Leicester Tigers

If the laws were applied there is no need to clear out the jackaller, just touching him renders him in an illegal position 'Contact' is not just touching, it is interpreted as binding, so just touching the jackaller does not form a ruck. Your point about binding is for players joining the ruck not ...

How does latching/pods work with the laws? Nothing illegal about latching, the refs are asking that latching happens only after the ball is in the possession of the player at the front, this is just for safety and the prevent obstruction. That is to say these pick and drives, where one or more play...

" The purpose of a ruck is to allow players to compete for the ball which is on the ground " from the laws of rugby. A Jackal can only take place before a ruck is formed, i.e at the tackle after the tackler has released the tackled player and the tackled player has the opportunity to place...

The scrums are a farce not because they can't compete, but because the front rows decide not to and mostly conspire to cheat, supported by weak refs such as Pearce, CM-K, Carley, Dickson none of which can ref a scrum properly. That kind of encapsulates the situation. Front rows to manipulate their ...

"Remove substitutes except for genuine injury and keep the game speed up then these 20 stone behemoths would soon be slimming down. John Pullin was 15 stone and a first rate hooker." This I agree with, substitutions should be for genuine injuries only, verified by a doctor and any player s...

Young's being subbed summed up the EJ approach, it is all pre-programmed, EJ is mentally rigid and the team is tactical rigid as a result, if the coach cannot adapt to circumstances how can the team do so?
Young's was not the problem and his replacement was not the solution!

Very happy with the win but a team sheet with so many SA and Argentinian exiles gives me mixed feelings, I see the reasoning but I just do not like it, sorry.

Another one where people look through the wrong end of the telescope IMHO, if the attacking team has an advantage close to the line and the defending team offend again, by creeping offside or hands in the ruck, the ref should just blow up for a penalty try, not just keep playing until someone gets c...

Having re-watched both Tigers v Sale and Bears v Bath, there are some striking things to see, while seeing Bath humiliated was a joy, the comparison of Bears v Tigers was not so uplifting, I know the Bears have taken time to get this good but the intention has been there from the off, their relentle...

The citing of Sinckler totally undermines the ref, he heard the comment and dealt with it, what is the point in having a hearing, leave the refs to deal with it, if they do not see it or make a clear error OK but you must allow refs to remain in charge! For me he should have got a yellow card, no w...

The citing of Sinckler totally undermines the ref, he heard the comment and dealt with it, what is the point in having a hearing, leave the refs to deal with it, if they do not see it or make a clear error OK but you must allow refs to remain in charge! For me he should have got a yellow card, no wa...

It is a strange world, we have an offence that actually causes harm (player taken off for HIA) and an offence that does not, which gets 3 weeks and which gets 4?

The TMO should be banned for life if that is the best he can do!

The water carrier was in the technical area behind his barrier and the ball was coming towards him. Instinct to get the ball or sinister, Twelvetrees was an idiot in how he reacted. The water carrier was in his specified area. Strange how we remember things to suit or perceptions but I though the w...

If the ref has called “use it” a secondary shove should not occur. The scum is effectively over. That depends on the interpretation of the term, use it, IMHO the scrum marching forward is a valid use of a rugby ball, so once the scrum and ball started towards the try line the refs instruction had b...

the only premiership team to have been profitable in the last two full years This is where I get a little wary, assuming Exeter spend up to the cap, and have a gate of 50% less than of Tigers, how can they possibly produce a profit unless they charge double what Tigers charge? I know this is being ...