Leicester Tigers - 2013/14 Thread

[LondonTiger]

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Senior Squad

Props - Ayerza, Balmain, Bristow, Cole, Mulipola, Schuster, Stankovich
Hookers - Briggs, Chuter, Hawkins, Youngs
Locks - Cain, Deacon. De Chaves, Kitchener, Parling, Price, Slater
Back Row - Crane, Croft, Gibson, Mafi, Salvi, Waldrom

Scrum Halves - Harrison, Mele, Steele, Youngs
Outside Half - Flood, Lamb, Williams
Centres - Allen, Bowden, Smith, Tuilagi
Wings - Benjamin, Camacho, Goneva, Morris, Thompstone
Full Back - Hamilton, Tait

Coaches - Cockerill (DoR & Forwards), Blaze (Asst Forwards), Burke (Backs), Murphy (Asst Backs)


Aviva Premiership Fixtures

Sun 8 Sep 14:00 Leicester Tigers   32         Worcester Warriors 15
Sat 14 Sep 15:15 Bath Rugby  27   Leicester Tigers 20
Sat 21 Sep 15:00 Leicester Tigers  33   Newcastle Falcons 6
Sun 29 Sep 14:00 Exeter Chiefs   9   Leicester Tigers  22
Sat 5 Oct 15:15 Leicester Tigers 19   Northampton Saints  19
Sun 27 Oct 14:00 London Wasps 22   Leicester Tigers 12
Sat 2 Nov 17:30 Leicester Tigers  16   Harlequins 23
Sat 23 Nov 15:00 Leicester Tigers 20   London Irish 11
Sat 30 Nov 15:00 Gloucester Rugby 17   Leicester Tigers 22
Sat 21 Dec 15:00 Saracens  49 v   Leicester Tigers 10
Sat 28 Dec 15:00 Leicester Tigers   v   Sale Sharks
Sat 4 Jan 15:00 Leicester Tigers 27  v   Bath Rugby 27
Fri 7 Feb 19:45 Worcester Warriors  22 v   Leicester Tigers 23
Sat 15 Feb 15:00 Leicester Tigers 11  v   Gloucester Rugby  8
Sun 23 Feb 15:00 London Irish  15 v   Leicester Tigers 20
Sun 2 Mar 15:00 Newcastle Falcons  18 v   Leicester Tigers 41
Sat 22 Mar 15:00 Leicester Tigers   45 v   Exeter Chiefs 15
Sat 29 Mar 15:00 Northampton Saints 16  v   Leicester Tigers 22
Sat 12 Apr 15:00 Leicester Tigers   v   London Wasps Welford Road
Sat 19 Apr 15:00 Harlequins   v   Leicester Tigers Twickenham Stoop
Fri 2 May 20:00 Sale Sharks   v   Leicester Tigers Salford City Stadium
Sat 10 May 15:00 Leicester Tigers   v   Saracens Welford Road



Heineken Cup Fixtures

Friday, October 11 8pm Ulster Rugby 22  Leicester Tigers 16
Friday, October 18 8pm Leicester Tigers 34  Benetton Treviso 3
Sunday, December 8 3pm Leicester Tigers 41 Montpellier Herault Rugby 32
Sunday, December 15 4pm (local time) Montpellier Herault Rugby 14  Leicester Tigers 15
10/11/12 January 2014 Benetton Treviso 19 v Leicester Tigers 34
17/18/19 January 2014 Leicester Tigers 19 v Ulster Rugby 22
Saturday, 5th April ASM Clermont Auvergne v Leicester Tigers

[LondonTiger]

injury update;

Mat Tait should be back in 2 to 4 weeks
Flood, Manu and B. Youngs will get game time this weekend.
Deacon is another week away with sore ribs.
Mafi is "ok" after limping off against Bath

Glad to see we have some backs errrr back

Hamilton?

[formerly known as Sam]

Doubt Hamilton will play after the way he went off. Scully should be back from USA duty.

[nathan]

injury update;

Mat Tait should be back in 2 to 4 weeks
Flood, Manu and B. Youngs will get game time this weekend.
Deacon is another week away with sore ribs.
Mafi is "ok" after limping off against Bath

Glad to see we have some backs errrr back

Hamilton?

no idea but i doubt he'll be back the way he pulled up.

[LondonTiger]

So if Manu can start we may see Goneva revert to the wing. Otherwise it then gets interesting.

[formerly known as Sam]

Likely backline:

9. Mele
10. Flood
11. Thompstone
12. Allen
13. Goneva
14. Scully
15 Morris

Subs: Youngs, Williams/Lamb, Manu.

[nathan]

not sure why, but i think Mele might overstep the mark soon and get a citing and ban, he sometimes see's a bit feisty. I may be wrong but thats the impression i get in the first couple of games.

