Forum Rugby Club - 2009-2010 Season

Oh well, you cannot win them all just most of them. I made the mistake of turning on the computer and looking on the padded cell saw your little ditty and your second one and thought BOLLOCKS the Tigers have lost and all before i had the chance to watch the recording on sky+

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Originally posted by deadlifter:
Oh well, you cannot win them all just most of them. I made the mistake of turning on the computer and looking on the padded cell saw your little ditty and your second one and thought BOLLOCKS the Tigers have lost and all before i had the chance to watch the recording on sky+

Oops, sorry!

No, your not

As last season (when they won the Championship in the end), Tigers by their own standards made a tentative start to this season too.

So it is pleasing to see Tigers beginning to score tries (from newcomers too, not just the stalwarts) as well as a good kicking record (the excelent boot of Staunton), and to start climbing up the Table.

Grrr.

what a game, and with a lot out with injurys and as per usual England duty the Tigers closed the saints down and absolutely demolished them in the scrum. And as jwm says back in the top four again.
BRING ON THE PESTS


TIGERS TIGERS

Just got the regional news letter from leicestershire scouts and they are offering all leicestershire scout leaders the £26 tickets for £18 for the tigers versus wasps game so looks like me and the mrs will be taking them up on that

Leeds and Wasps... Oops.

Glad you'll be going to Wasps game DL - and a fellow DYB DYB to you, though I don't think Tigers will be extending their offer to Norfolk Scout leaders!! However, we've already got a good group organised - me, my son and friend, Chillkram and JamieWednesday. Beer?

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Originally posted by JWM:
Leeds and Wasps... Oops.

Shocking performance by Wasps. Well done to Leeds though, they outfought us in the loose, bettered our lineout and scrum and fully deserved to win. We couldn't get decent possession. It was a forward performance that is no surprise given that a certain Mr Back is in control. I hope they build on this for the rest of the season. As for Wasps, I hope this wakes us up. Still 3rd, still better placed than usual at this time of the season but no room for complacency.

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Beer?

Does a fat dog fart

Well FWIW I'm lookinf forward to Twickenham on Saturday...........

'Hit me, Hit me said the Masochist....., no said the Sadist'

Think i will be sat down with a beer in front of the tv for that one. It will be interesting to see what mr Wilkinson can bring to the game

The list of England absentees is long: Phil Vickery, Lee Mears, Andrew Sheridan, Julian White, Nick Easter, Delon Armitage, Harry Ellis, Toby Flood, Riki Flutey, Olly Morgan, Tom Rees and Simon Shaw. Shaw was back today but still not match fit.

Interesting to see that nick Kennedy was called up today as replacement for Tigers' Richard Blaze. I can't understand why he is not an automatic choice. He guarantees line out ball and is good in the loose. I'd like to see him with Shaw in the second row.

What we really need though is to find the new Richard Hill. All the unseen work he did made him one of the most important players in the England World Cup winning team imho.

I watched Australia yesterday against NZ and thought they were pretty competitive at the breakdown. Rocky Elsom is the new captain and a pretty fearsome competitor. England will do well to contain him. They are not scoring tries at the moment though.

It will be interesting to see Wilko back.

Looking forward to Leicester Tigers vs South Africa tomorrow evening, for official opening of Welford Rd's magnificent new Stand.

First opportunity to see this new whizzy winger in action, Australia 67-cap 31-try Lote Tuqiri.



And it's a serious Tigers squad. Only Anthony Allen and Jeremy Staunton are being rested. And of course, sadly, Richard Blaze, Harry Ellis, Toby Flood, Geordan Murphy, Billy Twelvetrees, Sam Vesty and Ben Woods are all ruled out by injury, so wouldn't be available even for a 'non-friendly' game.

15 Scott Hamilton
14 Lucas Amorosino
13 Andy Forsyth
12 Manu Tuilagi
11 Johne Murphy
10 Aaron Mauger (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Mefin Davies
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Calum Green
5 Ben Kay
6 Geoff Parling
7 Ben Pienaar
8 Brett Deacon

Replacements:
16 George Chuter
17 Dan Cole
18 Tom Armes
19 Dan Hemingway
20 James Grindal
21 Greig Tonks
22 Lote Tuqiri

For your benefit, Mark, it's on Sky 2.

James

Think it will be for my benefit as well as unfortunately i do not have tickets, but i do have sky sports.
Also find out next week at some point if i will be made redundant

What a game whoa
TIGERS TIGERS

WHAT A GAME!!



Absolutely amazing. In short, one of the most exciting games of rugby football I have ever been to. Tigers took most of their chances, rattled the Boks (at least two were on final warning for the Bin) and weathered the onslaught. 22-17 with 2 mins to go and SA having possession and attacking really had us worried. Time wound down to 0:00 and SA tried again and again to breach the Tigers' wall, looking dangerous. 1min, 2mins, 3mins over. Would it never end?! (This was all just in font of where we were sitting). Amidst a grinding pile of steaming forwards on a cold Friday night, SA suddenly turned over the ball, and fortunately George Chuter knew how to get it into the crowd.

