LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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sam16111986 wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:12 am Russell and du Toit in for Bath and then put;

Players Out
England Richard de Carpentier retiring
England Frankie Read released
South Africa Jordan Venter released
England Dave Attwood retiring
England Darren Atkins released
England Tom Doughty released
England Max Green released
England Gabriel Hamer-Webb released
Russia Valery Morozov released
England Will Spencer released
Scotland D'Arcy Rae released
South Africa Wesley White released
Australia Fergus Lee-Warner released

They should have a little cap to throw around still though another openside would seem an odd way to spend it when Reid, Cloete and Underhill are all still on the books. I suppose they could probably get him in under injury dispensation though for next season and then he could inherit Cloete's space in the squad for the season after.

If Tigers were looking for just a fourth choice signing at loosehead than Haffar would be a good shout, the kid is a beast and at 21 is prime for some refinement before becoming a Genge style prop in near future.

Check out the wheels.

https://twitter.com/premrugby/status/16 ... 44833?s=20
Lee-Warner signed an extension like Brown to cover the world cup
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Agree with RB, they have got Hill and Lawrence initially for very little, but that won’t have been the case once extended contracts were agreed.
Potentially the same for Barbary though he does seem beset by injuries
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Rugbygramps wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:56 am Agree with RB, they have got Hill and Lawrence initially for very little, but that won’t have been the case once extended contracts were agreed.
Potentially the same for Barbary though he does seem beset by injuries
Hill and Lawrence were Worcester’s best 2 players. The latter now in the England frame so be surprised if they weren’t on at least 350k between them.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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ay2oh wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 12:46 pm
Rugbygramps wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:56 am Agree with RB, they have got Hill and Lawrence initially for very little, but that won’t have been the case once extended contracts were agreed.
Potentially the same for Barbary though he does seem beset by injuries
Hill and Lawrence were Worcester’s best 2 players. The latter now in the England frame so be surprised if they weren’t on at least 350k between them.
Lawrence was premiership player of the season
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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RagingBull wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:31 am
sam16111986 wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 11:12 am Russell and du Toit in for Bath and then put;

Players Out
England Richard de Carpentier retiring
England Frankie Read released
South Africa Jordan Venter released
England Dave Attwood retiring
England Darren Atkins released
England Tom Doughty released
England Max Green released
England Gabriel Hamer-Webb released
Russia Valery Morozov released
England Will Spencer released
Scotland D'Arcy Rae released
South Africa Wesley White released
Australia Fergus Lee-Warner released

They should have a little cap to throw around still though another openside would seem an odd way to spend it when Reid, Cloete and Underhill are all still on the books. I suppose they could probably get him in under injury dispensation though for next season and then he could inherit Cloete's space in the squad for the season after.

If Tigers were looking for just a fourth choice signing at loosehead than Haffar would be a good shout, the kid is a beast and at 21 is prime for some refinement before becoming a Genge style prop in near future.

Check out the wheels.

https://twitter.com/premrugby/status/16 ... 44833?s=20
They also had to find room that wasn’t injury cap for Lawrence, Barbeary and Hill

Got to remember they didn’t have enough cap for Ewels to play for them end of season either
Yeah I did say a little bit of cap. Ewels coming back from injury early when they'd used him for dispensation was a bit unlucky.

Kpj yeah Lee-Warner is staying until the end of November then heading back to Australia.

Bath certainly used their cap allocation creatively last season with some players coming in for very short contracts and then moving on some that weren't going to be around for the following season.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Now this would be huge news!!

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/05/29/e ... n-england/

Very highly rated scrum coach, recently learning line out coaching, almost completed his phd, know DMK very well…

Genuinely don’t see what is not to linke about Palmer. If this is true it’s a huge steal!
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Palmer sounds like he'd be a great addition here. He and McKellar in tandem with Brett should have the forwards well sorted.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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sam16111986 wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:13 am Palmer sounds like he'd be a great addition here. He and McKellar in tandem with Brett should have the forwards well sorted.
Agree massively Sam!

If we can bring in McKellar, Palmer, Dickens (still semi convinced but I’ll give the club the benefit of the doubt!) and a strong Aled replacement alongside Deacon, Everard, Smith I think we are well set on the coaching front.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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We have also signed current Midland academy and England U18 winger Jack Kinder

Wonder who will get contracts from our group
2. Clarke
4. Starkey
7. Perkins
10. Threlfall
10/15. Taylor

I feel should be nailed on
Maybes are
9. Gali
11. Satala
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Aled is a huge loss. They were saying their fitness coach had really worked on their stamina because of the faster game they are now playing, so there are replacements out there if not necessarily quite to Aleds level
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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RunTigerRun wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:02 am Now this would be huge news!!

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/05/29/e ... n-england/

Very highly rated scrum coach, recently learning line out coaching, almost completed his phd, know DMK very well…

Genuinely don’t see what is not to linke about Palmer. If this is true it’s a huge steal!
Would be a great signing ami reading correctly he would arrive after RWC
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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RagingBull wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:41 am We have also signed current Midland academy and England U18 winger Jack Kinder
Can’t say I’ve heard of Jack - any good? I assume signed to the senior academy?
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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Rugbygramps wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 9:05 am
RunTigerRun wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:02 am Now this would be huge news!!

https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/05/29/e ... n-england/

Very highly rated scrum coach, recently learning line out coaching, almost completed his phd, know DMK very well…

Genuinely don’t see what is not to linke about Palmer. If this is true it’s a huge steal!
Would be a great signing ami reading correctly he would arrive after RWC
I read it that way too as I think he’s still wallabies LO coach. If we are going to miss one coach to be delayed by the WC, best to make it someone Dan McKellar knows inside and out and has coached with for years. Only then Palmer meeting the players and learning them really as you’d hope the knowledge and set piece game plan would be able to be passed via DMK.
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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I think Koroiduadua from the Drua would be a good signing

Plays both sides of the scrum.
Drua scrum looked better with him at loosehead last season though
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Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2022/23 Squad and transfers thread part 2: The Lion, the Wig and the Wardrobe

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RagingBull wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 8:41 am We have also signed current Midland academy and England U18 winger Jack Kinder

Wonder who will get contracts from our group
2. Clarke
4. Starkey
7. Perkins
10. Threlfall
10/15. Taylor

I feel should be nailed on
Maybes are
9. Gali
11. Satala
Do you think Satala getting minutes in the Saints friendly shows he's liked or just making up the numbers?
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