All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCarter and Kata sign for Tigers
NEWS EXTRA LEICESTER have signed Ulster second row Sam Carter and Tonga centre Solomone Kata, following his release by Exeter. Both...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoIreland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The tumultuous happenings in Dublin last week were...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoReds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen
By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years agoSharks can give favourites a fright
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Alex Sanderson is quality, and that is why he has managed to take Sale...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoLeinster finally pay the price for their cynicism
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoWiese wins the players’ player gong
NEWS EXTRA Standout: Tigers No.8 Jasper Wiese LEICESTER No.8 Jasper Wiese has been named the Rugby Players’ Association players’ player of...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoPowell replaces Cokayne at Quins
LEICESTER have signed England and Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne for the 2023-24 Premier 15s season.The 26-year-old has won 72 caps for...
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Bill Beaumont Cup
/ 3 years agoSurgery ends Curry’s World Cup dream
Agony: Sale’s Ben Curry SALE Sharks flanker Ben Curry is set to miss the World Cup after being ruled out for...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharks deserve far more recognition
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoRefs must demand immediate release
Another game, yet another big “jackal” injury, this time it was the unfortunate Ben Curry as he bent low to turnover...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoBarnes fears impact of social media on grassroots referees
Wayne Barnes believes that ignoring social media is the best way for referees to operate, but is also concerned that online...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoSaracens on track for sixth Prem title
By GARY FITZGERALD Mark McCall hailed “outstanding and controlled” Owen Farrell after the England star pulled the strings at StoneX Stadium...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBattling Saracens seize the moment
By PAUL REES Saracens .......................... 38pts Tries: Maitland 5, 21; van Zyl 29, Penalty 70, Malins 75 Conversions: Farrell 6, 22,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoRoebuck aims to rise high for Sale
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Sale v Leicester Today. Kick-off 3pm, AJ Bell Stadium IN-FORM Sale winger Tom Roebuck hopes to help...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoI’m proud we stuck together, says Leicester’s Montoya
By PAUL REES Julian Montoya, who leads Leicester in today’s Premiership playoff semi-final at Sale, is proud the team stuck together...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoCarpenter washes stress away
By PAUL REES SALE full-back Joe Carpenter only made his Premiership debut in October, but he starts today’s semifinal and has...
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Nick Cain
/ 3 years agoEngland need to get it right at scrum time
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Steve Borthwick’s decisionion to raid Leicester for his latest scrum coach – and...
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Features
/ 3 years agoBattle at No.10! Hunting for a final place
PAUL REES TALKS TO SALE’S GEORGE FORD AND LEEICESTER’S HANDRE POLLARD AHEAD OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWN GEORGE Ford and Handre Pollard...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoLynagh’s late strike ends Reds hoodoo
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Queensland Reds broke their New Zealand hoodoo to end the Chiefs’ unbeaten start to...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoLeicester have Wilkinson in view
NEIL FISSLER Leicester are being touted as the most likely destination for Kieran Wilkinson, who was one of the players it...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSale get in the mood for Tigers showdown
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale .................................... 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoNine Lions of Leinster would be in my team
CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoGlynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle
La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoSaracens close in on England wing Watson
Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoQuins set to get more out of Wilson
Harlequins could be looking to reshuffle their coaching team this summer as they want Danny Wilson, below, to have a bigger...
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Shane Williams
/ 3 years agoMy Team of the Season shows promise for future
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The silverware for the season is set to be handed out without any Welsh involvement....
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Features
/ 3 years agoLast farewell for the Exe Men
Paul Rees talks to Rob Baxter about 'Incredible times' and new challenges to be faced next season in Devon Exeter's players...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoForthcoming fixtures
It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs SUNDAY, MAY 7 CUP COMPETITIONS Bill Beaumont Division 2...
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Super Rugby Pacific and Japanese Division One
/ 3 years agoValetini’s late double stuns the Hurricanes
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By CAM STEPHENS Two months after their shock win over the Crusaders, Fijian Drua slayed their second...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoLa Rochelle set up Leinster rematch with dominant Exeter win
By Nick Powell, Online Editor La Rochelle………………47 Tries: Rhule 9, 44; Seuteni 23, Aldritt 34, Kerr-Barlow 40, 68 Conversions: Hastoy 10,...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoMoon enjoying hard work as he aims to help Saints to the title
By PAUL REES Alex Moon is looking to cap what he feels is his best season for Northampton by helping the...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 3 years agoMy Life in Rugby with Simon Mannix: ‘I looked confident but, inside, I was a mess’
The former New Zealand, Wellington, Hurricanes, Sale & Gloucester fly-half who has coached at Racing 92, Munster and Pau talks about his...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWe need to rebuild in the north
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL A radical move to bring together Sale Sharks with Newcastle Falcons – and potentially Doncaster or Leeds Tykes...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup semi-final preview
The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWales face danger of no team in Heineken Champions Cup
EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Wales are in danger of not having any representation in the Heineken Champions Cup for the first...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoSanderson backs his ‘squadfather’
By PAUL REES Alex Sanderson says Sale will be a different proposition in the Premiership play-offs than they were two years...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoTuilagi agrees one-year extension
BY NEIL FISSLER England and Lions centre Manu Tuilagi will this week sign a contract that will keep him with Premiership...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 3 years ago100 reasons why Ashton is one of England’s best
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK When Chris Ashton first came on the scene after leaving Wigan and rugby league...
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National League 2W
/ 3 years agoLast-gasp Bouchier penalty wins another for Lions
By LUKE JARMYN Hornets..................... 12 Leicester Lions........ 15 A last-minute nerve-jangling penalty by Leicester Lions’ fly-half Luke Bouchier secured the champions...
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Chris Hewett
/ 3 years agoWhen familiarity is the key to success
CHRIS HEWETT As feats of the imagination go, the idea that Ireland might be heading towards a first World Cup final...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLast-chance saloon for title hopes – Baxter
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Welford Road Focused: Aidon Davis and, inset, Jasper Wiese...
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Letters
/ 3 years agoNo guarantees for Leinster
WITH the Champions Cup Final being in Dublin this year I’ve been reading many comments saying that Leinster are being handed...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 3 years agoWatson goes on tour at Castres
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England winger Anthony Watson has moved a step closer to moving to France next season...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoPlay-off run is over admits Skivington
By PAUL REES George Skivington says he has stopped talking about the play-offs after Gloucester’s defeat at Newcastle in the last...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoIrish galacticos on song as Leicester are sent packing
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster............................. 55pts Tries: Ringrose 2, 16; Gibson-Park 52, Penalty 55, Penny 61, O’Brien 71, McKee 79 Conversions: Byrne...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoCullen: We love all the pressure
LEINSTER head coach Leo Cullen was proud of his side as they thrived on the pressure of playing in front of...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoO’Gara turning to Seuteni to plug gaps
Champions Cup holders La Rochelle have looked to strengthen their midfield to face Saracens after bringing in UJ Seuteni at outside...
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English Championship
/ 3 years agoKnights fighting hard despite their half rations
By JON NEWCOMBE After doing a “Leicester City” in 2021/22, Doncaster have found it tough to back up last year’s second-place...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoBrown agrees new deal with Leicester
By PAUL REES Patience finally paid off for Mike Brown two months ago when the former England full-back’s determination to show...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoKidney keeping Arundell positive as Irish aim for top four
By GARY FITZGERALD Declan Kidney showed there is no place for favouritism in his London Irish side by bringing Henry Arundell...
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