The Leicester Tigers thread

by Portnoy Tue 17 Jul 2012, 5:00 pm

First topic message reminder :

2012/3 may well prove to be a memorable one.

For once, there seems to be (albeit not unplumbable) strength in depth, a fairly healthy squad and a straightforward, uncomplicated international season.

by **LondonTiger** Thu 02 May 2013, 8:36 am

Goneva plays at 13 for Fiji.
12 looks light.

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 9:22 am

Purdy the England under 20 can play 13 as well.

Agree 12 is looking short with only Allen then the academy. Maybe we have confidence in a youngster or two for a change.

by **LondonTiger** Thu 02 May 2013, 9:53 am

formerly known as Sam wrote:Purdy the England under 20 can play 13 as well.

Agree 12 is looking short with only Allen then the academy. Maybe we have confidence in a youngster or two for a change.

did you see that Purdy has been added to the JWC squad?

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 11:00 am

Nope. Didn't know they'd announced it yet, knew he was in there for the 6N.

I would like to see us progress a few more academy players ahead of next year. We will need to spend much of the spare funds on two new props to bulk out our front row options.

by **LondonTiger** Thu 02 May 2013, 11:15 am

formerly known as Sam wrote:Nope. Didn't know they'd announced it yet, knew he was in there for the 6N.

I would like to see us progress a few more academy players ahead of next year. We will need to spend much of the spare funds on two new props to bulk out our front row options.

JWC squad was announced last week with Price and Wells in it. A Sale lad pulled out injured this week so Purdy was added. Scott Steele is in the Scottish squad too.

by Portnoy's Complaint Thu 02 May 2013, 11:29 am

When is the England/Argentina squad announced?

That could hit us hard

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 12:16 pm

I suspect we'll lose an Italian prop or two to the JWC as well.

I expect us to lose about 5 to England. Two locks, an 8, a 10 and A N Other.

by **LondonTiger** Thu 02 May 2013, 12:45 pm

England squad to tour Arg announced on Wednesday.

I only expect to see Kitch and Slater in it - Ford could well go but that will be Bath's problem.

by broadlandboy Thu 02 May 2013, 2:06 pm

Slater apparently has small injury,could finish the Jeff but doubtful to tour

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 3:00 pm

That would be gutting for him. He's been awesome since January, a real jump in performance and he deserves a cap and more to the point England need an old school enforcer with some pace to back up all the ultra mobile forwards we have.

by Portnoy's Complaint Thu 02 May 2013, 3:10 pm

Conversely Sam, it provides excellent opportunities for rival clubs to shoulder a bit of the burden in England's cause.

by Geordie Thu 02 May 2013, 3:25 pm

Yeah i was just about to ask about Slater its a tricept tear isnt it.....does it look like he most likely wont tour to S.America? Would be a big shame.

Are the rumours true that Flood might not either?

by Portnoy's Complaint Thu 02 May 2013, 3:57 pm

Leicester Cockers/Club vs Country issues coming up á la Man U Fergie/Club vs Country issues coming up?
It would not be surprising or unreasonable if RC didn't get into a strop as his job depends on club success.

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 4:42 pm

Cockers know international recognition is what players want and that Tigers is an excellent shop window for it. That has worked to our advantage previously.

by Portnoy's Complaint Thu 02 May 2013, 5:06 pm

I suppose then that I'll have to defer to your wisdom and experience Sam.

But other clubs are not carrying the weight and expectation of English fans.

Shouldering the extra burden of the principal go-to club won't be borne easily whilst the financial benefits are seen to be openly distributed willy-nilly 'evenly'.

I wouldn't be surprised if the worm turns though. Although possibly not a Leicester one...

by yappysnap Thu 02 May 2013, 5:24 pm

greytiger wrote:I suppose then that I'll have to defer to your wisdom and experience Sam.

But other clubs are not carrying the weight and expectation of English fans.

Shouldering the extra burden of the principal go-to club won't be borne easily whilst the financial benefits are seen to be openly distributed willy-nilly 'evenly'.

I wouldn't be surprised if the worm turns though. Although possibly not a Leicester one...

by Portnoy's Complaint Thu 02 May 2013, 5:28 pm

yappysnap wrote:
greytiger wrote:I suppose then that I'll have to defer to your wisdom and experience Sam.

But other clubs are not carrying the weight and expectation of English fans.

Shouldering the extra burden of the principal go-to club won't be borne easily whilst the financial benefits are seen to be openly distributed willy-nilly 'evenly'.

I wouldn't be surprised if the worm turns though. Although possibly not a Leicester one...

