Leicester Tigers

Mermoz isn't confirmed. Not yet anyway. It's been reported by BBC Leicester and publicly announced by the company who manages Mermoz. Seems that the club might be waiting for the opportune moment to announce some signings together, if reports that he will join 'in the next few days' are true then t...

Confirmed out Balmain, Owen Williams Confirmed in Mermoz Re-signed this season Kitchener, Betham, Barrow, Evans Re-signed/signed last season Manu (3 years), Burns (2 years), B Youngs, Slater, Thompstone, Smith, Veainu, Catchpole, Roberts, Kitto, Toomua, JPP, McGuigan, Brady, Cilliers, Hamilton, Gen...

Agreed with all bar Bryant - he's been given little more than scraps of first team action. He's been really unlucky as he needed a decent season last year but we lost the opportunities AWC to the RWC to be replaced by the glorified pre-season friendly KoTN matches. He now needs a dose of luck (for ...

Has our front row got too much money in it? Hooker Youngs Thacker McGuigan Loosehead Genge Ayerza Logo Rizzo Brugnara Tighthead Cole Cilliers Bateman Balmain Compare to Sarries who have 4 hookers and only 6 props. As we so often say these days it's more a case of too much money in players who aren'...

I wouldn't be surprised to see Genge called up the the squad then make the match day 23. Jones has chopped and changed his squads a lot to get a look at as many players as possible. In the AI squad Ellis was ahead of Mullan, who didn't get a look in. Now Mullan will likely start. With Marler and Mak...

ellis9 wrote:I heard it from someone in the know. However, don't shoot the messenger if it doesn't happen!

It would fit the timing of magic Monday last season.

Who would the main suspects be do we think?

Kalamafoni is the obvious one.
Thacker re-signing hopefully another.

ellis9 wrote:

Will the last player to leave Leicester Tigers please turn off the lights...

It's ok, I believe Monday is going to be a magic Monday!

Any reason for thinking that beyond a hunch, ellis?

It would certainly liven up the start of next week!

If the ball was going into the scrum straight then smaller hookers would be the vogue and the game much better for it. Over the last 2 seasons we've seen a bit more attention paid to squint feeds which has meant hookers needing to hook slightly more often. A few smaller hookers who actually strike a...

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leice ... story.html

BeeJ, Crowson reporting it in the Merc as a done deal. From the way he's written the article I'd gather it's about to be officially announced.

Agree completely that keeping the bulk of the squad is the best bet. Many want changes to areas of comparative strength such as lock but I'd rather keep Slater, Kitch, Dom and Fitz but actually rotate them at second row to keep them fit. A physical 8 would help with this as Fitz wouldn't be needed a...

So if Jack Roberts is our 3rd centre for next season - Manu and Toomua being the other two - who's 4th? Betham? Catchpole? Tait? Smith? Betham or a new centre for me... Matt Smith covering 12 with Betham able to cover 13 and Bryant coming up would be my bet. The bulk of the squad is good I think, t...

As others have stuck up for O'Connor I will also stick up for Fitzgerald. I thought he was outstanding last season, a real work horse in defend and attack. He popped up in support excellently as well throughout last season. This year he looks more subdued and I think that's largely down to being ask...

Evening all, been a viewer of the forum for a while, lingering in the darkness! Thought I'd finally post. With lots of transfer rumours flying around everywhere and Tigers linked to plenty of them as always this thread seemed a good place to start. What would people actually consider our shopping li...