Leicester Tigers

Tiglon you are right about Alex Tuilagi leaving the season before I thought he went directly from us to Newcastle but he played somewhere else before Falcons, I forgot that we also had Nicky Goneva at that time. Lewington had pace and was a decent prospect but at the time he was released he was not ...

There was a time when Exeter had very small crowds, they moved out of town to Sandy Park, they challenged for promotion, the crowds were still not great, they were lucky in the play offs when Bristol failed but on being in the Premiership they found new supporters that could not have been accommodat...

When Alex Lewington left us, AlexTuilagi was still playing as was Geordan Murphy and we had Matt Tait, Scott Hamilton and I think Horatio Agulla possibly.others, opportunities on the wing were limited for a young player. There have been a few young players leave to play regularly at a lower level an...

Neither Bob Dwyer nor Matt O'Connor were exactly reticent in expressing their feelings about Tigers dispensing with their services. Deano was unfairly sacked after his aging and tired team couldn't regain former form following the England World Cup win, he did sign Ramiro Pez though. There were peop...

I think Marcus Smith is now England's best option at flyhalf and probably Fin Smith is close behind him. For me Steward should be at 15 and Furbank on the bench as his skill set equips him to cover several roles in the way Alex Goode should have been used by previous England coaches.

I don't need to defend Cocker, his record speaks for itself. After O Connor left as backs coach and the following season all our centres were injured for long periods, Paul Burke was sacked as M.OC's replacement having been given no real chance. In my opinion the club should have promoted Anthony Al...

Shilcock is a flyhalf/fullback, in fact I think Worcester played him more at 10 than at 15. In France it is quite common for 9's and 10's to be interchangeable. There are many instances of wings playing 15 and fly halfs playing 15 but that does not mean that all.players can switch. Austin Healy was ...

I entirely agree with Rugbygramps, his description of the role of rugby fullback is accurate and Steward is ideally suited to.it. He will.I am sure do a job if selected on the wing but there are many better wingers, Freddie is like Tim Stimpson a great fullback but less great elsewhere in the team. ...

I don't intend to have a downer on a player that has not yet joined us, how he performs for us is the only relevant matter. I do think that we should encourage the development of English rugby and for that reason believe that foreign players should only be signed if they are clearly better than what...

I really don't get the thinking, the scores against Leinster and the performance in the win against Newcastle do not suggest to me that we look so much better with Steward on the wing and Shilcock playing a more advanced role at fullback. To be honest I am not sure the results for England with Furba...

Peres having been subbed in recent matches for the Waratahs came off the bench in their latest game and added nothing, I don't see him as better than what we already have, I hope I am wrong.

The best team in the day won. There were refereeing errors but aren't there always?. Personally I think we need to get our best fullback playing at fullback, Kata for me is a great player but he is not a distributor and is not our best 12. Obviously I don't know who is fit and available but I think ...

There was a time when Harlequins opened their doors to sharing with London Irish, it didn't work as many supporters could not attend every week and the Irish after match atmosphere was so.much better than the Quins of that time that the host started to lose supporters to the tenants. For a club to.m...

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 wh...

Personally I think Kelly is our best 12 and I would play Kata on the wing. Steward is our best fullback and in my opinion should be playing there. I don't like our second option at 10 being on the pitch from the start, an injury to Pollard means a shuffle round among the backs and if Shillcock has h...