A HOST of former rugby stars will be pulling on their boots again for the inaugural Legion Legends Rugby Festival on 13 July at Wimbledon RFC and we’re offering you the chance to be Leicester’s 15th man.
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Save Your Season: Kettering learning from the stars
Posted 73 days ago
FIVE LEAGUE games to go and there are signs that the performance makeover being applied to Kettering RFC is taking effect. An heroic 19-14 win over high-flying Peterborough Lions brought relief for our Save Your Season winners, who are lying in tenth place in Midlands One East.
A memorable try for Freddie Burns
Posted 187 days ago
GLOUCESTER FLY-HALF Freddie Burns scored 17 points in Gloucester’s 27-21 victory over Leicester in the Aviva Premiership in October, including an impressive chip-and-chase try. That touchdown was the Premiership’s Try of the Week and you can watch it again here…
Heineken Cup Pool draw kind to Quins
Posted 341 days ago
REIGNING HEINEKEN Cup champions, Leinster, have been drawn in Pool 5 of the 2012/13 tournament and will face ASM Clermont Auvergne, Scarlets and newcomers, Exeter Chiefs, as they attempt to win an unprecedented third title in a row.
The draw for European club rugby’s elite competition took place on Tuesday, 12 June at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin where the 18th…
Leicester 24-15 Saracens: The Verdict
Posted 371 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
In a nutshell
Leicester reached their eighth straight Premiership final with a hard-fought win over defending champions Saracens. As you would expect when these two teams go head-to-head, it was a ferociously physical contest, but it was Leicester’s guile rather than their brawn that produced two decisive tries – Alesana Tuilagi and Steve Mafi crossing…
Leicester v Saracens: The Preview
Posted 373 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
WELFORD ROAD will hold no fear for Saracens when they play Leicester in the second of the Aviva Premiership semi-finals on Saturday. After all, the defending English champions have won on their last three visits to the ground, including a 50-25 thumping of the Tigers when they met earlier in the season.
However, the Leicester…
Continue the St Patrick’s Day celebrations
Posted 422 days ago
St Patrick’s Day may have been and gone, but London Irish are giving you the perfect excuse to string out the celebrations, by inviting you to join in their own St Patrick’s Day Party this Sunday. The side will play Leicester at the Madejski Stadium in the Aviva Premiership match that kicks off at 3pm, but the celebrations are sure…
Meet Martin Corry!
Posted 648 days ago
To celebrate the opening of the new Leicester Tigers Store at the Welford Road stadium, one of Tigers’ favourite sons, Martin Corry, will be turning out to cut the ribbon on Thursday 11th August at 10am.
Following a six week refurbishment, fans will finally be able to see the stunning new Tiger Store when it opens this week. Capital FM’s drive…
Ben Youngs – The App addict
Posted 760 days ago
The Six Nations champion talks fireworks, genies and Jay-Z with Bea Asprey…
RUGBY WORLD: Who did you share a room with during the Six Nations?
Ben Youngs: Tom Croft. We get on great but he breathes really heavily when he sleeps. And his hair always looks the same, which annoys me! Before he came back from injury I was rooming by myself.…
Leinster are in pieces despite win
Posted 770 days ago
Leinster head coach Joe Schmidt admitted his side were “in pieces” after their defeat of Leicester in the Saturday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final. The game proved to be a fiercely physical battle, and Schmidt hailed the Dublin crowd for keeping his team going towards the end of the game.
“The crowd didn’t quite get it for us but they certainly helped,” said…
