National league 1 - 2023/24

[Rugbygramps]

Game is on today and the offer is on for Tigers season ticket holder £5 match entry, show your ticket at the gate, come along and watch Nick Easters title chasing side at the Lions den, the Lions might just win it with the crowd behind them.

They done really well to keep it on having driven past at 11 when it was still sub zero

[tigerburnie]

Lions 15-19 Chinnor at half time

[tigerburnie]

Final score Lions 15-40 Chinnor

[tigerburnie]

Lions 15 Chinnor 40
The Lions were well in the contest for half the game but a strong second half showing from promotion-chasing Chinnor left them empty handed.
The Lions started strongly and got on the scoreboard first, through a Charlie Myall try following a break out wide from number 8 Nick Cairns. The visitors responded well though and levelled soon afterwards when winger Josh Gillespie sliced through off a well-executed scrum play.
Chinnor took the lead midway through the first half when centre Morgan Passman crashed over but a Dan Lewis penalty kept the home side in touch. Their lead was then extended when some neat interplay led to Conor-Terrah Brockshmidt crossing but the Lions reduced the deficit to just four points at half time following a well finished try in the corner by wing Toby Cousins.
HT Lions 15-19 Chinnor
The Lions started the second half on the front foot again, and following a driving maul attempt that was halted, the ever-impressive Myall drove for the line but was held up agonisingly short and was then penalised for holding on despite appearing to have been tackled high in the process. To make matters even worse for the Lions, Chinnor scored moments later when their first visit to the Lions 22 was converted through a driving maul by Fin Theobold-Thomas.
Chinnor had the luxury of a full front row on the bench and this helped them take control of the contest as they started to dominate the set piece. The victory was sealed when another driving maul try was finished by replacement hooker Alun Walker and a late push over try, scored by Ryan William, sealed a well-deserved win for the away side, albeit by a somewhat flattering scoreline.
Head coach Gareth Collins commented: ''Sometimes you just have to accept that you've been beaten by a better side on the day, and that was the case today. Chinnor are towards the top of the league for a reason and although we competed really well for large parts of the game, they won the big moments. There was still much we can take from today though and we've got two huge games before the Christmas break now that we need to get something out of ".
Leicester Lions team:
Bouchier, Sterland, Hamilton, Myall, Cousins, Lewis, Ogden; Williams (c), Taylor, Nonleh, Ward, Atuanya, Godefroy, Murdoch, Cairns.
Replacements: Johnson, Thompson, Roberts, Koroiyadi, Stubbs.
Chinnor team:
Feeney, Gillespie, Passman, Bourton, Goss, Worboys, James-Carter; Lines, Theobald-Thomas, McNulty, Merrick, Brockshmidt, North, Stokes, Ryan.
Replacements: Walker, Hardwick, Woodward, Clementson, Smith.

[Rugbygramps]

Assume that’s the same Theobald-Thomas who’s on the Tigers books

[tigerburnie]

Yes it was Finn

[RagingBull]

Charlie Myall sounding like the real deal.
every report I see from Lions seems to have him always mentioned

[tigerburnie]

A well respected player

[tigerburnie]

Leicester Lions have the tricky away tie at Darlington Mowden Park this coming weekend

[Rugbygramps]

Tigerburnie I saw a clip earlier of Marcus Smiths brother scoring a worldy for Rosslyn Park. Did he play against Lions ?

[tigerburnie]

Tigerburnie I saw a clip earlier of Marcus Smiths brother scoring a worldy for Rosslyn Park. Did he play against Lions ?

Nope

LEICESTER LIONS (1-15): Williams, Taylor, Dawson, Godefroy, Atuanya, Johnson, Murdoch, Cairns; Stubbs, Lewis, Glister, Myall, Hamilton, Sterland, Brock. Replacements: Coulson, Nonleh, Thompson, Rudkin, Patrick

ROSSLYN PARK (1-15) Cade, Miller, Hay, Burton, Spencer, Bolwell, Ellis, Wrafter, Baldwin, Bragman, Marfo, Gordon, Manihera, Walker, Stokes. Replacements: Cameron, Wade, Stevenson, Hiscocks, Trimble

[tigerburnie]

Just Simon Koroiyadi from the Tigers in this weekends squad

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[tigerburnie]

Darlington Mowden Park 29--3 Leicester Lions

[tigerburnie]

For those not going to Paris, Leicester Lions are at home this weekend in what will be a bit of a cup final against Gloucestershire side Cinderford. The Lions lost at their place and they generally felt they let that one slip and they should have won it. So not quite a must win game, but I am sure it going to be a belter as Cinderford are not that far away from the drop zone themselves. More details and team sheet to follow for those who fancy some Saturday afternoon rugby, hopefully with some of the Tigers academy players on show.

[Soggypitch]

I saw Lewis Chessum has been playing for the Lions Tigerburnie.

How has he been playing in a struggling team, standing out at all?

Interested because of the Henderson injury obviously.

I hope they have a better 2nd half of the season, it's a tough league!! How many go down?