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Posted 51 days ago
COMPARED TO the chill winds that have been blowing through Leicester of late, Toulon on Sunday will feel positively balmy for the English club. Spring has been slow in showing its face even on the Cote D’Azur but temperatures of 15 degrees make a mockery of the sub-zero conditions in England. But the Tigers can expect the mercury to rise on Sunday evening when they emerge at the Stade Mayol to take on Toulon in their eagerly-awaited Heineken Cup quarter-final.
Posted 332 days ago
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL winger, Horacio Agulla will be joining Bath Rugby next season.
The 27 year old, equally adept playing on the wing or at fullback, has been capped 34 times by his country and will prove an excellent addition to the back line with a great attitude and physicality as well as a nose for the try line. He will join…
Posted 362 days ago
By Owain Jones, Rugby World Editor
In a nutshell
HARLEQUINS CELEBRATED their first Premiership title beating Leicester 30-23 in a fine advertisment for the Aviva Premiership at a sweltering Twickenham. The Quins flew out of the blocks quickest on a sweltering with Tom Williams streaking in for the game’s first score after nine minutes. The Tigers were playing catch-up for the rest…
Posted 363 days ago
By Owain Jones, Rugby World Editor
WITH ONLY a point to separate them in the League at the end of the regular season, the smart money will be on the experience of Leicester, featuring in their eighth consecutive Final, to take the honours at a sold-out Twickenham. However, Chris Robshaw and his Quins team, buoyed by the return of Ugo Monye…
Posted 399 days ago
Harlequins go into their final regular season home game looking to secure a top two finish in the Aviva Premiership when they face Leicester Tigers, on Saturday (KO: 15:15) in front of a sell out crowd at the Stoop.
Sam Smith retains his place on the left wing after last weekend’s Man of the Match performance, with Mike Brown and Ugo…
Posted 497 days ago
We are in for a treat this Friday night as two former European champions, Ulster and Leicester, lock horns at Ravenhill. The Heineken Pool 4 clash is a must-win game for both teams, the hosts currently sitting atop their group on 14 points and the Tigers just two behind them.
Brian McLaughlin has been able to name a full-strength team, with…
Posted 742 days ago
Jordan Crane and Steve Mafi return to the Leicester Tigers team for the Aviva Premiership semi-final against Northampton Saints at Welford Road tomorrow.
After last Saturday’s bonus-point win over London Irish secured a top-place finish in the Aviva Premiership league season for a third successive year, director of rugby Richard Cockerill makes just two changes to his starting line-up, with Crane…
Posted 742 days ago
The Northampton Saints team has been named for tomorrow afternoon’s East Midlands Aviva Premiership Rugby semi-final derby at Leicester’s Welford Road.
The Aviva Premiership Rugby honours have been split between Northampton and Leicester so far this season, with each team winning its respective home match.
But with a place at Twickenham at stake, director of rugby Jim Mallinder said today that the…
Posted 749 days ago
International half-backs Toby Flood and Ben Youngs return to the Leicester Tigers line-up for Saturday’s sell-out game against London Irish at Welford Road.
Flood and Youngs missed the win at Newcastle Falcons in Round 21 which secured Tigers a home game in the Aviva Premiership semi-finals, but return for the visit of Irish in an otherwise unchanged team.
Tigers go into the…
Posted 775 days ago
Leicester were defeated 17-10 by Leinster in Saturday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, in a match which saw many of England’s internationals return to the scene of their Six Nations defeat to Ireland.
The likes of Toby Flood, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Tom Croft returned to the scene of the crime hoping to right the wrongs…
