I only saw two games of this round. On Friday, I saw Ulster’s humiliating demolition of Leicester, as complete a thrashing as you can imagine. On Saturday I saw Harlequins squeak home past a fired-up looking Gloucester side. I’ll get around to watching some of the others at some point but in terms of...
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Leicester Tigers have announced their matchday squad for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final against Saracens at Twickenham on Saturday. Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill includes 16 survivors of last season’s final in the squad, including back-rower Craig Newby who leads out the team at Twickenham. There is only one change of personnel in...
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For the second year in a row the English Premiership Grand Final will be between the Leicester Tigers and Saracens. Although Leicester were fortunate to retain a full team against Northampton, and Saracens very nearly lost to a misfiring Gloucester team, nobody can deny that these were the two form teams this season and...
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Currently top of the Aviva Premiership try table, after only nine starts and five appearances as substitute, Manu Tuilagi is making defences sit up and take notice. The six foot one inch English qualified Samoan has been a sensation in his first full season with the Leicester senior squad. In a team laced with...
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England have named an unchanged starting line-up for the RBS 6 Nations match against Italy at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, February 12 (2.30pm). The only change to team manager Martin Johnson’s squad is on the bench where Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie) takes over from Joe Worsley (London Wasps). Mike Tindall leads the side and...
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2003 wasn’t just when England won the World Cup, it was also the last time England won the Six Nations or indeed any tournament or silverware – not even a Triple Crown since then! 2003 was also the last time England beat Wales in Cardiff. 2003 might not be like what 1966 is to...
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Under 20 fly half George Ford has long been tipped as a future England playmaker at No.10 and given his current rapid rate of progress it might not be too long before the starlet is a Twickenham regular. The 17-year-old Rishworth School student is already playing at an age grade beyond his years with...
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Samoan teenage Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi is doing his best to keep his feet on the ground as he prepares to make his first start for England Saxons. The Samoan-born 19-year-old was in danger of being sent back to the Pacific island last summer, winning an appeal against deportation and being granted indefinite...
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Martin Castrogiovanni has committed his future to Leicester Tigers after agreeing a new contract with the defending English champions. The Italy international tighthead prop is approaching 100 appearances for the club and has been a big hit with team-mates and supporters since his arrival at Welford Road in 2006. Named Premiership Player of the...
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Thomas Waldrom has been voted the Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Month. The Leicester Tigers number 8 was picked for December by a panel made up of rugby media representatives from print, TV, radio and the photographers. Rugby World editor Paul Morgan, who chairs the panel, commented: “Since arriving from New Zealand, Thomas...
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