LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Forum to discuss everything that is Tigers related

Moderators: Tigerbeat, Rizzo, Tigers Press Office, Tigers Webmaster

Locked
Wayne Richardson Fan Club
Super User
Super User
Posts: 3838
Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:53 am
Location: The Salt Mines

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Wayne Richardson Fan Club »

DeadlyDunc wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:50 am Is Bondi still around?
Been at the Women's games it would appear.
To win is not as important as playing with style!
fentiger
Super User
Super User
Posts: 3193
Joined: Sun May 03, 2009 6:32 pm
Location: Down Under

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by fentiger »

DeadlyDunc wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:50 am Is Bondi still around?
I wondered the same, he seems to have had his wings clipped lately!
Tigerbeat
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 7250
Joined: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:14 pm
Location: The big wide world

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Tigerbeat »

fentiger wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:59 am
DeadlyDunc wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:50 am Is Bondi still around?
I wondered the same, he seems to have had his wings clipped lately!
Sam (Bondi) is still around
SUPPORT THE MATT HAMPSON TRUST
www.matthampson.co.uk
TigerFeetSteve
Super User
Super User
Posts: 7415
Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:23 am

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by TigerFeetSteve »

Ok so lots of chat on Head coaches...

On our playing front, Wigglesworth is supposedly being lined up to join Borthwick

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union ... ext-coach/

IF that happens before the 6N then we may not have any of our first 3 choice scrum halves..

That needs addressing as our only options would be Simmons or Edwards, neither with any prem minutes this season.

Wolstenholme from Wasps is a bit more experienced than Edwards but not convinced he's a prem starter. I wonder if Randall is back fit if Bristol will be letting Porter go as he's only injury cover?
Used to run around with an 11, 14 or 15 on my back.
Scott1
Super User
Super User
Posts: 16783
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2016 5:03 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Scott1 »

Surely WW wouldn't be allowed to leave until end of season
"Rugby isn't a contact sport,ballroom dancing is a contact sport. Rugby is a collision sport" Heyneke Meyer
Jimmy Skitz
Super User
Super User
Posts: 4950
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:19 pm
Location: Thurnby Lodge

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Jimmy Skitz »

Scott1 wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:53 pm Surely WW wouldn't be allowed to leave until end of season
He could always retire but I don’t see him doing so before seasons end
mol2
Super User
Super User
Posts: 4581
Joined: Wed May 02, 2007 5:48 pm
Location: Cosby

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by mol2 »

Can you just retire mid contract and take up an alternative post?
He may be able to retire as a player but isn't he still contracted as a coach an would likely need to serve notice or have the consent from Tigers to leave.
I wonder if his playing salary is relatively small so might not free up much of the cap?
sapajo
Super User
Super User
Posts: 6053
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:48 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by sapajo »

Scott1 wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:53 pm Surely WW wouldn't be allowed to leave until end of season
Well if he does leave for England he has played an absolute blinder.
Without hope we are nothing, keep the faith, a Tiger for eternity
Wayne Richardson Fan Club
Super User
Super User
Posts: 3838
Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:53 am
Location: The Salt Mines

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Wayne Richardson Fan Club »

mol2 wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:43 am Can you just retire mid contract and take up an alternative post?
He may be able to retire as a player but isn't he still contracted as a coach an would likely need to serve notice or have the consent from Tigers to leave.
I wonder if his playing salary is relatively small so might not free up much of the cap?
As he is on the playing staff his entire salary comes under the cap.
To win is not as important as playing with style!
RagingBull
Super User
Super User
Posts: 13210
Joined: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:54 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by RagingBull »

Max Llewellyn signs for a prem team.
Would be a good signing if Gopperth is off. Mainly plays 12 but covers 13 aswell.
ay2oh
Super User
Super User
Posts: 2144
Joined: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:53 am
Location: leicester

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by ay2oh »

Thought Gopperth signed a two year deal.
A2O
speedski
Silver Member
Silver Member
Posts: 621
Joined: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:27 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by speedski »

ay2oh wrote: Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:43 am Thought Gopperth signed a two year deal.
Indeed he did - because wasps wouldn’t give him more than 1
Rugbygramps
Super User
Super User
Posts: 7256
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:29 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by Rugbygramps »

ay2oh wrote: Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:43 am Thought Gopperth signed a two year deal.
He did but seems to have plenty of other interests. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him go early if it suited both parties
ay2oh
Super User
Super User
Posts: 2144
Joined: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:53 am
Location: leicester

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by ay2oh »

Rugbygramps wrote: Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:07 pm
ay2oh wrote: Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:43 am Thought Gopperth signed a two year deal.
He did but seems to have plenty of other interests. Wouldn’t surprise me to see him go early if it suited both parties
He left Wasps because they only offered a one year deal so unlikely he would leave by choice
A2O
RagingBull
Super User
Super User
Posts: 13210
Joined: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:54 pm

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 - Prisoner of Oadby Pre-Season

Post by RagingBull »

From what I gather it’s a 1+1 deal rather than 2 year

Also could see him going full time backs coaching if Wigglesworth is off.
Locked