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  Leicester Tigers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leicester Tigers is planning to expand its rugby stadium with a new £7m 6,000-seater stand.
Leicester Tigers rugby club is now planning to raise £5m from its private share issue later this month, in order to provide sufficient funds to acquire land and, possibly, the Welford Road ground.
Leicester Tigers, the rugby union club, is planning to raise up to £2.5m from its 9,000 members and outside investors in order to develop its merchandising and conferencing activities.
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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Austin Healey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leicester coach Bob Dwyer switched him to the wing to accommodate Fijian Waisale Serevi at scrum half since Serevi's defence was not good enough for him to play wing.
After an injury to Tiger's South African fly-half Joel Stransky, and the unsuitability of others such as Pat Howard and Andy Goode to fill the role, Healey was switched to fly-half.
His excellent form for Tigers during the 2001 season, was rewarded with a call up to England’s starting line-up during the Six Nations, and selection for the British and Irish Lions squad to tour Australia, where he put in some stunning match winning performances but unfortunately missed out on further caps due to injury.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Austin_Healey   (1630 words)

  
 TheLeicesterTigers.co.uk - Unofficial Leicester Tigers news and views
Leicester kept their big toe in the upper half of the league table with their fourth win of the season, at home to premiership strugglers Worcester Warriors.
Leicester Tigers played Bedford at Goldington Road in their second pre-season friendly of the year.
Leicester Tigers were welcomed by the Cornish Piratres in this, the first of this years pre-season friendlies.
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 Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers Development XV have opted for a mix of youth and experience for their trip to Worcester this evening as they look to bounce back from last Monday?s Guinness A League defeat to Leeds Carnegie.
Leicester Tigers welcomed back their international stars in emphatic fashion as they took a maximum five points from their EDF Energy Cup encounter with Cardiff Blues at Welford Road on Saturday afternoon.
Leicester Tigers have been saddened to learn of the death of Anita Matthews, wife of the club?s record appearance-holder and former president David Matthews.
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Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks (EDF Energy Cup)
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 Ananova - Sport - Leicester Tigers
Newcastle came close to snatching a dramatic win in a thrilling Zurich Premiership clash which finished 25-25 against Leicester Tigers at Kingston Park.
Leicester Tigers make two changes for Saturday's Zurich Premiership match against Harlequins.
Leicester Tigers further extended their unbeaten run since the departure of Dean Richards with a 30-21 win over Harlequins at Welford Road.
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 RTÉ Sport: Munster overcome Leicester Tigers
Tigers head coach Pat Howard sprung a surprise at fly-half, where Burke was preferred to England international Goode, and Martin Castrogiovanni continued at tighthead prop instead of Julian White.
Leicester continued to create chances, using Corry as their main ball-carrier, but Munster weathered the storm during an increasingly attritional contest, and they moved further ahead just before half-time.
Goode's arrival gave Leicester a renewed sense of urgency, but although he landed a 53rd-minute penalty, Munster's defence held firm as the Tigers tried numerous different ways of unlocking it.
www.rte.ie /sport/2006/1022/munster.html   (809 words)

  
 Leicester Tigers - Definition, explanation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leicester Football Club (nicknamed Leicester Tigers) is an English Rugby Union club that plays in the Zurich Premiership.
They were founded in 1880 from a merger of three smaller teams Societies AFC, Leicester Amateur FC and Leicester Alert, and moved into their current ground at Welford Road, Leicester in 1892.
The origin of the Tiger nickname is believed to have come from founders the Royal Leicestershire Regiment who got the nickname after serving in India, although alternative theory points to them wearing a brown and yellow striped shirt at some point.
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After half-time, Leicester were put under huge pressure from L Irish but each time just held out until the Irish made a mistake and then the Tigers rampaged up the pitch.
Played four, won four: Leicester moved six points clear at the top of the Zurich Premiership on Wednesday night, but they were not firing on all cylinders during their 26-18 victory over premiership newcomers Rotherham.
Tigers will have to work on maintaining their form for the full 80 minutes if they want to defend their title again, but to play badly and still come away with the maximum 5 league points is the mark of champions.
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 Leicester Tigers - Rugby News, Results, Fixtures and Features from Planet-Rugby.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Since then, Leicester have been runners-up in the Premiership final twice - in the last two seasons - while they have watched arch-rivals Wasps storm to three successive titles and Sale emerge to claim their first crown last season.
The Tigers have a chance to not only upset their domestic challengers, but to wreak havoc in Europe as well when they face up against holders and old adversaries Munster, Bourgoin and Cardiff Blues in the Heineken Cup.
Travel connections: Leicester is not too far from the M1 motorway which runs from London to Glasgow, but the easiest option is to take the train; Leicester station is a mainline one and is only a ten-minute walk from the ground.
www.planet-rugby.com /Story/0,18259,3872_1721497,00.html   (726 words)

