Leicester Tigers 2014/15 Thread.

[Welly]

First topic message reminder :

Current Tables Positions:
 AP: 5th
 CC: 2nd in Group 3
 LV: 1st in Pool 3 

Last Game: V Bath @ Welford Road (Won 17 - 8) (Att: 24,000)
Next Game: V Harliquins @ Twickenham Stoop (15:15 KO) Sat 10 January 2015, (Live on BT Sport)


Official 1st XV squad 2014/15: ( Injured, Internationals, Suspension, "Knocked", )
 Head Coach/DoR: Richard Cockerill
 Assistant coaches: G. Murphy, R. Blaze, P.Blake,
 Captain: Ed Slater
 Props: Ayerza, Balmain, Bristow, Brugnara, Cole, Mulipola, Pasquali, Rizzo

 Hookers: Briggs, Ghiraldini, Thacker, Youngs .

 Locks: Deacon, De Cheves, Kitchener, Parling, Price, Slater, Thorn, Peterson

 Back Row: Barbieri, Crane, Croft, Gibson, Matera, Pearce, Salvi, Whetton

 Scrum Half: Harrison, Mele, Youngs

 Fly Half: Burns, Williams

 Centres: Allen, Bai , Heptema, Loamanu, Pohe, Roberts, Smith, Tuilagi ,

 Back 3: Benjamin, Camacho, Goneva, Hamilton, Morris, Scully, Tait, Thompstone, Bell

Development Players 2014/15:
 Oliver Bryant, George Catchpole, Jake Farnworth, Tom Hudson, Ed Milne, Will Owen, Aniseko Sio, George Tresidder, Rhys Williams.


 New Deals 2014/14
 Dan Cole (Long term)
 Marcos Ayerza (3 years)
 Tom Youngs (Long Term)
 Owen Williams
 Graham Kitchener
 Fraser Balmain
 Tiziano Pasquali
 Harry Thacker
 Riccardo Brugnara





 Transfers in 2014/15:
 Brad Thorn (Highlanders)
 Tommy Bell (Jersey)
 Jack Roberts (Rotherham Titans)
 Aaron Mauger (Canterbury Crusaders)
 Jack Whetton (ACT Brumbies)
 Greg Peterson (Manly)

 Transfers Out 2014/15:
 Paul Burke (N/A)
 Neil McCarthy (N?A)
 Mathew Tait (Bayonne)

 Rumours:
Nyanga -----> Leicester, Touion or Metro(http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2588 ... 29,00.html)
Fonua ------> Leicester
Dusautoir ----> Leicester, Irish, Bath Saracens
Albacete -----> Leicester, Irish, Bath Saracens
(both https://twitter.com/pauleddison)
Liam williams -> Leicester (Rugby Paper)
Jerome Kaino --> Leicester
Willem Alberts --> Leicester (Gillingham)
Mike Williams ---> Leicester (Fissler)
Justin Tipuric --> Leicester (TRP)
 

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[b]Premiership rugby 7's[/b]:

Leicester Finish as Plate winners of the 2014 Premiership Sevens!!!!!!!!!

Pre-season games 2014 + friendlies:
 Sat Aug 16th 15:00: Nottingham v Leicester Tigers @ Lady Bay Sports Ground, Nottingham's training ground, in West Bridgford (Lost 26-19)
 Sat Aug 23th 14:00: Edinburgh V Leicester Tigers @ Melrose. (Won 10 -11)
 Fri  Aug 29th 19:30: Leicester Tigers V Cardiff Blues @ Welford Road (Won 21 - 17)
 Tues Nov 4th 19:30: Leicester Tigers V Barbarians @ Welford Road (Lost 26 - 59)

