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tigerburnie ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 3731 |
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Leicester Lions have appointed Ethan Godefroy as captain for this coming season, having now passed a 100 games for the club, the blindside flanker is a great choice for skipper.
Dual registered players returning for this coming season include Harry Clarke, Malelili Satala, Charlie Myall and Charlie Davies, all senior academy players with Leicester Tigers.
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tigerburnie ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 3731 |
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The season gets closer with the Lions travelling to Moseley this weekend for the first pre-season "friendly", be interesting to hear how the new players slot in to the side.
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Moseley Mauler ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Moseley Joined: 22 May 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 643 |
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I understand that the Lions have pulled out of this pre season fixture due to "squad availability". Not great from Moseley's perspective.
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They are all still with Tigers!
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Moseley Mauler ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Moseley Joined: 22 May 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 643 |
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You are probably correct
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tigerburnie ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 3731 |
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Rosslyn Park 48 Leicester Lions 12The Lions took a very young and inexperienced squad to last years third place finishers in National One for what was a very tough encounter. In fact 11 of the match day squad of 21 were making their debut for the Lions, 9 of whom are still teenagers.Given this scenario it was no surprise that the Rosslyn Park side, stacked with Premiership and Championship experience, took control early on. The Lions showed their naivety, playing in the wrong areas of the pitch, and their errors were continuously punished by the opposition. The Lions went in at half time 36-0 down having barely had an attacking set of their own.Credit must go to the young Lions though who grew in to the game second half and gave as good as they got. Suddenly they were moving the ball around the way the Lions supporters have come accustomed to of recent years and the side showed what they can do. In fact honours were even for the second half, two tries apiece.As is the nature of the relationship with our Premiership neighbours, Leicester Tigers, the young players from last season will now be moved on to further their careers but the door now opens up for a new crop of future stars. 18 year old fly-half Tom Threlfall understandably took some time to settle but once he did he showed some very classy touches, including a pinpoint cross field kick for James Stubbs to score. Henry Mountford proved himself very capable in the front row and George Pearson looks like a really exciting back three prospect. A number of other new players stood out on the day. Hooker Arthur Allen, signed from Boroughmuir Bears in Scotland, was very busy round the park and was rewarded with a try from a driving maul (a rare sight for the Lions supporters last season). Also Joey Britton impressed, playing 80 minutes in the back row and making a number of strong carries and tackles. Clearly the work being put in by the new forwards coaches George Richardson and Sam Lockwood is paying dividends.A number of other young players, second rows Ben Almond and Mack Welsh, prop Liam Burrows and 18 year old scrum half Ollie Bunce, showed real promise and will have benefitted no end from the exposure of this level.Head coach Gareth Collins reflected afterwards: ''We don't place any importance on the result of a pre-season game. We knew we had a huge turnover of players this summer and would be coming in to the season with a really young group so we decided to play Rosslyn Park as we knew that they would enable our players to see what level we need to get to. They are a great side who play fast and wide and they were excellent at times today. Our boys will have learnt a lot and we're happy with some of the outcomes of the processes we've been trying to put in place this summer. We've got a lot of work to do but seeing as some of those lads have only done one or two sessions with us so far we're in a good place to build from.' ' The Lions' next a final pre-season game is at home to Luctonians on 31st August. 2pm kick off. Free entry. Edited by tigerburnie - 20 Aug 2024 at 18:42 |
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Bishop's Stortford 36 Leicester Lions 12
Although clearly not the result that the Lions wanted, a very young and inexperienced side will have learnt a lot from their first taste of National 1 rugby. Due to former player Ed Sumpter's wedding alongside injuries to a number of senior players, head coach Gareth Collins took a squad that included just 6 players with any national league experience. The home sided started at a blistering pace, understandably buoyed by the minutes applause to mark the tragic passing of a former player. The Lions defended resolutely but eventually were broken when Stortford's hooker, Alex Rayment picked-and-went from a ruck to cross under the posts. Converted by Mike Cooke. It was only 4 minutes later when the hooker touched down again, this time at the back of a driving maul from a 5 meter lineout after Mack Welsh was penalised for not rolling away at a breakdown. Cooke again added the difficult conversion for an early 14-0 lead. The home side continued to dominate both territory and possession as the Lions struggled to secure any first phase ball. Although they defended sternly, they finally conceded a third try in the 27th minute when flanker Harrison Langworthy crashed over from the base of a try-line ruck. Cooke again converting (21-0 ). The Lions got in to the Stortford 22 twice in the latter stages of the opening period. Firstly some good hands released 18 year old winger George Pearson chipped ahead but his kick drifted in field and was dotted down by a covering defender before he could get there. Then in the final minutes of the half the Lions drove from a 5 metre lineout but their driving lineout was agonisingly held up over the line. HT 21-0 Once again it was the home side that started the second half on the front foot and were rewarded within a minute with a try to Cooke, who went over in the corner, after a clean break up the middle by Stortford's impressive number 8 Will Rogers. Cooke was unable to convert from out wide this time (26-0). The Lions were securing more set-piece ball in the second half and were looking dangerous out wide, but it was the home side who scored again, Rayment securing his hat-trick try from another driving maul. Cooke converted. (33-0). Despite the score line the young Lions never gave up and in fact continued to grow in to the game. For the last quarter they enjoyed most of the ball and continued to look threatening. When Stortford's Harrison Langworthy was shown a red card for a high tackle after 65 minutes, the Lions finally started to find space in the home side's defence. Continuing their scoring form from last week wingers Jake Sterland, on his 50th appearance, and Jack Edwards both profited from clever attacking kicks from Luke Bouchier and Joe Brock respectively. Bouchier converted one of the two scores that were separated by a successful Cooke penalty kick. FT 36-12 Head coach Gareth Collins commented: ''A really tough day but our boys will learn a lot from it. We've been able to blood a lot of our wider squad today which will have given them valuable experience. I actually think some of the young lads really stepped up and did themselves proud today. Stortford had a lot of the ball and so we showed really good character to make it as hard as we did for them to break us down. We found our way in to the game, which was not easy, and started to show how dangerous we can be if we have ball. Not the result we were after obviously but a lot of positives given the circumstances.'' |
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