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Finley Parsons

Leicester Tigers

By Finley Parsons, in General Football and Sport

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RonnieTodger

RonnieTodger

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Shit way for Cole to finish. Great final and fair play to Tigers for hanging in. They took a gamble and it didn’t pay off.

 

Can’t feel hard done by. Bath were the best team all year, by an absolute mile. 

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DezFox

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Shit way for Cole to finish, dubious decision really but didn’t need to do it at all. Pollard really played like a player leaving, and ultimately that has cost us. 
 

Bath better side and they weren’t at their best. They have been best all season so completely deserved to win. 

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Izzy

Izzy

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Love the way they start by taking the piss out of yesterdays national anthem abomination lol

 

 

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accessory

accessory

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5 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Poor to have missed out on a bonus point today 

They didn't - they got one for scoring four tries.

 

With a transitional squad like this one, a trip to Bristol was always going to be tough.

 

Tigers will do well to make the top half this season.

Muzzy_no7

Muzzy_no7

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42 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Such a tough watch seeing Lewis get emotional. The blokes an absolute warrior and I’m gutted for him and his family 😢

 

Former England captain Moody reveals MND diagnosis https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cz7rddrrlqno
 

Really really sad news.

 

Needs to be more research in this area (I would hope it’s ongoing).

 

Thats Weir, Burrow, Slater and now Moody. 
 

Guessing there’s more from the amateur and semi-pro game. 

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Noahfence

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From someone who isn’t a rugby fan but does follow from afar, has there been an investigation done into the link with MND? apologies if that’s a stupid question 

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davieG

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c3065m9qjrzo

Greenwood leads support for ex-team-mate Moody

Greenwood and Moody were team-mates with both Leicester and England

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Former England captain Lewis Moody has been backed to tackle motor neurone disease with "every ounce of his strength" by former team-mate and fellow Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood.

Moody, 47, learned he had the degenerative, muscle-wasting condition two weeks ago and has told BBC Breakfast that he is struggling to confront the implications of his diagnosis.

Rugby league legend Rob Burrow and Scotland and British and Irish Lions great Doddie Weir have both died from the disease within the past three years.

"He is the most wonderful human that we love to his very core," Greenwood, who played alongside Moody for both England and Leicester, told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"It is just tragic news, because he is one of the great guys. And I know there is no order to this stuff - how you leave this planet - but you root for the good guys.

"There is not a nasty bone in his body, he is the most optimistic human you can hope to find... and then he had an ability on the pitch to just turn a switch and be the most ferocious competitor.

"He will fight this with every ounce of his strength."

Former Gloucester and Leicester second row Ed Slater, who was diagnosed with MND in July 2022, and has led fundraising efforts since said he was "absolutely devastated" for Moody.

Moody told BBC Breakfast that he felt "slightly selfish" for not getting in contact with Slater since he found out he had the disease a fortnight ago, saying he has been daunted by what the future held for him.

"We will be here for you as and when you need," Slater said in a social media message, , externalbefore directing followers to a fundraising drive launched for Moody by his friends.

Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney said Moody, who won 71 England caps and three caps for the British and Irish Lions, "represents the very best of rugby's values" both on and off the pitch.

"Lewis represented England, the British and Irish Lions and his clubs Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby with both brilliance and distinction - one of the toughest and most fearless players ever to don a back row shirt in the game, earning the respect and admiration of team-mates, opponents, and supporters alike all over the world," said Sweeney.

"We are ready to offer practical and emotional support to the Moody family in whatever way is needed and appropriate; and we encourage people to show their support through the fundraising initiatives now being set up."

davieG

davieG

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AS casual follower of RU mostly related to the Tigers and England Moody is a player who stands out in my memories as a supreme player and human.

 

I wish him and his wife all the best with their coming to terms with and battling this awful disease.

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