 Fixtures AP 2014/15:
R1: Saturday 06 /09/14, 15.00 – Newcastle Falcons (H) – Welford Road (Won 36 -17)   (Att: 22,639)
R2: Saturday 13/09/14, 15.15 – Exeter Chiefs (A) – Sandy Park (BT Sport) (Won 20 - 24)  (Att: 9,721)
R3: Saturday 20/09/14, 15.15 – Bath Rugby (A) – The Rec (BT Sport) ( Lost 45-0)  (Att: 12,817)
R4: Saturday 27/09/14, 15.00 – London Irish (H) – Welford Road (Lost 19-22)  (Att: 21,682)
R5: Saturday 04/10/14, 15.15 – Gloucester Rugby (A) – Kingsholm (BT Sport) (Lost 33 - 16)  (Att: 15,127)
R6: Friday 10/10/14, 19.45 – Harlequins (H) – Welford Road (BT Sport) (Won 22 - 16)  (Att: 21,510)
R7: Saturday 15/11/14 – 15.00 – Saracens (H) – Welford Road (BT Sport) (Draw 21 - 21) (Att: 21,680)
R8: Sunday 23/11/14 – 14.30 – London Welsh (A) – Kassam Stadium (BT Sport) (Won 5 - 26) (Att: 3,249)
R9: Saturday 29/11/14, 15.00 – Wasps (H) – Welford Road (Won 18 - 16) (Att: 21,907)
R10: Saturday 20/12/14 15.00 – Northampton Saints (A) – Franklin's Gardens (Lost 23 - 19) (Att: 13, 362)
R11: Saturday 27/12/14, 14.00 – Sale Sharks (A) – AJ Bell Stadium (Won 30 - 32) (Att: 11, 247)
R12: Saturday 03/01/15, 15.00 – Bath Rugby (H) – Welford Road (Won 17 - 8) (Att: 24,000)
R13: Saturday 10/01/15, 15.15 – Harlequins (A) – Twickenham Stoop
R14: Saturday 14//02/15, 15.00 – Gloucester Rugby (H) – Welford Road
R15: Saturday 21/02/15, 15.00 – London Irish (A) – Madejski Stadium
R16: Saturday 28/02/15, 15.00 – Sale Sharks (H) – Welford Road
R17: Sunday 08/03/15, 15.00 – Newcastle Falcons (A) – Kingston Park
R18: Saturday 28/03/15, 15.00 – Exeter Chiefs (H) – Welford Road
R19: Saturday 11/04/15, 15.00 – Saracens (A) – Allianz Park
R20: Saturday 25/04/15, 15.00 – London Welsh (H) – Welford Road
R21: Sunday 10/05/15, 14.00 – Wasps (A) – Adams Park
R22: Saturday 16/05/15, tbc – Northampton Saints (H) – Welford Road
Fixtures in Rounds 1-6 are confirmed. From Round 7 onwards they are subject to television selections.

 Champions Cup pool + Fixtures 2014/15:
 Pool 3
 Toulon
 Leicester Tigers
 Ulster
 Scarlets.

European Champions Cup fixtures
Round 1: Saturday, October 18 (7.45pm) Leicester Tigers v Ulster Rugby (Won 25 -18) (Att: 19,943)
Round 2: Saturday, October 25 (7.45pm) Scarlets v Leicester Tigers (Lost 15 - 3) (Att: 8,235)
Round 3: December 5/6/7 Leicester Tigers v RC Toulon (Won 25 - 21) (Att: 22,114)
Round 4: December 12/13/14 RC Toulon v Leicester Tigers (Lost 23 - 8) (Att: 15, 045)
Round 5: January 16/17/18 Leicester Tigers v Scarlets
Round 6: January 23/24/25 Ulster Rugby v Leicester Tigers

 
LV Cup

 Pool 3
Leicester Tigers
Wasps
Newcastle Falcons
Scarlets

 LV Cup fixtures
 Round 1: Saturday, November 1 (3:00PM) London Irish V Leicester Tigers (Won 16 - 17) (Att: 5,131)
 Round 2: Sunday, November 8 (3:10PM)  Leicester Tigers V Sale sharks ((Won 29 - 13)) (Att:)
 Round 3: 30/31 Jan/ 1 February Leicester Tigers V Northampton Saints
 Round 4: 6/7/8 February Cardiff blues V Leicester Tigers

 
Fixtures
Round 1 - 31 October/01/02 November: London Irish v Leicester Tigers
Round 2 - 07/08/09 November: Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks - Sunday, November 9, KO 15:15. Live on Sky Sports
Round 3 - 30/31 January/01 February: Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints
Round 4 - 06/07/08 February: Cardiff Blues v Leicester Tigers
Semi Finals - 13/14/15 March
LV= Cup Final - 22 March (venue to be confirmed)

 

[b]A League Fixtures[/b]:

 
 Academy Squad 2014/15:
 

Spoiler:

[GLove39]

Good try, don't like the sliding in with the knees from Habana.

[GLove39]

Also why is everything in this thread in bold?

[stub]

Don't know about bold bit?

[GLove39]

All the text, names and link are in bold unlike every other thread!

[stub]

I tried to put my last comment in bold just to see what happened - to see if it switched bold off or made text double bold but I just got regular bold! Not sure why everything is bold by default though....

[Rory_Gallagher]

Bakkies Botha deserved that for being a tool earlier on. Justice.

[stub]

Bakkies Botha deserved that for being a tool earlier on.  Justice.

Serious justice!!

[Welly]

Clancy sucks.

 The Welsh press has put to much pressure on Williams.

 He is only 22 for chirst sake yet Wales think he is the second coming of Jenkins or something.

[stub]

Williams is looking a shadow of what he can be today.

[Sgt_Pooly]

Is Williams that good anyway?

[stub]

I don't know that much about him but he looks a lot worse this week compared to last week. He's a relative youngster too so I guess there's lots of scope for improvement.

