All posts tagged "Leicester"
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoPacker joins the 100 club
PREVIEW... Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Stoop IN-FORM Harlequins will look to extend their winning run to five...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoSaracens aiming for top spot
PREVIEW... Leicester Tigers v Saracens Today. Kick-off 1pm, Welford Road SARACENS travel to Welford Road knowing a bonus-point win could send...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWilson happy with law tweaks ahead of the big kick-off
Super Rugby Pacific Preview ■By BEN JAYCOCK Champs: Crusaders celebrate last year’s success PICTURE: Getty Images WALLABIES skipper Harry Wilson has...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoStrong Seaford make it a double success
SCHOOLS REPORT By JOSEPH TERRY SEAFORD College won their second tournament in two weeks to clinch the Sussex Open 7s at...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoNicky Smith insists Wales have nothing to fear going up against England this Six Nations
England may be looking to build on their record 10 try, 68-14 win over Wales in Cardiff last year when they...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoJack van Poortvliet targets successful Six Nations with England after injury setbacks
It was typical of the misfortune that has plagued Jack van Poortvliet in recent seasons that the day after being named...
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International Rugby
/ 5 months agoEngland’s Ollie Chessum lands on his feet as he targets first taste of Six Nations glory
Ollie Chessum admits he took a while to get used to the England environment but is ready to scratch his Six...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoNorthampton Saints 40-22 Leicester Tigers: James Pater on song to lead Saints into box seat
James Pater and Archie McParland demonstrated once again just how bright and exciting the future is for Northampton Saints as the...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoExeter Chiefs 59-14 Sale Sharks: Visitors slump as Rus Tuima heads Chiefs’ demolition squad
Exeter Chiefs served their revenge ice-cold and with interest, obliterating Sale Sharks to wipe away the bitter memory of November’s 34-3...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoMapletoft set for Irish test
ENGLAND A head coach Mark Mapletoft has named a 26-player squad for the upcoming fixture against Ireland XV on Friday night...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 5 months agoTessier keen to grab chance
PREVIEW... Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers Today. Kick-off 1pm, Sandy Park EXETER captain Alex Tessier feels the PWR’s six-week break has...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTigers are top cats in scrap against the Lions
■ By MALCOLM WRIGHT Leicester L ......14 Sedgley Park 24 SEDGLEY Tigers came out victorious in a scrappy game between two...
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Features
/ 5 months agoHenry heads to Newcastle
On the move: Stade Francais fly-half Zack Henry and, inset, left to right, Will Rigg, George Turner, Max Hicks and Joji...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoJeremy Guscott: A fit Fin Smith gets my vote for the No.10 role with England
England’s 9-10 combination of Alex Mitchell and George Ford were at the heart of a strong Autumn series in which they...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoExeter Chiefs 3-8 Bristol Bears: Visitors ride out the storm in a battle of survival
A turbulent West Country weekend delivered two storms in quick succession: the first named Ingrid, the second wearing Bristol Bears shirts.
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoHarlequins 7-34 Leicester Tigers: Jack van Poortvliet shines as Quins crash again
Geoff Parling hopes the latest injury to Jack van Poortvliet is nothing for Leicester Tigers or England to worry about after...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 months agoChris Hewett: South Africans must go big – or go home
We cannot know for sure – when it comes to honouring rugby’s code of inner-sanctum omerta, the Bulls of Pretoria have...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoNewcastle boss Alan Dickens admits uncertainty over his future amid Red Bull rebuild
Newcastle Red Bulls’ blizzard of signings for next season means a number of players will be looking for a new club.
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoSaints go back to Prem summit
■ By BEN JAYCOCK NORTHAMPTON Saints reclaimed top spot in the Prem with a thrilling 43–29 win over Sale in an...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoGray and Cherry to add grunt up front
GREGOR Townsend has recalled experienced pair Jonny Gray and Dave Cherry to the Scotland squad, while there are places for young...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoTandy recalls Francis in his first 6N squad
TIGHT-HEAD Tomas Francis retuns to the Wales squad having not played international rugby since the 2023 World Cup. Coach Steve Tandy...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoGilmore: I can see why fans left early
JASON Gilmore admitted he had no qualms with those disgruntled Quins fans who flocked away from The Stoop well before the...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoChampions Cup & Challenge Cup: Nine British teams make it through to Round of 16
Bath will host Saracens in the Champions Cup Round of 16, while Harlequins have earned a home tie against Sale Sharks...
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National League One
/ 5 months agoTough win shakes as Barling’s goods are on display
■By DAVID BEDDOWS Rotherham T ..73 Leicester L ......26 WINGER Jackson Barling claimed a hat-trick as high-fliers Rotherham Titans inflicted a...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoBrilliant Bath still leading the way in ACE
SCHOOLS REPORT ■By JOSEPH TERRY IN Prem Next Gen, Bath extended their lead at the top to nine points with four...
