Leicester Tigers

[st albans fox]

We got onto the wrong side of the ref giving away four or five quick pens pre half time 

 

our decision making has been awful 

 

our defensive shape even worse 

[fuchsntf]

This is how a ref ruins a final…

[st albans fox]

Jeez - no imagination attacking against 14 (effectively 13 with an injured player)

[BKLFox]

Ooh well, they won it when we had the 2 yellows at 15 each I think we might have edged that.

 

Tigers lose so that means a Foxes win Sunday, every cloud. 😉 

[BKLFox]

Couple of new signings for next season announced this week

Loosehead prop Nicky Smith from Ospreys much needed as very thin on real quality in the prop positions we could still do with a tight head also.

 

The other seems quite exciting as he’s the junior springbok of the year Corne Beets 

Beets, 20, is considered one of the best prospects in South African rugby having been a standout performer wearing the number eight jersey for his country in last year’s U20 World Championships.

 

Big boots to fill but will provide competition to Hatherall in that 8 position. 

[BKLFox]

& another 1

Leicester Tigers have signed Australia international Izaia Perese for the 2024-25 season on an undisclosed-length deal from Sydney-based Waratahs.
The 26-year-old former rugby league winger was converted to centre after joining Waratahs from Bayonne in 2021"He's a player that gets you out of your seat," said Tigers general manager Richard Wilks. "We set out to add a player with pace and power and we certainly feel we've done that."

 

 

+ JVP back fit & starts on the bench for tomorrows re-clash with Gloucester & i have a feeling the result will go our way this time with some of the big hitters back in.

[UniFox21]

oh man, TMO refusing to look at something again because Austin Healey on TNT Comms called for it to be reviewed

 

 

[st albans fox]

I see we just beat Newcastle last night but the game ran to 100 minutes ????

 

how does that happen with a stop/start clock ?

 

[Lionator]

47 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I see we just beat Newcastle last night but the game ran to 100 minutes ????

 

how does that happen with a stop/start clock ?

 

Newcastle kept getting penalty after penalty at the scrum on the 22 which meant they kept resetting it but without getting too close to the line. 

[st albans fox]

7 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Newcastle kept getting penalty after penalty at the scrum on the 22 which meant they kept resetting it but without getting too close to the line. 

For twenty minutes !

that's nuts 

 

can’t be many times that’s happened before 

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

For twenty minutes !

that's nuts 

 

can’t be many times that’s happened before 

A Six Nations decider between Wales and France a few years back ran to a little over 100 minutes, so it's not unheard of.

 

Very difficult to get that far without some decisive mistake, infringement or score though.

Edited 30 March by leicsmac

[st albans fox]

Just now, leicsmac said:

A Six Nations decider between Wales and France a few years back ran to a little over 100 minutes, so it's not unheard of.

 

Very difficult to get that far without some decisive mistake, infringement or score though.

Especially given that we were down to 13 for most of the period and 12 for a short time 

 

but then that is also bound to happen with repetitive penalties which makes it all the more nuts that it lasted to 100 mins 

[Foxes1]

Leicester Tigers fined for breaking salary cap.

[Lionator]

29 minutes ago, Foxes1 said:

Leicester Tigers fined for breaking salary cap.

The two Leicester teams seeing each other break financial regulations. 

[st albans fox]

20 hours ago, Lionator said:

The two Leicester teams seeing each other break financial regulations. 

one of those spideys should be a lot smaller than the other !

[MPH]

On 02/04/2024 at 12:31, Lionator said:

The two Leicester teams seeing each other break financial regulations. 

 

Just go for a 50k stadium and move in together!

[st albans fox]

Time for our annual knockout spanking from Leinster 

started well but already down after 15 m and giving away a lot of pens at the breakdown 

 

we were doing ok but turned down the chance of 3 pts before the break and then somehow managed to lose the period where we had a man advantage by throwing an interception 

Edited 6 April by st albans fox

[Hitesh]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

Time for our annual knockout spanking from Leinster 

started well but already down after 15 m and giving away a lot of pens at the breakdown 

 

we were doing ok but turned down the chance of 3 pts before the break and then somehow managed to lose the period where we had a man advantage by throwing an interception 

Thought the ref was a bit poor in the first half which also kicked our momentum. Did much better than I thought we would though

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, Hitesh said:

Thought the ref was a bit poor in the first half which also kicked our momentum. Did much better than I thought we would though

we seemed incapable of stopping their attack becoming a try though.   agree that  I expected a bigger defeat 

a little frustrated on reflection because a bit better defence and a bit more accurate up top and we could have caused an upset 

[Super_horns]

Means the end of the Champions cup as we know it ?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/08/rugby-union-first-club-world-cup-june-2028