[Welly]

He is 22.

[stub]

He is 22.

Yep and as such I agree with you that the hype surrounding him last week does not seem to have had a good effect on him this week.

[Welly]

You think of he game last against Clermont ad the one last week.

 He is a very good player but the Welsh press we stupid with the pressure they put on him.

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

[maestegmafia]

What's the score?

[Welly]

23 - 8



 also feel Clancy needs to not be able to ref certain teams.

[maestegmafia]

You think of he game last against Clermont ad the one last week.

 He is a very good player but the Welsh press we stupid with the pressure they put on him.

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

Hey

There was plenty more in the English press mate. He has been in the Welsh spotlight sunce before he went to the Tigers.

Why are you criticising one player so much? It's a team sport...!

[stub]

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

When is Manu back? He's such an asset for Leicester and for England. He'd certainly have given Toulon something extra to worry about today.

[Welly]

Where was articles from the English press?

 He has only really been in the Welsh press since last weekend he has had 5 articles on him from Wales online alone.

 And where did I criticise him??????????


 Manu back within 3 weeks.

[maestegmafia]

 also feel Clancy needs to not be able to ref certain teams.

Yes, I agree. Rugby teams are the teams you are referring too. He is possibly the worst referee in the sport, though Wayne Barnes was in pretty ordinary form at Scotstown earlier

[stub]

You think of he game last against Clermont ad the one last week.

 He is a very good player but the Welsh press we stupid with the pressure they put on him.

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

Hey

There was plenty more in the English press mate. He has been in the Welsh spotlight sunce before he went to the Tigers.

Why are you criticising one player so much? It's a team sport...!

Hi maes - I don't think anyone's really criticising Williams - just saying the hype has perhaps had a negative effect upon him this week. We're very aware in England that our press are past masters of this build em up and knock em down game.

[stub]

Good news on Manu..

[maestegmafia]

You think of he game last against Clermont ad the one last week.

 He is a very good player but the Welsh press we stupid with the pressure they put on him.

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

Hey

There was plenty more in the English press mate. He has been in the Welsh spotlight sunce before he went to the Tigers.

Why are you criticising one player so much? It's a team sport...!

Hi maes - I don't think anyone's really criticising Williams - just saying the hype has perhaps had a negative effect upon him this week. We're very aware in England that our press are past masters of this build em up and knock em down game.

Lads to be fair, Clancy could ruin an all for charity exhibition match.

[Welly]

agreed on that.

[stub]

You think of he game last against Clermont ad the one last week.

 He is a very good player but the Welsh press we stupid with the pressure they put on him.

 IF ~Manu was back I think it would be a much closer game.

Hey

There was plenty more in the English press mate. He has been in the Welsh spotlight sunce before he went to the Tigers.

Why are you criticising one player so much? It's a team sport...!

Hi maes - I don't think anyone's really criticising Williams - just saying the hype has perhaps had a negative effect upon him this week. We're very aware in England that our press are past masters of this build em up and knock em down game.

Lads to be fair, Clancy could ruin an all for charity exhibition match.

haha!

[Welly]

what annoys me is still the lack of options ATM we should have like 2 sepeate teams of top players nearly.

 Like

 1) Ayerza   V  Mulipola
 2) Youngs  V  Ghiraldini
 3) Cole      V Balmain
 4) Slater    V Thorn
 5) Parling   V Kitchener
 6) Croft     V Gibson
 7) Salvi    V Matera
 8) Crane  V Barbieri
 9) Youngs V Mele
10) Williams V Burns
11) Goneva V Benjamin
12) Allen    V Bai
13) Manu  V Laomanu
14) Scully V Morris
15) Tait    V Bell
 
16) Thacker V Briggs
17) Rizzo     V Bristow
18) Pas       V Brugnara
19) De Cheves V Price
20) Milne     V Beckett
21) Harrison V Tresidder
22) Hepetema V Bryant
23) Smith    V Thompstone/Hamilton

 so annoying.

[DeludedOptimistorjustDave]

23 - 8



 also feel Clancy needs to not be able to ref certain teams.

Couldn't agree any more the standard of Irish and Scottish refs are shocking.

[LondonTiger]

There were a lot of individual mistakes in that first 15 minutes - from many players, experienced and less experienced. While we would have still lost, that set the tone and the scale of the defeat,

Thought Clancy was pedantic but fair.

Overall i am pleased with the spirit we showed, the commitment to defence and more attacking intent than I have seen from us in the last 4 weeks. We need to carry the intensity we have shown in both games (excluding first 20 today) to FG next week - and who knows.

[Welly]

Thorn out for a month.

 

[Welly]

Tipuric  being linked now, and Liam Williams mentioned again.