Small city in the East Midlands 22
A whole Country and World Champions 17

The pests supporter is very quiet

Nice write-up from the South African press:

By Peter Bills

Leicester Tigers 22

South Africa 17

Peter de Villiers suffered his most humiliating defeat as Springbok coach when English champions Leicester crushed his team in a stunning reverse in the English Midlands last night.

It wasn't just that the South Africans made such a disastrous start to their end of year northern hemisphere tour. Instead, it was the way in which De Villiers's team capitulated.

The representatives of the world champions found themselves badly beaten physically by Leicester's seriously under- strength but feisty team. The greatest humiliation came in the set scrums where the tourists were overwhelmed. Their puny scrummage was smashed time and again, a crass embarrassment.

The tourists, who lost captain- for-the-night Chilliboy Ralepelle after only 20 minutes with a recurrence of a foot injury, looked bewildered by the ferocity of the Leicester play.

Ruan Pienaar set up a nerve- jangling finish with two late penalties. But it was not enough.

The life of the modern day, professional rugby player was emphasised straight from the kick- off.

Just six days after the Currie Cup final had been played in Pretoria in temperatures around 25C, those involved in that final shivered on an English winter's night with the mercury not much higher than 7C. Thin drizzle that quickly swept across the ground reminded the South Africans that this was another world.

There was a rusty look to the South Africans' game for long periods. Andries Bekker looked hungry for work, not least in the line-out where he was a massive presence, but the forwards in general, although busy and industrious, struggled to show the authority we had expected.

Three judicious kicks in the first eight minutes gave the South Africans the ideal launch pad.

The first was a regulation penalty from the 22 by Ruan Pienaar but the next two opened up the inexperienced Leicester defence. Earl Rose put up a bomb which caused chaos and when South Africa quickly won the loose ball, Rose was up in the line to slide a pinpoint low kick across to Jongi Nokwe, who scored with ease.

Leicester's hotch-potch side, greatly weakened by Test calls, gave the visitors a lively workout. They emphasised the point with a brilliant 27th minute try, from a stunning counter attack. Argentinian wing Lucas Amorosino had much still to do when he reached the 22 wide out but some stunning side-steps at pace got him home under the posts. Ben Youngs converted to edge Leicester ahead and then landed two more penalties before half time to increase the lead, one after Gurthro Steenkamp was destroyed at a set scrum by Leicester's Italian tight head, Martin Castrogiovanni.

South Africa were grateful for a second Ruan Pienaar penalty before the break.

Dewald Potgieter had been busily employed at the breakdown but the South Africans continued to look rather less than the sum of their parts. With a 16-11 interval deficit, the motivational words of coach de Villiers were clearly needed to fire his men if they were to make an improved second half showing.

Alas, there was no obvious, immediate benefit for the visitors from the break. Steenkamp endured one more crushing scrummage humiliation before departing, Heinke van der Merwe taking his place.

But the mistakes continued. Pienaar booted a penalty over the dead ball line and from the resulting scrum back, the visitors pack was again smashed. When it was collapsed, Youngs landed his fourth penalty to extend the lead and make South Africa's task even harder.

The tourists looked surprised by the spirit and physicality of the home team's approach. After one flare-up, Australian referee Stuart Dickinson had to warn both captains to cool their men.

There was no lack of effort from the South Africans but too much of it was misguided and lacking in control. Several of their players made promising breaks but poor decision-making and a lack of composure at the vital moment undermined their efforts.

The Springbok management rang the changes, but none of those substitutions created the fuss achieved by the arrival from the Leicester bench of Australian wing Lote Tuqiri, making his debut for the English champions.

Scorers:

Leicester - Try: Amorosino. Con: Youngs. Penalties: Youngs (5)

South Africa - Try: Nokwe. Penalties: Pienaar (4)

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Originally posted by deadlifter:
The pests supporter is very quiet

More indicative of my huge workload at the moment than any reticence to post about a Tigers success! In fact I'm posting very little on the forum at the moment for that very reason. Most of my evenings and weekends are spent catching up on work until 11.00pm most nights.

I saw the game this morning and thought Tigers were outstanding. Ben Youngs looks an exciting young talent but the forwards really bullied the Springboks!

Sorry to hear about your potential redundancy DL.

As for today's England game, it was very disappointing. The only plus points were Wilkinson and Moody I think. Other than that it was pretty dire and England showed absolutely no spark or invention whatsoever. I can see them struggling against Argentina next week.

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Sorry to hear about your potential redundancy DL.

No need to be sorry mate i put in for it because i intended to leave at the end of march anyway to look after my little lad as the mrs is going back to work and we are going to do a role reversal + after nine years at cemex i have had enough so need to leave for my own sanity and due to the fact i started to bring my frustration home with me instead of leaving it at work

28-17 to leeds carnegie man after the world champs, what is going on. did not get to see the game but still

2nd XV

I told you, don't underestimate Leeds Carnegie. Backy has done wonders with their forward pack.