  
 World Football Clubs - Leicester Tigers
In the 2000/2001 season, Leicester Tigers completed an unprecedented clean sweep of all three competitions, winning the English Premiership and Championship as well as being declared European Champions after defeating the French Champions Stade Francais in the final of the Heineken Cup at the Parc de Princess in Paris.
Leicester has a strong supporter base - easily the largest in Britain, and one of the biggest of all Rugby Union clubs in the World.
The city of Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands, and tenth largest in England.
www.geocities.com /world_football_clubs/LeicesterTigers.html   (430 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Initially two teams, Bath and Leicester proved to be head and shoulders above anyone else in the Courage League, and between them dominated the top of the table.
Halfway through the season, with Leicester odds-on to win their fourth title in succession, the league decided that the winners of the playoffs would be crowned champions.
There was an outcry from fans and this proposal was dropped, but the next year a similar proposal was adopted under which the winner of the league had to play the winner of a match between the second- and third-placed teams for the title.
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 TheFA.com - Leicester - Hotbed of English Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Leicester Tigers started dominating rugby with their Pilkington Cup triumph in 1997 and many of the players in that team, like Martin Johnson, Austin Healey and Neil Back, are still around today.
Leicester Tigers won four league championships in a row before this season and are the best-supported rugby club in the country with average gates of around 13,000.
DID YOU KNOW: There is a statue in the middle of a Leicester acknowledging the trophies won by the football, rugby and cricket teams in the mid-1990s.
www.thefa.com /England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2003/06/50966.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished%3fpagedefault.htmdefault.htm   (787 words)

  
 Deano mellowed by new horizons | Zurich Premiership | Rugby Union | Sport | Telegraph
And to make matters worse, he was getting the team ready to face Leicester, the club who had been his life for almost 25 years before relations collapsed and he was sacked.
I, too, left Leicester, my departure caused by a difference of opinion with Deano – he thought I was crap, I thought I was great.
Leicester is a unique place to play rugby, a microcosm of the game that comes close to generating the intensity felt only in New Zealand.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/09/23/srwill23.xml   (800 words)

  
 Sale Sharks defeat Leicester Tigers to win Guinness Premiership
Leicester hit back in the 9th minute with flanker Lewis Moody scoring their first try, with Andy Goode converting the try, the score was now a lot closer, ten minutes into the game.
Leicester also got a penalty shortly after Hodgson kicked Sale's, Goode was successful in kicking the penalty goal for Leiceter in the 36th minute.
Leicester replied with a try in James Hamilton in the 74th minute, although it may have been too late, Goode converted the try.
www.bloggernews.net /2006/05/sale-sharks-defeat-leicester-tigers-to.html   (582 words)

  
 Leicester Tigers - Discussion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Who would have thought that under a man best known for sticking the ball up his jumper and attempting to drive mauls the length of the pitch, Leicester would play the kind of expansive rugby that is the envy of Europe.
Murphy is one of the most talented sportsmen I have ever seen and would recommend coming to see Leicester just to see what this man can do.
Leicester Tigers : Leicester and Manchester United: Both the best but through different ways
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As well as the fully interactive VR walkthrough Maelstrom produced a 5 minute long edited video that was to be shown internally to board and executive members.
"Unfortunately, due to a small number of issues remaining unresolved we wish to make it clear that the Tigers will not be in a position to play their home fixtures out of the Walkers Stadium from the start of the 2005/06 season.
Leicester City chief executive, Tim Davies, added: "This is an ideal opportunity for Tigers supporters to see and
www.maelstrom.com /tigers.htm   (324 words)

