Leicester Tigers

That’s good news, I guess. Yes it’s not technically right but at the moment not playing rugby because of coronavirus is a punishment in itself. NOBODY is playing rugby now! The idea of a ban is to remove the player from playing for the stated period, and to punish the player, and by association the...

An interesting proposal for the future of the professional game.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ten- ... 09e6e8f6f2

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leicester-tigers-already-have-a-world-class-successor-to-jonny-may-in-nemani-nadolo-nswhn55th?shareToken=ea62350d1745492389cf7a6c70c2cf38 Article in today’s Times by Stuart Barnes, making sense of May’s departure from the clubs point of view. One international clas...

“ In the 4 games without May in which we had Ford starting we
Scored 10 tries, 4 of them from wingers
Scored 96 points (24 points a game)”


I think those stats say that we will manage without May. He was great to watch, but is not indispensable.

I will get shot down for this but I honestly believe that to protect the game at the professional level , both financially and player welfare wise, we need to set up 5 regional teams, South East, South West, Midlands, North East and North West, who would then enter into British league with the Scot...

Perhaps Tigers should be taking a leaf out of Exeter’s book from several years ago. Develop and USE the academy, and sign the equivalent of Parling, Thomas the Tank and Salvi, all top international class professionals who are just past their prime, but the core and foundation upon which to build. Ta...

Terrible, terrible idea. Just another desperate attempt by SH nations to access NH money. No travelling fans, no prime time broadcasts for away games (so TV deal won't be great). Really, really dumb idea thought up by the same idiots who have made a dog's breakfast of Super Rugby. Not an SH idea! I...

Today’s Sunday Times Sport supplément, if you can get a copy.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how- ... 9c872d0e25

From today’s Guardian: Premiership players have been given legal advice on how to challenge the blanket 25% pay cuts imposed by the clubs as domestic rugby’s row over wage reductions intensified on Thursday. In the Championship, Newcastle Falcons have been plunged into turmoil with their players exp...

Like all companies, Tigers will have to cut back, including stopping recruitment (Borthwick?). The people who will suffer are the admin staff, not the well paid executives, players and coaching staff. The well paid should be asked to take pay cuts for a period of time, if they wish the club to get t...

Will games get cancelled?

No sooner said . . . .

The good old days when we won everything, the sun always shone, there was always snow at Christmas, nobody said to you anymore “my, how you’ve grown”, City played at Filbert Street . . . .

Izal

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-is-eddie-jones-above-censure-for-referee-slur-sm9nft2sn?shareToken=1b860710992865a92a4b88248a28dcbc Owen Slot in the Times asks the question, giving examples, (including from our own dearly departed Mr Cockerill, himself an offender), of coaches who have public...

Well, they didn’t come back straight away. Baby Rhino was at Cheltenham yesterday!

Legally, the decision to prosecute an assault does not rest with the victim, although in some cases the victim may consulted. I have little doubt that, had Marler grabbed someone’s genitals outside of the rugby environment, he would be prosecuted, and his sentence would include an awareness programm...