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tigerburnie
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Digital program for the visit of Moseley to the Lions den
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semisonic
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Having watched the replay of the Lions - Moseley game on YouTube, the actions of the Lions 16 (Drew Rudkin if the programme is correct) when Danny Eite gets hit and falls down are exceptional, gets the ref to blow up and straight into the mouth to clear his airway. Real class and quick thinking there.
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Se7en
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Leicester Lions visit Rams at OBR for the first time tomorrow, and did very well beating them at their place earlier in the season. I see that the MoM that day, Geordie Irvine, is not in the squad for tomorrow? He has been a regular for Cambridge in the Champ also, but is he now back with Saints?
I also saw on the Lions twitter feed that their squad is still stacked with Prem players and England U20 internationals: β Charlie Myall returns from injury
βs Emeka Atuanya returns
Will Glister and Malelili Satala are back from England U20 duty
Will Roberts and Nick Cairns return to the bench I don't know much about Leicester Lions, so wondered if anyone knew how many of these lads are homegrown from the club? I know they have produced former international players in the likes of Deacon a few years ago. Thanks, and hoping for another cracking Nat 1 game tomorrow!
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tigerburnie
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16 of the squad are Lions, Emeka and Will are Northampton products with Malelili and Charlie Myall both Tigers products. All four were registered to the Lions as dual registered at the beginning of the season and have played before Christmas, but both host teams do call them back, indeed some have played for other National league sides.
Fin Ogden is a former Lion who has signed with Coventry, but is back on loan and has been for a while and Will Roberts, a Lion for many seasons returns this week after a brush with stardom having come off the bench for Leicester Tigers in their friendly last Friday against Nottingham, so the Lions also loan players out too. Edited by tigerburnie - 16 Feb 2024 at 19:29 |
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Clive Norling
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So technically 5 loan players out of 20 match day squad β¦ your man from Coventry cannot be classed as a Lion if heβs signed for Coventry? |
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tigerburnie
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Unless he has left Coventry and returned, not too sure is the answer
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Jester10
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Don't often post these days. Leicester Loanees' were one of the worst sides I've seen at OBR this season, possibly because they didn't know each other.
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Enjoying life!
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tigerburnie
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Good enough to beat you at Westleigh Park, not sure if the sheep shaggers were the worst side to visit this year though. This side is still new to this league, but have been together since the first day of the season.
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Clive Norling
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Indeed you were and thoroughly deserved β¦. I hope we donβt rue the 3 points dropped in the last minute to yourselves and the 3 points dropped in the last minute of the next game at home to DMP β¦. Those 6 points would have made a massive difference to the table for us β¦ |
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tigerburnie
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Quite right Clive, but as a relatively young side finding their feet in this league has it's up's and downs. Going on the comments I read from folk at the other clubs, the Lions are described as an exciting club who like to play expansive rugby with threats all over the park. Playing what some may describe as high risk rugby trying to run the ball from everywhere and both enjoying themselves and hopefully entertaining the crowd, they will have those tough days at the office as the Lions head coach describes it. Hopefully we can remain at this level and if we do, then the experience of this season will stand us in good stead for the future. Almost all of this squad played last season in National 2 West, a couple of key players retired and recruitment is something the club is doing. The minis and juniors now have a colts side and one of those colts is now part of the adult team development, playing a couple of games last season in Nat 2. This club is growing and will experience some knock backs against those clubs with many years of experience at this level or in the Championship, the clubs performances have been encouraging and the results are what they are, promising, they will continue to try their best and grow.
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Jester10
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Apologies Tiger, my comment wasn't really justified - note to self, don't post after a boozy dinner party. Best of luck for the remainder of the season.
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Enjoying life!
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Clive Norling
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tigerburnie
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No need to apologise, we battle on the pitch and share a beer afterwards as the best of mates
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Clive Norling
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Edited by Clive Norling - 19 Feb 2024 at 15:16 |
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What is the max amount of clapping emojo's possible ........just trying guage the extent of applause possible.
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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
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Clive Norling
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Well if Iβm busy chatting to Conor OβShea, I have far less time to upload emojiβs π |
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Todays digital program for the visit of Taunton Titans to Westleigh Park in this battle for Nat 1 survival, should be a corker with so much at stake for both sides.
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tigerburnie
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Match report
Leicester Lions 29 Taunton Titans 21
The Lions boosted their chances of survival with a well earned bonus point win against struggling Taunton who remain bottom of the table. The home side dominated territory in the opening exchanges thanks to some raking kicks from the impressive Luke Boucher and were rewarded on 5 minutes when James Stubbs profited from an inside pass from Joe Brock who had made a line break out wide. The Lions were moving the ball wide and finding space on the edges, and they doubled their lead on 13 minutes when Joey Patrick found himself on the end of another flowing move. The first half rout was completed on 31 minutes when a clever chip from Dan Lewis was collected by Jamel Hamilton to score under the posts. Lewis converted all three scores to give the Lions a commanding 21-0 lead at the break. The only blight on an otherwise excellent first half for the Lions was a late yellow card for back row Simon Johnson, who was sent to the bin for a high tackle following a team warning for the same offence. Taunton came out for the second half on the front foot and scored almost immediately when a kick through took a nasty bounce and was retrieved by scrum half Connor Banks who ran in under the sticks. The Lions quickly regained control of the contest though and a Lewis penalty extended their lead before securing the bonus point try when number 8 Nick Cairns picked from the base of a scrum and crashed over in the corner. Credit has to be given to the visitors though who, at 29-7 down going in to the last quarter, rallied and put the home side under real pressure. Firstly Charlie Wright scored from close range with 10 minutes remaining and then with time up fly half Frankie Dart finished off a line break from Deago Bailey to score a deserved consolation score. Leicester Lions head coach commented after the game: ββObviously it was a huge game for both sides so we are delighted with the win. Off the back of a disappointing display at Rosslyn Park last week it was also a performance we can build on. We showed real maturity for most of the game and we will certainly take the positives in to another massive game at Stortford next week.ββ |
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