All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoChiefs are thriving on new tag as underdogs
By PAUL REES SAM Simmonds says Exeter are excited by the prospect of being tagged as underdogs if they finish in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAshton on track for the magic century
By JON NEWCOMBE Still got it: Chris Ashton dives over to score for Leicester against Exeter PICTURES: Getty Images STEVE Borthwick...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBarlot gets the better of big rival Mauvaka
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Castres Olympique hooker Gaetan Barlot scored his third Top 14 try of the season yesterday, scoring a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHardwick given his chance to impress
EXETER Chiefs have brought in former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick on a trial period. The Chiefs have registered the 23-year-old so...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoEnglish successor shows faith in coaching system
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK WHEN it comes to England head coaches I used to think that it was...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWarriors make history to earn last four spot
By BEN JAYCOCK WORCESTER Warriors secured their first ever win at The Rec to book a place in the Premiership Cup...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSterland’s late try seals extra point
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....35 Old Albanian........... 14 PERSISTENCE won the day for Lions against an OAs side whose powerful pack...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoKobus van Wyk leaves Leicester Tigers with immediate effect
Leicester Tigers have agreed terms with Kobus van Wyk, allowing the outside-back an early release from his contract with the club....
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Podcast
/ 4 years agoToby Flood asks England fans to give Marcus Smith space to develop game ahead of World Cup
Toby Flood feels that England supporters need to give Marcus Smith some space to develop his game his game ahead of...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSale Sharks v Saracens: Tuilagi returns to Sale bench as Farrell misses out with concussion
Owen Farrell's return from repeated ankle injuries has been stalled after suffering a concussion in Saracens victory over Bristol Bears which...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPremiership Cup round-up: Worcester progress to semi finals with
Bath v Worcester Warriors Billy Searle’s boot was the difference as Worcester Warriors were victorious at Bath in the Premiership Cup....
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoExeter bring in trialist Tom Hardwick
Exeter Chiefs have brought in former Leicester fly-half Tom Hardwick for a trial. The 23-year-old is a registered Chiefs player so...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 4 years agoTigers revitalise Premiership Cup campaign
Leicester Tigers revived their hopes of a Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final with a 41-26 home win over London Irish at Welford...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTigers join hunt for Watson to replace Nadolo
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers have spoken to England winger Anthony Watson about a potential switch to Welford...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWing or flanker, team man Kini will give his all
By JON NEWCOMBE WHILE Jack Nowell’s injury has robbed the Premiership’s final weeks of one winger turned back rower, Kini Murimurivalu...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBayliss sets high bar for Bath boys to follow
By JON NEWCOMBE IN three years, Josh Bayliss has gone from being a breakthrough academy player to one of Bath’s leaders...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoJake sees Lions to five-try triumph
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....36 Barnstaple................ 5 LIONS overcame a determined Barnstaple to claim a bonus-point victory. Barnstaple rattled Lions with...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGloucester charged by fan power
LEWIS Ludlow expects the Kingsholm crowd to give Gloucester an edge in their battle to reach the play-offs. Three of their...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoLet’s hope Leicester can afford Pollard
CHRIS HEWETT THE Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, the Pandora Papers. Three massive data leaks exposing dodgy dealing in the financial...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoDolly hopes to join younger brother Nic in top-flight mix
By JON NEWCOMBE DONCASTER sit proudly on top of the table with one of their 20 league games left to play...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRed mist may not lift for a generation
STEVE Diamond fears it could be a generation before a safe tackling technique comes naturally to players as red card fever...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThere will be more on Rogers’ naughty list
NICK CAIN ANOTHER week, another Premiership ‘rotten borough’ story. This time it is about Leicester, a club which behind the scenes...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSharks tyro stars look set to stay for long term
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER France-bound: Nathan Hughes ■ CLERMONT Auvergne have agreed to a deal with former England...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoAussie franchises chasing Nadolo
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers winger Nemani Nadolo has been linked with Rugby Super outfits New South...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
JAMIE LENNARD, THE FORMER WORCESTER, LONDON IRISH, BEDFORD AND DONCASTER FLY-HALF AND CURRENT HEAD OF RUGBY AT OUNDLE SCHOOL CHOOSES THE...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSwitching Steward to centre isn’t the answer