[LondonTiger]

I would rather see Purdey ahead of Scully, but I suspect you are right.

[formerly known as Sam]

I too would like to see Purdy given a run out. He's a bit iffy under the high ball though going on what I've seen and that might make Cockers cautious. I hope Williams gets the bench spot or starts if Flood is available as Lamb is liable to give us all a heart attack sooner or later.

[tigerleghorn]

Tigers back in the black!

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Delight-Leicester-Tigers-return-profit/story-19815433-detail/story.html#axzz2fM7W8a57

[Metal Tiger]

Just getting my beer in the ABC. Is it just me or is Newcastles game plan to kick it away at every opportunity? I expected more from future tigers academy players.

[LondonTiger]

MT,

Falcons were not good at all. Very supine.

[formerly known as Sam]

I wasn't at the game who were the Tigers stand out performers?

[nathan]

I wasn't at the game who were the Tigers stand out performers?

Didn't see the game but Burke was talking up Manu in the post match talk.

Anyone know how long it takes for the games to appear on the premiership website?

[LondonTiger]

Manu was excellent in the first half.
Benny was consistently good.
Slater and Kitch worked well.
Thompstone and Niki Goneva were always a threat.

[HammerofThunor]

I wasn't at the game who were the Tigers stand out performers?

Didn't see the game but Burke was talking up Manu in the post match talk.

Anyone know how long it takes for the games to appear on the premiership website?

Usually a good few hours. Generally there by at least the next day

[Metal Tiger]

Manu created two of the trys in the 1st half. one through a power play smsshing a huge hole through about 5 players and the 2nd through a great handoff and offload.

Tigers were also very patchy in parts and allowed the Falcons to dictate pace but the result was never in doubt from about the 10th minute.

[nathan]

I wasn't at the game who were the Tigers stand out performers?

Didn't see the game but Burke was talking up Manu in the post match talk.

Anyone know how long it takes for the games to appear on the premiership website?

Usually a good few hours. Generally there by at least the next day

hmmm, it's still not there. Do they show the non televised games? i know ITV were there but it's not appeared on the premiershiprugby.tv site yet.

[tigerleghorn]

I wasn't at the game who were the Tigers stand out performers?

Didn't see the game but Burke was talking up Manu in the post match talk.

Anyone know how long it takes for the games to appear on the premiership website?

Usually a good few hours. Generally there by at least the next day

hmmm, it's still not there. Do they show the non televised games? i know ITV were there but it's not appeared on the premiershiprugby.tv site yet.

I think in the past it has been Monday, after ITV get to show the highlights on Sunday.

[nathan]

just watched the game, Manu had a great game and looked hungry. Bowdon had his best game in a leicester shirt (he mentioned he's never played with both Manu and Flood whislt at the tigers)

[LondonTiger]

Nathan,

Bowden was dent in the second half, but in the first half he was in a flouncy strop the whole time. He looked largely disinterested in duties other than to shout at Flood and Goneva a lot, and signally failed to support flood when he broke.

Having watched the coverage now, I admit that a lot of this is not visible as he was "off camera".

[nathan]

Nathan,

Bowden was dent in the second half, but in the first half he was in a flouncy strop the whole time. He looked largely disinterested in duties other than to shout at Flood and Goneva a lot, and signally failed to support flood when he broke.

Having watched the coverage now, I admit that a lot of this is not visible as he was "off camera".

ah cool, never heard the word "dent" used in that way. Guessing you mean rubbish?

[formerly known as Sam]

He sounded a bit stroppy in his Mercury interview. Rumours are he is gone next summer.

[LondonTiger]

I meant to write "decent", Nathan. Oops

[formerly known as Sam]

Manu out for 2 months. Cramp my ar$e. We could be in some bother now. I don't fancy our chances against Montpellier without him, Montpellier slaughtered Clermont 43-3 at the weekend.

[Portnoy's Complaint]

But the French T14 does more than most go with home advantage, Sam. But Montpellier were always the biggest threat anyway. It's Ulster who stand to gain the most now.

[LondonTiger]

Manu out for 2 months. Cramp my ar$e. We could be in some bother now. I don't fancy our chances against Montpellier without him, Montpellier slaughtered Clermont 43-3 at the weekend.

He seemed to get cramp in his calf when he attempted to clear the ball downfield from under tigers posts - about 70 minute mark.

then on about 75 minutes he smashed Alex Tait into touch in the bottom corner between Clubhouse and GNC stand. When he got up he was clutching what I thought was his shoulder, but I guess it was the pec muscle.

[LondonTiger]

We do not face Montpelier until December. I always expected those matches to be home wins.