Sorry yappy.
Share the gag with us please.

by broadlandboy Thu 02 May 2013, 5:38 pm

Rumor on the Unoffy is that Lancaster is pointing players away from Leicester to other clubs as he wants England "to play in another way"

by yappysnap Thu 02 May 2013, 5:43 pm

greytiger wrote:
yappysnap wrote:
greytiger wrote:I suppose then that I'll have to defer to your wisdom and experience Sam.

But other clubs are not carrying the weight and expectation of English fans.

Shouldering the extra burden of the principal go-to club won't be borne easily whilst the financial benefits are seen to be openly distributed willy-nilly 'evenly'.

I wouldn't be surprised if the worm turns though. Although possibly not a Leicester one...

Sorry yappy.
Share the gag with us please.

I did put it in bold for you...

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 5:53 pm

Rumor on the Unoffy is that Lancaster is pointing players away from Leicester to other clubs as he wants England "to play in another way"

Can't see Rowntree turning players away from Tigers, he selects enough of them for his forwards. Lancaster knows better than to Poopie where he eats.

Andy "I want England to play like Sarries" Farrell however...

Immaterial, really as our recruitment drive is done and we'll only be looking to add a couple of props and a back up centre.

by broadlandboy Thu 02 May 2013, 5:56 pm

More a case of trying to get players to leave

by **LondonTiger** Thu 02 May 2013, 5:58 pm

greytiger wrote:But other clubs are not carrying the weight and expectation of English fans.

Tigers will be someway down the list in terms of club represenation with England this summer. We can expect to see Sarries, Quins, Glaws and maybe Saints and Wasps with more than us.

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 6:05 pm

We certainly can LT, though we are sending 6 on your with the Lions. All of whom would have probably started if England were fielding a full strength side.

Slater (if fit), Kitchener, Allen, Thompstone and Flood are our possible England tourists.

by broadlandboy Thu 02 May 2013, 6:21 pm

Apparently Flood not required. Dont think it would do him any harm not to go & have a full pre-season with Tigers

by formerly known as Sam Thu 02 May 2013, 6:34 pm

Flood has played a lot of rugby but that is going to leave England short. Ford is a great prospect but he's not ready to step into the cauldron that'll be Argentina. Burns will have an awful lot on his plate as well. Remember de Kirchner has spitting bile our way for some time and the whole Thatcher funeral didn't go down well over there. They'll be riled up and ready for this one.

by **LondonTiger** Fri 03 May 2013, 5:30 am

Following the discussions about whether Leicester and Leinster had set a new record for a club with 6 Lions apiece.

Not even a record for Leicester it seems. Original 2005 selection included Rowntree, White, Kay, Moody, Corry, Back, Smith and Murphy.

Of course with Woodward selecting 256 players for that tour someone else may have had more then.

by formerly known as Sam Fri 03 May 2013, 9:15 am

Rumour on rugby rebels is Bowden is now staying. He and O'Connor did not see eye to eye it seems. Maybe we won't need to sign another centre.

Props it is then.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 04 May 2013, 9:53 am

New kit:
http://store.leicestertigers.com/stores/tigers/products/product_details.aspx?pid=132266

by formerly known as Sam Sat 04 May 2013, 9:58 am

That's a massive improvement. I'd prefer more stripes and I'm unsure what that black stripe is (maybe It's dark green closer up)?

Reminds me on the kit from the early 2000s though that had a bigger red stripe round the middle.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 04 May 2013, 10:01 am

Agreed, much better than this season's kit, and about it being more like the kit from 10 years ago.

by formerly known as Sam Sat 04 May 2013, 11:31 am

It they swap the green with the white for the away kit then it would actually be two nice kits.

by nathan Sat 04 May 2013, 4:48 pm

Was anyone at the game or listening to the radio, wondering how tait got on along side Manu in the centres.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 04 May 2013, 6:12 pm

formerly known as Sam wrote:That's a massive improvement. I'd prefer more stripes and I'm unsure what that black stripe is (maybe It's dark green closer up)?

Reminds me on the kit from the early 2000s though that had a bigger red stripe round the middle.

I think it is dark green.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 04 May 2013, 6:28 pm

nathan wrote:Was anyone at the game or listening to the radio, wondering how tait got on along side Manu in the centres.

Just got back. I sit in the Goldsmiths stand so Tigers (as usual were attacking towards me in the second half). At the first set piece in the second half Manu lined up at OC with Manu inside him. After that though it was the other way round. I thought that Matt Tait looked really good playing at IC - certainly in attack, though in defence Armitage and Joseph were a touch porous. Good feet, good hands he looked really good there when we wqere in possession. His tackling could have done with a bit more umph. Don't think he missed any but they weren't the most physical challenges.

