All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGenge contract delay puts Sarries on alert
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER SARACENS, rumoured to be offloading several players at the end of the season, could...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoYoung shines as Lions oust OAs
By BRIAN QUINN Old Albanian........... 14 Leicester Lions..... 16 A HAUL of 15 points from fly-half Ben Young helped Leicester Lions...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoExiles show they mean business this season
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Harlequins ........19pts Tries: Beard 28, 66, Northmore 35 Conversions: Allen 29, 36 London Irish ....22pts Tries: Creevy 28,...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoKevin Sinfield Raises More Than £600K in Extra Mile Challenge
Leeds Rhinos legend Kevin Sinfield has raised more than £600,000 during his attempt to run 101 miles in the space of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTigers join the battle to sign Pollard
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER On the move: Pollard LEICESTER Tigers are locked in a battle to sign Springbok...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoDeacon’s rocket sees Tigers explode
By ROB WILDMAN Wasps ............7pts Tries: Hartley 72 Conversions: Mathews 72 Leicester ....55pts Tries: Murimurivalu 3, Green 42, Porter 45, 51,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRing-fenced cup with weakened teams is turn off
LAST weekend’s match report on Gloucester v Bath in the Premiership Cup is headed ‘Bath’s second string destroyed in record defeat...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
CHARLIE BECKETT, THE AMPTHILL AND FORMER ENGLAND U20s, JERSEY REDS, GLOUCESTER & LEICESTER LOOSE FORWARD, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIreland v All Blacks is rugby’s new rivalry
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is defined by its great rivalries: Bath- Leicester and Llanelli-Swansea back in the amateur days; Martyn...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond arrival is good news for Ashton
By JON NEWCOMBE STEVE DIAMOND’s reputation for getting wayward characters back on the straight and narrow could save Chris Ashton’s Worcester...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoYoung gets his kicks for Lions
By BOB COLLINS Barnstaple.............. 14 Leicester Lions..... 17 LEICESTER Lions were grateful to the boot of Benjamin Young as they earned...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCode-hopper Tiger Joe pushing for more caps
By PAUL REES RUGBY careers tend to be forged in academies, but not many players in the oval code have emerged...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSharks pursue Ford to replace Bristol-bound AJ
SALE Sharks are chasing Leicester fly-half George Ford following AJ MacGinty’s decision to join Bristol next season. Ford, right, is the...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoFast start fires Lions to victory
By MICHAEL HOWKINS Leicester Lions.....32 Dings......................... 15 AN ELECTRIC start helped put Leicester on course for victory over Dings Crusaders. Lions...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTiger Steward’s taken to Test rugby like a duck to water
BRENDAN GALLAGHER COMMENT If you were a rugby fan who, for reasons I cannot readily think of, had spent the last...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTigers sure they can fend off Shark attack on Ford
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are confident of keeping George Ford at Welford Road next season despite...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGustard tops Bath defensive wish list
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In Italy: Paul Gustard BATH are looking for a new defensive coach and have...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoLate Porter try ends the Sale comeback after Dugdale double
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ......32pts Tries: Van Poortvliet 18, Porter 79 Conversions: Hegarty 18, Lancaster 79 Penalties: Hegarty 8, 17, 23,...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNo guff, just gumption from my top XV pundits
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is falling-off-a-log easy to poke fun at the battalions of exrugby professionals who earn a living...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDiamond spotted twice in the West Country
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STEVE Diamond was spotted by Blindside spies twice in the West Country over the...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-free Ford heaps more pain on Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........40pts Tries: Dolly 10, Scott 27, Ford 57, Cowan-Dickie 80 Conversions: Ford 10, 27, 57, 80 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNot even a bonus point for Hooper
STERN-FACED Stuart Hooper admitted he was thoroughly frustrated by Bath’s latest defeat. “We are leaving here with nothing,” he said. Defeat...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoMagic MacGinty helps Sharks find their edge
By LUKE JARMYN Sale ....................30pts Tries: Van der Merwe 9, Yarde 41, Ross 80 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 42, 80+1 Penalties: MacGinty...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFar East life rekindles Freddie’s rugby fire
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER his career hit an all-time low at Bath, Freddie Burns says playing in Japan’s Second Division helped...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNonu’s coming to America, better tell San Diego!