The big one, for me, is the opener at Ravenhill. If we can get Matty Tait fit and up to speed (i assume Smith is out for too long) then a back line of:

Youngs, Flood, Thompstone, Allen, Goneva, Morris, Tait is a good one.

[Portnoy's Complaint]

It'd be handy to have Manu up and running in training/LV during the IWs and to be fit, ready and available for the December HEC rounds.

[LondonTiger]

It'd be handy to have Manu up and running in training/LV during the IWs and to be fit, ready and available for the December HEC rounds.

It would - though those matches are more likely to be decided up front. We need to keep the grunt-meisters fit.

[Portnoy's Complaint]

Assuming that Manu is out, I wonder how much grunt we'd need
Jeff: 27/10 Wasps away
2/11 Quins home
23/11 Irish home (ideal comeback)

Guile rather than grunt needed imo. It's like being in a Leinster situation without the IRFU calling the shots for an HEC campaign.

[LondonTiger]

Apologies Portnoy - I mean the matches with Montpelier will be won and lost up front. We need our gnarliest forwards fit and in form for December.

[Portnoy's Complaint]

Oh I knew that, LT.

Its no surprise that the Montpellier pack will be a totally (possibly impossibly) hard slog.

It's losing at Ravenhill that bothers me more. I was pencilling in 9 points against Ulster.

[broadlandboy]

Good move by the club http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/17759.php#.UkGpG9JwqCo

[LondonTiger]

Good move by the club http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/17759.php#.UkGpG9JwqCo

Indeed. Good, honest community work.

[LondonTiger]

Of course, an English side doing something good is not worthy of comment by many posters

[formerly known as Sam]

Matt Hampson has been on about a Tigers wheelchair rugby team since the Paralympics. Good to see us getting involved in this.

[nathan]

Of course, an English side doing something good is not worthy of comment by many posters

There not doing anything good though, there being greedy entering a team. All they want is power and money and then to take over the world!

[formerly known as Sam]

It's part of the evil PRL plan to make rugby union the new football, bankrupt everyone and bring down the the international game. I think Stalin and Hitler are in on it as well. I'm sure that's what some Rabo fans told me.

[nathan]

Looks like Manu won't require surgery which is good, he's likely to back for the double header against Montpellier in December.

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-Tigers-Manu-Tuilagi-won-t-need-surgery/story-19848478-detail/story.html

Also Rob Hawkins is out until December, first op on his shoulder didn't go well and so he needs to go under the knife again.

[Portnoy's Complaint]

And I hear that Crofty might well recover well ahead of time.

Any news?

[LondonTiger]

Miles Benjamin will play for the A team tomorrow

[formerly known as Sam]

That's good to hear, I was beginning to worry that his neck injury might have finished his career.

[LondonTiger]

Ditto Sam

[LondonTiger]

Leicester Tigers Development XV (v Gloucester, Welford Road, Monday 7.30pm)
15 Perry Humphreys
14 Henry Purdy
13 George Catchpole
12 Terrence Hepetema
11 Miles Benjamin
10 Ryan Lamb
9 Scott Steele
1 Jerome Schuster
2 George Chuter (c)
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Joe Cain
5 Sebastian De Chaves
6 Harry Wells
7 Michael Noone
8 Thomas Waldrom

Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Tom Bristow
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Tom Price
20 Will Owen
21 George Tresidder
22 Javiah Pohe
23 Pasqualle Dunn

Gloucester United: Martyn Thomas; Steph Reynolds, Tim Molenaar, Ryan Mills, Drew Cheshire; Jonny Bentley, Tavis Knoyle; Koree Britton, Huia Edmonds, Tom Heard; Tom Hicks, Lua Lokotui; Matt Cox, Sam Underhill, Lewis Ludlow. Replacements: Ryan Charles, Sam Preece, Richard Jones, Gareth Evans, Jake Kitson, Reece Boughton, Billy Burns, Lloyd Evans

[formerly known as Sam]

Benjamin, Purdy and Catchpole with first half tries all converted by Lamb. Bentley has two pens for Glaws.

Positive display so far given half the backline have no AP games to date and considering Catchpole, Purdy and Price all played for Notts at the weekend.

[broadlandboy]

Wonder if they are the injury replacements?
http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/17808.php

[nathan]

Wonder if they are the injury replacements?
http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/17808.php

i think Boris, Martin, Dean and Nikki should do!

[formerly known as Sam]

38-16 win for the A team. Penalty try, Noone and Scott Steele add second half tries to the efforts of Purdy, Benjamin and Catchpole in the first half.

[LondonTiger]

Great to see Benjamin on the field and scoring so early.

[LondonTiger]

Cockers has just signed a new 5 year contract.

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