Worcester Warriors have this morning (Wednesday) confirmed that the Aviva Premiership festive fixture with Leicester Tigers at Sixways Stadium on Tuesday, December 27 is sold out. Warriors have been inundated with ticket requests ahead of the massive league clash and now all seats have been sold by the Warriors Box Office. A capacity crowd...
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London Irish’s World Cup trio of Alex Corbisiero, Sailosi Tagicakibau and Jebb Sinclair will start for the Exiles tomorrow afternoon when they take on Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership at Welford Road (kick-off 3.05pm). Jebb Sinclair will start his first game for London Irish at number 8 and Alex Corbisiero and Sailosi Tagicakibau...
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Ahead of this weekend’s Aviva Premiership fixture between London Wasps and Leicester Tigers, Josh Lewsey recalls some special memories from this game down through the years. Lewsey was part of a hugely successful era at London Wasps spending over ten years with the club, winning four Premiership titles, two Heineken Cups, a European Challenge...
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By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat Newcastle booked their place in the finals of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby 7s Series with a convincing display at Edgeley Park on Friday. Falcons won three out of three to cruise into next Friday’s final at the Stoop where they will be looking to go one better...
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Leicester Tigers have named their squad ahead of the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens on Friday night. A youthful Tigers team will travel to Edgeley Park to play Newcastle Falcons, Worcester Warriors and hosts Sale Sharks. Alex Lewington, the 19-year-old Academy wing and full-back, will captain the squad. Wing Lee Robinson, who...
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England international centre Mathew Tait has completed his move to Leicester Tigers. Tait, 25, has played more than 150 first-team games in eight seasons in club rugby, starting at Newcastle Falcons and then moving to Sale Sharks. Capped 38 times by England, Tait has played at wing and full-back as well as at centre, and...
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Leicester Tigers have recruited three of England’s brightest young talents ahead of the 2011/12 season. The nine-times Premiership champions have agreed terms with Kieran Brookes, Graham Kitchener and Micky Young who are all currently with the England Saxons squad at the Churchill Cup. Brookes, a prop, and scrum-half Young will move from Newcastle Falcons,...
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Gloucester Rugby have added to their second row options for 2010-11 with the signing of 19 year old Dave Markham from the Leicester Tigers. Markham played his junior rugby with Rainford High School, Ormskirk RFC and Sedbergh School before joining the Sale Sharks Academy. He was also capped by Lancashire at U14, U15 and...
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After the success of last week’s try fest against Gloucester, Quins know that they will need to be on top of their game when they face Leicester Tigers tomorrow at the Stoop. Nick Evans, who has been sidelined since the away game against Exeter Chiefs, returns to the number 10 Quins shirt. Rory Clegg,...
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Jordan Crane returns to the starting line-up as Leicester Tigers travel to Harlequins in Round 19 of the Aviva Premiership on Saturday. The England international has not started a game since scoring a hat-trick of tries in the Heineken Cup win over Benetton Treviso at the end of January. Crane is named in the...
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