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK COME in No.12, your time is now! That is the call that Eddie...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoBorthwick’s only duty is to his team, get over it!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Steve Borthwick had enough on his plate during Leicester’s defeat at Saracens in North London last weekend...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTiger Whitcombe proud to follow his Dad’s path
By PAUL REES JAMES Whitcombe was born and brought up in Yorkshire, but Leicester was the only club the prop wanted...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoCarpenter claims a try hat-trick as Sale triumph
By ALEX THROWER Sale FC.....................36 Darlington MP........ 14 A HAT-TRICK of tries from full-back Joe Carpenter helped Sale to victory at...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSupersub Archie helps to see off Lions
By JOHN WHITE Dings Crusaders...24 Leicester Lions..... 17 DINGS made it four wins in a row thanks to a threetries-to-two victory...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFraser can go the distance now under Hudson’s watch
By PAUL REES FRASER Balmain does not regard listening to the advice of Gloucester’s performance nutritionist James Hudson as the highlight...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExiles sign Samoa back row So’otala
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LONDON Irish have made a swoop to land Brive and Samoa U20 back row...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTrailfinders are early suitors for veteran Brown
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted man: Mike Brown EALING Trailfinders have inquired about former England fullback Mike Brown...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHard work’s paid off for Saint Iyogun
By BEN JAYCOCK EMMANUEL Iyogun has gone from being a ‘chubby footballer’ to a Premiership loosehead prop after a remarkable journey...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRecord man Youngs is guiding light for Jack
By PAUL REES JACK van Poortvliet was watching in a bar at Welford Road when Ben Youngs set a new England...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe RUGBY Paper Podcast
Host Oliver Little is joined by Leicester prop James Whitcombe and his father – former Tiger Martin Whitcombe, as well as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThe Rugby Paper Podcast: Episode Five with James and Martin Whitcombe
Its family fortunes week as Leicester Tigers‘ James Whitcombe and his father Martin Whitcombe join host Oliver Little to discuss the...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoLuke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi absent from England training camp
England pair Luke Cowan-Dickie and Manu Tuilagi are notable absentees from Eddie Jones’ 25-player squad for a training camp in Bristol....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland make most of Mann’s red mist
By BEN JAYCOCK England ............43pts Tries: Arundell 26, 68; Theobald-Thomas 34, Ilione 41, Hobson 51, Bailey 64 Conversions: Benson 35, 42,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBath hit with hamstring injury to lock McNally
RUGBY SHORTS BATH lock Josh McNally, 31, faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a “significant” hamstring injury in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFalcons decide against Brown contract option
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Heading south? Mike Brown MIKE Brown is set to face a decision about his...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBath keen on former Griffiths client Niall
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Move: Niall Annett BATH are poised to make a move to sign Worcester Warriors...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLeicester is my kind of place says Ashton
RUGBY SHORTS CHRIS Ashton is eager to make the most of his time with Premiership leaders Leicester. The 34-year-old joined on...
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Features
/ 4 years agoExiles bring in Reid to cover midfield
RUGBY SHORTS LONDON Irish have signed fly-half Noel Reid on a short-term deal from French side Agen. The former Leinster and...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaints are confident they’ll stop the slide
By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Northampton Saints v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Franklin’s Gardens ALEX Mitchell insists Northampton can take their...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoWoodburn relishing challenge of unfamiliar territory
By PAUL REES Motivated: Woodburn OLLY Woodburn is intent on making up for lost time after missing 24 matches because of...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoF-bomb was careless but Deano had a case
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Some of the things Ron Atkinson said during a long and lavishly rewarded career as a football...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSims sees Lions to bonus point
By SHAUN WREN Worthing..................35 Leicester Lions..... 19 A JACK Forrest double helped secure another bonus point victory for Worthing as Harrison...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoWales look to spoil Twickenham return as England face tough test
Eddie Jones‘ new-look England face what is perhaps their most pressurised challenge so far this Saturday with the visit of still...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoCampbell joy as his side power to victory
By PETER GREAVES Hinckley............ 15pts Esher................... 13pts Muddy hell: Hinckley players celebrate after Andrew Weaver touches down for the home side’s...
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