Walker. Will Hurrell. All in the two positions we've really struggled to bring players through. 36 as well but he was bit of a different case as he wa...

If Freddie moved to the centres he would be very much in the mould of Will Greenwood Jordie Barrett is the most obvious parallel. Very tall and physical unit who played 15 with a giant boot but had some limitations there in attack compared to effectively fly-halves that NZ started picking there. So...

Are you suggesting that a move to 12 from the wing isn’t that dramatic? Maybe you could name others that have made that move I'll go with George North.... Think you’ll find he had 13 on his back. I said 12 they are different positions and not many can cover both The obvious example is Jamie Roberts...

If we were trying to nab an in contract EQP number 8 then CCS or Chick would be top of my list. CCS is behind Dombrandt at Quins but has pushed ahead of him for England regardless so that seems unlikely. Chick seems settled at Falcons despite the issues there. A bit like Chris Pennell at Wuss previo...

It's not just SA playing that way though. Most international teams have shifted towards a fly-half quality playmaker and kicker at fullback. The top 8 in the rankings currently: 12.Aki 15.Keenan 12.de Allende 15.Willemse or le Roux 12.Jordie Barrett 15.Beauden Barrett or McKenzie 12.Danty 15.Ramos 1...

9.JvP 10.Pollard 11.OHC 12.Steward 13.Kelly 14.Kata 15.Shillcock

I'd be making a point of trying to play that before the end of the season. With Jasper going we are going to need all the ball carriers we can get who can make yards after contact.

I'd really like to see Steward tried at centre. He profiles as a completely different player to what many coaches are shifting to at 15. The top international fullbacks increasingly have kicking and passing games closer to what 10s offer. I think that Freddie's ability to make yards through contact ...

We do tend to think in terms of the old style football.manager when it comes to signings and think that McKellar our Head Coach is responsible for the acquisition of the players, I am not sure this is correct these days. I assume there is consultation and maybe suggestions from DMK but I question w...

That is an awful lot of work when we don't know the salary of a single player listed. Of course what is paid to any player is irrelevant all that matters is what they actually bring to the team. It took about 15 minutes on the train. I used to do analysis in rugby and cricket, still do a bit of it ...

let me enlighten you then. JVP, Youngs, Kelly, Cole, Martin, Chessum, Wells, Reffell, Whitcombe, Henderson , Heyes, have all come through our academy and although some of these players will have been given well deserved salary increases for us to bring in players of similar quality would have cost ...

On Scott I've seen conflicting rumours that we chose not to offer a deal, so he decided to move back to Scotland & if he could get a contract there he'd play & if he couldn't he'd just crack on with his career & the one on the last page where he decided to move back first. If it was the...

What salary cap If Bath are over the cap then who knows how Tigers are under. The only position I look at the likely squads for next season side by side and think that Bath will be spending more is back row given that Jasper is leaving us and Guy Pepper coming into the Rec. let me enlighten you the...

Bath building a very strong squad. What salary cap If Bath are over the cap then who knows how Tigers are under. The only position I look at the likely squads for next season side by side and think that Bath will be spending more is back row given that Jasper is leaving us and Guy Pepper coming int...

I may be totally mistaken but I always got the feeling that Boks players are just that and the fact that they play for a club is very much secondary and there to maintain form and fitness but the big performances are always held in reserve for Boks matches. Nothing wrong with that at all, I have me...