National league 1 - 2023/24

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Rosslyn Park 35 Leicester Lions 7.FT.

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Not going to Gloucester or fancy some Saturday afternoon rugby? Leicester Lions at home to Taunton Titans
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£30 for match entry and a 2 course lunch included.

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Simon Koroiyadi on the bench

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Digital program for todays must win game against Taunton Titans

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Lions won 29-21

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Big step toward survival

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Other results went the right way for the Lions if we are being a tad cynical, now 4th from the bottom with 2 due to go down, Taunton and Cinderford are the bottom two. Should that remain so and those two clubs go to Nat2 West, then possibly Hinckley and Loughborough Students may return to Nat 2 North, slightly less huge travelling to Cornwall.

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Leicester Lions 29 Taunton Titans 21
The Lions boosted their chances of survival with a well earned bonus point win against struggling Taunton who remain bottom of the table.
The home side dominated territory in the opening exchanges thanks to some raking kicks from the impressive Luke Boucher and were rewarded on 5 minutes when James Stubbs profited from an inside pass from Joe Brock who had made a line break out wide.
The Lions were moving the ball wide and finding space on the edges, and they doubled their lead on 13 minutes when Joey Patrick found himself on the end of another flowing move.
The first half rout was completed on 31 minutes when a clever chip from Dan Lewis was collected by Jamel Hamilton to score under the posts. Lewis converted all three scores to give the Lions a commanding 21-0 lead at the break.
The only blight on an otherwise excellent first half for the Lions was a late yellow card for back row Simon Johnson, who was sent to the bin for a high tackle following a team warning for the same offence.
Taunton came out for the second half on the front foot and scored almost immediately when a kick through took a nasty bounce and was retrieved by scrum half Connor Banks who ran in under the sticks.
The Lions quickly regained control of the contest though and a Lewis penalty extended their lead before securing the bonus point try when number 8 Nick Cairns picked from the base of a scrum and crashed over in the corner.
Credit has to be given to the visitors though who, at 29-7 down going in to the last quarter, rallied and put the home side under real pressure. Firstly Charlie Wright scored from close range with 10 minutes remaining and then with time up fly half Frankie Dart finished off a line break from Deago Bailey to score a deserved consolation score.
Leicester Lions head coach commented after the game: ‘‘Obviously it was a huge game for both sides so we are delighted with the win. Off the back of a disappointing display at Rosslyn Park last week it was also a performance we can build on. We showed real maturity for most of the game and we will certainly take the positives in to another massive game at Stortford next week.’’

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Trylights from Saturdays win over Taunton
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Charlie Myall and Malalili Satala both start, Simon Koroiyadi is on the bench

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Bishops Stortford 39-12 Leicester Lions

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Two Tigers in the side, someone mentioned Tigers might lose at least one of these, surely not.

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Two Tigers in the side, someone mentioned Tigers might lose at least one of these, surely not.

Bronson Mellowes & Jack Kinder were two other Tigers in the team

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This weekend sees the Lions travel to Champions elect Chinnor, who have been putting in some huge performances recently. Coached by Nick Easter, they look almost certain to go up to the Championship, hoping the Lions can delay that title by getting a result at a difficult ground to get any points.