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Features
/ 5 months agoMy Life in Rugby: Jake Farnworth – Training was sink or swim and I loved it
Former Leicester Tigers, Nottingham and Birmingham Moseley hooker, Jake Farnworth, reflects on his life in rugby.
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoHarlequins full-back Tyrone Green – We will need to be at our best for second half of season
Tyrone Green made a timely return from injury last weekend to help Harlequins out of their slump with a big performance...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoGlasgow Warriors vs Saracens: Scottish side will be a tougher challenge – Fergus Burke
Fergus Burke helped guide Saracens to an epic 20-14 win over six-time Champions Cup winners Toulouse last weekend, but predicts they...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoBath 63-10 Edinburgh: Alfie Barbeary powers hosts into last 16
England don’t exactly lack for back-row candidates at present, but a rampaging Alfie Barbeary must come into the Six Nations equation...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoStormers 39-26 Leicester Tigers: Geoff Parling’s visiting side put up a fight
Leicester Tigers look destined for the Challenge Cup, but a much-changed side made the Stormers battle for victory to the very...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoGeorge McGuigan extends his Newcastle Red Bulls deal
Hooker George McGuigan has signed a contract extension at Newcastle Red Bulls.
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoEastmond keen to make his mark as a coach
■By ROSS HEPPENSTALL KYLE Eastmond says the lessons he learned in rugby union will hold him in good stead as he...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoJeremy Guscott: It’s time for Bristol Bears to stand up and deliver
When you’re shipping 49 points, as Bristol Bears did against the Bulls in Pretoria last weekend in the European Cup, you’ve...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoNow the All Blacks need to crack on
THERE is something of the Clive Woodward about Scott Robertson, whose coaching career at international level has just disappeared off a...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoPeter Jackson: Blizzard of points is obscuring the view
The Champions Cup, a misnomer if ever there was one, gorged itself last weekend on a feast of tries: 107 at...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoPaul Rees: Rampaging Baby Rhino Ellis Genge in the form of his life
Paul Rees on how Ellis Genge is driving Bristol Bears - and England - in the right direction.
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National League One
/ 5 months agoLeaders Albion dull the roar of the Lions
Leicester L ......17 Plymouth A .... 47 By MALCOLM WRIGHT FORM side Plymouth Albion tightened their position at the summit, with...
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Club Rugby
/ 5 months agoWrestle room is helping Simpson beef up
NEWS EXTRA By JOSEPH TERRY NOTTINGHAM University fly-half Harry Simpson aims to express himself as he makes his first steps into...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoChampions Cup review: Sunday’s action shows no-one is the favourite
Sunday’s Champions Cup action was bigger proof than ever that league form means nothing in the mixing pot of Europe.
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoSale Sharks chief Alex Sanderson insists new coaching team will fire his side up
Alex Sanderson believes Sale Sharks’ realigned coaching set-up will lead to improved results after a disappointing first half of the campaign.
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoHarlequins vs Stormers: Jason Gilmore – We still have a lot to play for this season
Jason Gilmore is looking for the resumption of the Champions Cup to provide a reset for Harlequins, accepting they will need...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoExeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter says Newcastle Red Bulls rebuild will take time
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter expects it will take Red Bull three years to turn Newcastle into a Premiership...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoLeicester Tigers getting ready to strike, says Adam Radwan
Adam Radwan insists the claws are sharpened and the intent is clear as Leicester Tigers stalk the second half of the...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoLeinster 25-24 La Rochelle: Harry Byrne comes on to win it with last kick of the match
Substitute Harry Byrne kicked a last-gasp penalty for Leinster against La Rochelle to settle a thriller that will take some beating...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoEdwards stays put
WALES fly-half Dan Edwards has signed a new deal with Ospreys. The 22-year-old, who started all four of Wales’ autumn internationals,...
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Columnists
/ 6 months agoJeremy Guscott: Mark McCall’s challenge – to create another dynasty
We don’t often hear Mark McCall making comments about a lack of “attitude and application” in the Saracens squad, and especially...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 months agoLeicester Tigers 57-14 Bayonne: Billy Searle hat-trick puts Geoff Parling’s side on the right track
Billy Searle was red hot for Leicester Tigers on a freezing night as returning Bayonne centre Manu Tuilagi endured a miserable...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 months agoPaul Rees: It’s time for action, not words
Paul Rees presents his half-term report on the Premiership and finds a clear divide between top and bottom
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 months agoWhen Balding raced home for Light Blues
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IAN Balding, who died earlier this month aged 87, is of course best known as a legendary...
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National League One
/ 6 months agoHarding hat-trick sets up big score
■By GRAHAM COX Blackheath ............52 Leicester Lions .... 19 AN emphatic display from Blackheath secured victory over Leicester Lions. Pace from...
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