PETER JACKSON MA’A NONU’S tendency to make Vasco da Gama look a trifle seasick by comparison still knows no bounds. As...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWilks takes Tigers job
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER GREEN Room Sports managing director Richard Wilks is set to return to Leicester Tigers...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoPlucky Hundred pipped by Lions
By PETER REED Rochford H.............. 19 Leicester Lions..... 20 STILL smarting from their loss away to Barnstaple, Rochford Hundred hit the...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoAzema in for Collazo at Toulon – at a price!
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Two stories have gripped French rugby this week – the changing of the coach at Toulon, and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMy testimonial year is not the end of Billy!
By JON NEWCOMBE BILLY TWELVETREES is confident a growing sense of self-belief within the squad will finally rid Gloucester of their...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoBears’ toothless attack at the heart of disappointing form
Bristol Bears have had a less than ideal start to their Premiership campaign. Pat Lam‘s team reached the play-offs last season,...
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Features
/ 4 years agoEddie stirs the pot and comes up with new recipe for success
PAUL REES TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THE LATEST ENGLAND SQUAD SIGNALS Eddie Jones is like a Michelin star chef...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHinckley suffer in frantic finale
By CHRIS CAMPBELL Hinckley.................. 16 Guernsey................. 19 GUERNSEY took the spoils at Leicester Road with a smash and grab win as...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoHigh-flying Raiders are toppled by gutsy Lions
By MIKE HOWKINS Leicester L....... 17 Worthing............. 7 A GRITTY performance by Leicester Lions earned them a win over league leaders...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMillfield boys top of the class again
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE were all sorts of sports to enjoy...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDu Preez seeks another gear
Daniel Gallan talks to Sale No.8 Daniel du Preez about his batttle for Springbok honours Daniel du Preez is not a...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoReynolds crosses in Canterbury late show
By SIMON SMITH Canterbury....... 30 Leicester L.......27 CANTERBURY left it late as they edged past Leicester Lions to record a thrilling...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJeeps one of many Rolls Royce players
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools BEDFORD might not be the biggest of towns but is nonetheless...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoDiversity’s problem? Lack of Asian stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Why is rugby so keen to raise issues and set out to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWorcester 3-48 Leicester: Tigers rip toothless Warriors to pieces
STEVE Borthwick was thrilled with both human bull-dozer Nemani Nadolo and England fly-half George Ford as Tigers ripped Worcester to shreads...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThomas: Devastion in camp tonight
JONATHAN Thomas laid it on the line to his woeful Warriors after they were put to the sword by merciless Leicester....
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Features
/ 4 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Underwood – I carry Jonah scars but it taught me resilience
FACING your Jonah is one of the themes I talk to organisations about when I’ve been invited along to share my...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMartin Johnson interview: Borthwick is reviving Tigers – my mission is to save lives
Alot is made of the advantage England enjoy over most of their rivals in terms of player numbers, commercial clout and...
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National League 2E
/ 4 years agoSeven heaven as Lions topple Bury
By BRIAN DAVIES Leicester L .............49 Bury St Eds .............26 LEICESTER Lions ran in seven tries as they brushed aside Bury...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKelly banned for ‘shoulder strike’
RUGBY SHORTS LEICESTER centre Dan Kelly, 20, has been given a three-match ban for “striking with the shoulder” in added time...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSmart money’s on a depressing winter
LEICESTER versus Saracens last week was a bore-fest. With international half-backs on both sides, by my reckoning there was a kick...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoFord’s not as sharp as Smith but he’s still class
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK GEORGE Ford is a player I’ve always admired, and I would call him a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLondon Irish 16-21 Leicester: Ford steers Tigers off the rocks just in time
GEORGE Ford kicked three penalties in the final 25 minutes to haul Leicester over the line and make it four from...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWe didn’t back ourselves for a crucial period says Kiss
LEICESTER head coach Steve Borthwick praised the character of his players for fighting back from 16-12 down to claim the game....
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMore to come from us – Jamie
MAN-of-the-match Jamie George warned there is much more to come from Saracens after a mixed bag on their return to Premiership...
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