LEICESTER TIGERS 2018/19 SQUAD/TRANSFERS/CONTRACT THREAD PART 1

[Rugbyflanker]

Baumann was the worse TH I've ever seen,I'd rather have had PDJ!!!

[sam16111986]

Baumann was the worse TH I've ever seen,I'd rather have had PDJ!!!

To be fair he wasn't bad in the loose, carrying and tackling was ok. He just couldn't scrummage at anything like a professional level. How he's got an international career I don't know. Shame, I suppose he was worth a punt.

[kpj tiger]

Baumann was the worse TH I've ever seen,I'd rather have had PDJ!!!

To be fair he wasn't bad in the loose, carrying and tackling was ok. He just couldn't scrummage at anything like a professional level. How he's got an international career I don't know. Shame, I suppose he was worth a punt.

It was more of a case that he was available, he always seemed to give his all and seemed a popular member of the squad, lets just hope Cortes can provide a bit more at set piece

[Rugbyflanker]

Did we sell him short though? He's a hooker than can play TH and afaik he never got a chance there. Not his fault I suppose

[JP14]

Let’s remember he is a internationally capped player of the United States where they don’t have a luxury of tight head props available to them. He isn’t 1st choice and a young prop called David Ainu’u is one to look out for.

[RagingBull]

Did we sell him short though? He's a hooker than can play TH and afaik he never got a chance there. Not his fault I suppose

He's a TH that can play Hooker.

[johnthegriff]

Those that think Beauman was Leicester's worse tight head obviously don't remember Deano's signing of Ken Fourie and the French international prop Frank Tournair was not brilliant for us either.

[Rugbyflanker]

Thanks RB!

[Tiger_in_Birmingham]

Those that think Beauman was Leicester's worse tight head obviously don't remember Deano's signing of Ken Fourie and the French international prop Frank Tournair was not brilliant for us either.

I never understood the Franck Tournaire bashing.

I mean he was so bad he had 49 caps including back to back Grand Slams and a losing WC final. Fair enough that was before he played for us but in the 1 year he was here he had 16 league games and 24 games in total so clearly the coaches rated him. Leon Lloyd even put him into his all time 15

I think a lot of people decided they didn't like him because he went home for personal reasons 1 year into a 3 year deal.

[kpj tiger]

Those that think Beauman was Leicester's worse tight head obviously don't remember Deano's signing of Ken Fourie and the French international prop Frank Tournair was not brilliant for us either.

Lets not forget his fellow Frenchman Jerome Schuster !

[sam16111986]

Those that think Beauman was Leicester's worse tight head obviously don't remember Deano's signing of Ken Fourie and the French international prop Frank Tournair was not brilliant for us either.

Lets not forget his fellow Frenchman Jerome Schuster !

Schuster was indeed useless. Didn't he join us as the scrum laws changed? I seem to remember as that being blamed on his sudden inability to scrummage.

[kpj tiger]

With the Argentines relaxing their rules about foreign players I'd love for us to try and get Guido Petti, he's still 23 and is a monster in the 2nd row, his runs against the Stormers today were simply top draw

[wormus]

Those that think Beauman was Leicester's worse tight head obviously don't remember Deano's signing of Ken Fourie and the French international prop Frank Tournair was not brilliant for us either.

Lets not forget his fellow Frenchman Jerome Schuster !

Yes Tigers have been blessed with many great props but I recall some of the worst - the Argie Santiago Bororino who was raw, probably done for "boring!" but let us not forget our ex. Kieran Brookes ex. Newcastle, Tigers, Stains and now elevated to Warps, raw meat for Gengie!

[wormus]

oops twice!

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

Baumann looked better than average in the NPC in NZ, especially in the loose, ignore the AWC game at Bath, the ref was shocking that day. Perhaps not quite good enough for the final step up, but its for the benefit of the game internationally that players from the lesser countries get exposure, if it leads to more strong international teams, if you don't you become Rugby League.