  
 Welsh Rugby Union : Leicester Tigers v Newport Gwent Dragons preview
Newport-Gwent Dragons hope to repeat last season's victory over Leicester Tigers when they face each other in the EDF energy Cup this weekend...
Leicester Tigers currently lie in fifth place in the Guinness Premiership standings following their 21-15 victory against NEC Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday evening.
The Tigers are undefeated in their last 25 competitive matches at Welford Road since losing there 17-32 to Biarritz in the European Cup on 29 January 2005.
www.wru.co.uk /114_8868.php   (191 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | English | Leicester: Welford Road
The terracing in front of the Crumbie stand is a big favourite with Leicester regulars, generating the ominous cry of 'Tigers' whenever the team get on a roll.
Leicester is well served with trains from the Midlands and London.
Leicester are called the Tigers because the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, nicknamed the "Tigers" provided many of the club's players in their early days.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/2209466.stm   (453 words)

  
 University Hospitals of Leicester - Leicester Tigers visit
Youngsters in Leicester Royal Infirmary's Children's Hospital will think Christmas has come early when the Leicester Tigers stars visit them on the wards this week.
The Tigers have launched their Christmas Toy Appeal again this year and will be handing out presents which have kindly been donated by Tigers supporters to kids in the Children's Hospital on Friday at 2pm.
Media are invited to come along to the Tigers Christmas visit on Friday 15 December at 2pm.  Media will be collected from Windsor Reception at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 2pm and taken to the Children's Hospital for photos and interviews.
www.uhl-tr.nhs.uk /formedia/press-releases/october-december-2006/december-2006/leicester-tigers-   (230 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | My Club | Leicester | Tigers docked Premiership point
Leicester Tigers have been deducted one Premiership point by England Rugby Ltd for fielding an ineligible player.
The Tigers played fly-half Ian Humphreys during games on 18 and 26 November even though he was temporarily registered as on-loan with Leeds.
Humphreys was ineligible to turn out for Leicester under Premiership rules and the club now have 14 days to appeal against the board's decision.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/leicester/6455951.stm   (96 words)

  
 Tom Varndell | The Huffington Post   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Varndell (born 16 September 1985 in Ashford, Kent) is an English rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for Leicester Tigers, England and England Sevens.
Leicester looked to have scored a try in the fifth minute when Tom Varndell chased down an Ian Humphreys kick-through, but the score was disallowed without reference to the television match official.
Leicester Tigers' Tom Varndell, left, is tackled by Argentina's Lucas Borges during their friendly Rugby Union match at Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, Sunday Feb. 11, 2007.
www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Tom+Varndell   (529 words)

  
 Newcastle Falcons : Leicester Tigers 39 Newcastle Falcons 5   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Home flanker Shane Jennings must have counted his blessings not to have joined them on the sidelines as the Irish openside somehow escaped further censure for killing the ball on his own line, but with the numerical advantage on their side the tide of green would not be stopped.
Leicester's phase play, however, was proving unstoppable, as No.8 Jordan Crane crashed over in the final act of the first half for a 15-point lead.
Crichton almost found a chink of light with a crafty chip in the Leicester 22, but it was again from a rumbling maul that Newcastle were made to pay as Argentine prop Marcos Ayerza crossed in the right corner.
www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk /35_2970.php   (643 words)

  
 Newcastle Falcons : Leicester Tigers 36 Falcons Development Team 17   (Site not responding. Last check: )
“Leicester had a lot of players in their side who have played first team rugby, but apart from a lapse of concentration in the first ten minutes we competed well.
Leicester went close to scoring as the pack drove over the line but could not ground the ball, and tempers frayed, but from a five metre scrum Tuilagi hit the line at pace and scored in the left corner, converted by countryman Warren.
Leicester made them pay moments later when replacement wing Tom Varndell raced into the left corner for the hosts’ fifth try - Warren making no mistake with the conversion.
www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk /35_697.php   (707 words)

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