[formerly known as Sam]

We seem to being linked with every seven, eight and full back going.

I'd settle for re-signing what we have and getting them fit. Maybe a new 12 as I can't remember Allen actually playing well this season.

[Welly]

Allen played well yesterday imo, just lacks that force next to them.

 Apparently according to Bayonne fans Tait is a done deal pretty much, Salvi less so.
 
 Wouldn't mind if tait went you looked to put Morris and Bell their and sign another out and out finisher on the wing.

 Goneva looks less confident at backing himself this season.

[LondonTiger]

Allen, did some good stuff yesterday.

Goneva has never been the quickest of wingers and was a defensive liability yesterday. Will probably excel against Saints

I really like what I have seen so far from Bell. Not registered for ERCC, but i really can see him playing FB and kicking the goals.

[formerly known as Sam]

I've not seen the game from yesterday yet. Was playing for my club and completing 2014 undefeated in league games. Wish Tigers could have done the same...

Agreed on Bell he looks to be developing into a quality player and has a good ability from the tee. Would still like to see Bryant given another chance at 12 at some point in the league. Think he offered more in that Sale game then we've had at 12 for a while, a player to develop.

[Welly]

Leicester Tigers (vs Bristol United, Welford Road, Monday 7pm)
15 Tommy Bell
14 Adam Thompstone
13 George Catchpole
12 Jack Roberts
11 Miles Benjamin
10 Freddie Burns
9 David Mele
1 Tom Bristow
2 Harry Thacker (c)
3 Tiziano Pasquali
4 Gregory Peterson
5 Tom Price
6 Jack Whetton
7 Charlie Beckett
8 Ed Milne

Replacements
16 Neil Briggs
17 Aniseko Sio
18 Riccardo Brugnara
19 Charlie Harvey
20 Jake Farnworth
21 George Prince
22 Oli Bryant
23 Rhys Williams


 Currently 29 -3
 Tries for Thacker, Pas and Bell X2
 Cons for Burns and Bell.

Catchpole & Roberts working well.

[formerly known as Sam]

Good to see Tom Price back in action. He's had rotten luck with injuries. Thacker as captain is an interesting call. Clearly rated.

Pohe is a telling ommission. He wasn't starting for Notts at the weekend.

[Welly]

Pohe might be injured again?

 Catchpole and Roberts were very impressive from what I have heard.

 I really rate Catchpole and I feel that a injury free start of season he might of gotten some first team game time this season.

 Final score was 41 - 3 With Briggs and R.Williams getting the last 2 tries.

 Our academy players and youngsters are looking very promising.

[Welly]

Apparently we are signing Wuss Lock/6/8 Mike Williams as a Deacon replacement.

[Welly]

Tom youngs and Dan cole have signed new long term deal.

 Brilliant stuff.

[formerly known as Sam]

That's the entire front row tied down to new deals. Excellent news.

Williams is a a big unit but not the brightest. I seem to remember him attracting a lit of ref attention. Good prospect as he is still young. We seem to be stocking up on locks at the minute.

[LondonTiger]

Great news about Ayerza, Youngs and Cole.

Managed to make my first A league fixture of the season last night - good solid performance but against a Bristol side that looked a bit meh. Tommy bell was strong in first half and some good showings in second from the young lads on the bench. Catchpole and Roberts outmuscled their opponents - something not likely to happen at AP level.

[LondonTiger]

How did we play today ? (was at a panto with my kids). Disappointed that we lost when they were down to 14 for so long.

[Welly]

Was poor.

 Defence to narrow which cause us a lot of problems.

 Attack was poor, except for the odd runs.

 Still no plan B.

[nathan]

Londontiger, wasn't the Cinderella one was it? Was there with family too

[Exiledinborders]

How did we play today ? (was at a panto with my kids). Disappointed that we lost when they were down to 14 for so long.

It was a another pantomime with appalling acting from Smith. As with all pantos it all came right in the end.

[nathan]

Hartley the villain?

[doctor_grey]

Hartley the villain?

Hartley was stupid, Smith wins a BAFTA.
How did Cole get on against Saints front row? A strong and firing Cole is needed for England.

[LondonTiger]

Are we actually saying that Hartley did not elbow Smith in the face?

[doctor_grey]

No. Not saying that at all. He deserved a yellow in my opinion. It was not very hard and did not seem a deliberate attempt to injure. And he was stupid. He has to know that of all people he is watched closely. I haven't seen the match yet, so can only react to replays that have been posted.

[nathan]

No. Not saying that at all.  He deserved a yellow in my opinion.  It was not very hard and did not seem a deliberate attempt to injure.  And he was stupid.  He has to know that of all people he is watched closely.  I haven't seen the match yet, so can only react to replays that have been posted.  

An elbow to the face is a red all day long, simple as that. Hartley knows this

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