Elsewhere, except for a 30 second spell when he let gibson charge him down teice (first looked offside, second was given as offside) Ben Youngs controlled things well. Tom was overthrowing a bit at the lineout with his jumpers taking the ball on their fingertips. Toby Flood looked good, but overused the inside ball to Goneva coming off his wing. Watch the highlights for Flood's try - some excellent footwork as he sidesteps his way past about 6 defenders. Castro looked like a player who is leaving, crowd gave him a rapturous round of applause as he was replaced. Matt O'Connor was a peripheral figure in pre-match warm-ups and run out. Paul Burke and Richard Blaze took these.

For LI Marland Yarde was excellent. Always looking for work and deserved the late try. Gibson was always a threat at the breakdown. Garvey, after all the hype, was disappointing. At 3-3 he looked to try and drive the ball in his own 22 only to be knocked back by Allen (I think - opposite end of the pitch) and driven back about 10 yds in the tackle. This was followed by Tigers having a 10 spell on the LI line scoring two tries in the process. He then messed up a sitter of a chance to score after a Gibson charge down and eventually went off injured after failing to get a touch on flood in his try.

Fun game - but a real end of term feel and a strng diagonal wind at times made things difficult.

Watch the highlights when they come up on the AP website - some great tries.

by westisbest Sat 04 May 2013, 6:34 pm

Yeah Yarde's try was quality. Ojo's was decent to.

Thought Humphries had a decent game.

First time at Welford Rd.
Impressive, despite the result.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 04 May 2013, 9:16 pm

Oh and Geordie struggled a touch with the pace of the game I felt. The skill and brains were still there (as seen in Tait's try) but at times the legs just could not get him round.

by westisbest Sat 04 May 2013, 10:41 pm

Gonna be a coach now isnt he?

by formerly known as Sam Sat 04 May 2013, 11:09 pm

May half coach, half play next season as we seem to have missed out on the full backs we were after. Geordie is struggling with a long term knee injury it will sadly effect his pace. The hands and the vision for the Tait's try was awesome.

by nathan Sun 05 May 2013, 9:21 am

Just watching the game, not a very nice kick in the back of Murphys neck. Don't think he kicked very hard mind you, so i'm not sure if he'll be cited or not.

by **LondonTiger** Sun 05 May 2013, 9:30 am

nathan wrote:Just watching the game, not a very nice kick in the back of Murphys neck. Don't think he kicked very hard mind you, so i'm not sure if he'll be cited or not.

Was that Allinson? The terrace were not happy.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 05 May 2013, 10:40 am

Allinson has previous against Tigers (for which he was also not cited) and is not concerned about blurring the line when he gets stuck in.

Is the whole game on the prem website?

by formerly known as Sam Sun 05 May 2013, 12:17 pm

I've just seen the replay and that's assault. Disgusting kick to the back of the head of a prone player followed by a knee and then a punch aimed and missed at Tom Youngs as he cane through the ruck. He should be counting the citing in months that kind of thuggery is very dangerous.

by Portnoy's Complaint Sun 05 May 2013, 12:20 pm

formerly known as Sam wrote:I've just seen the replay and that's assault. Disgusting kick to the back of the head of a prone player followed by a knee and then a punch aimed and missed at Tom Youngs as he cane through the ruck. He should be counting the citing in months that kind of thuggery is very dangerous.

Give us a link and time (in link) me duck. I'll take a peek.

by **LondonTiger** Sun 05 May 2013, 12:21 pm

Semi final tickets bought.

Yahoo

by formerly known as Sam Sun 05 May 2013, 12:55 pm

I was watching the full match coverage here:

http://www.premiershiprugby.tv/

It's mid way through the first half.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/leicester-tigers-32-london-irish-20-match-report-tigers-look-ahead-to-quins-8604171.html

Mentioned briefly in the write up there.

by Portnoy's Complaint Sun 05 May 2013, 4:25 pm

formerly known as Sam wrote:I was watching the full match coverage here:

http://www.premiershiprugby.tv/

It's mid way through the first half.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/leicester-tigers-32-london-irish-20-match-report-tigers-look-ahead-to-quins-8604171.html

Mentioned briefly in the write up there.

Yep. Allinsons cheap shot was worthy of a clearance sale at Poundsavers.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 05 May 2013, 6:40 pm

A kick to the head is stupid, he could have done damage there. There's no way Geordie know It's coming and a blow to the base of the skull can accidentally cause a nasty injury. Any word on a citing yet?

by Portnoy's Complaint Mon 06 May 2013, 12:51 pm

An news/rumours about the MO'C replacement?

by **LondonTiger** Mon 06 May 2013, 2:00 pm

greytiger wrote:An news/rumours about the MO'C replacement?

TRP yesterday suggests Aaron Mauger has had talks.

by Portnoy's Complaint Mon 06 May 2013, 2:07 pm

Great news.

Perhaps he'll put a keeness on the dull edge of the Tigers' attack.

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