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The Leicester Tigers Women's Fancast
Chatting about all things to do with Leicester Tigers women's team. Hosted by Jacob Bassford and a series of special guests.
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Apparently, Tigers were hapless and got thrashed by a merciless omnipotent Sale Sharks side and then made the scoreline a bit more acceptable in the second half, according to some online and in the med-i-yah. Jacob is joined by Hannah to go through why that wasn't quite the case at all, breaking down how ill-discipline was Tigers' undoing before praising the awesome fightback. Despite promising otherwise, we make the same argument endlessly which is basically just, the platform is there, it j...
On Saturday 25th October, 246 (246???) days after the last league outing, Leicester Tigers Women will be playing their season opener against the auld enemy Sale Sharks, emboldened by former Tigers coaches Tom Hudson and Luke Stratford and a host of ex-Tigers players. To go through the - admittedly tough task of predicting how on earth this will play out - Jacob is joined once again by Rhiana from the Back the Girls Podcast. We also chat about the recent news that former interim WRU Performanc...
On the back of a historic World Cup final, Jacob has booked in fellow rugby history nerd Hattie of the Rugby History Project and the Women's Rugby Treehouse Podcast to geek out about women's rugby history. In an episode that is hopefully not too academical and definitely concise and to the point, Hattie and Jacob discuss the historical ramifications of WRWC 2025, why it matters and why people should really stop anglicising women's rugby history, as well as an interesting role that Leicester T...
Ahoy, ey up, guten tag etc. Welcome back to the latest episode of the LTW Fancast. Tigers Women's and Welsh women superfan Hannah returns to help Jacob discuss a lot of news, including confirmation of PWR fixtures, should a club get to host the final, whether the end of Rainbow Laces in PREM rugby is anything to be worried about and Tigers latest signing in World Cup bound USA international Emerson Allen. Also included in this episode is an exclusive interview with Tim Westwood, the hea...
Rhiana Lewis from the Back the Girls podcast parachutes in to join Jacob on the pod this week, as we chat more signings, what on earth is this UXi partnership and reacting to Wales beating Australia for the first time, featuring new signing Katherine Baverstock in her first cap. Also included is in an EXCLUSIVE interview with new Director of Women's Rugby Fraser Goatcher as we hear how preseason has been going, what are the club's ambitions for next season and beyond and what a Goatcher...
The LTW Fancast has returned from its slumber. After the club released the confirmed departures list, Jacob is joined by guest co-host and Tigers Women and Welsh rugby fan Hannah to offer listeners catharsis and attempt at rationality after some heavy-hitting news about big name departures. We also do have some exciting signings to talk about though, which does offer hope at the club's direction going forward. Enjoy
From the Fenlands of Lincolnshire and Norfolk in the east, to the rocks of Stanage Edge to the north, and also... Leicestershire: here lies the Kingdom of Jess! Former co-host Jess Bunyard joins Jacob for a quick bonus pod catch up to speak about how she's been getting on in her role as Women's and Girls' Development Officer at Leicester Tigers and excitement over the Women's Six Nations! Apologies for the delay in publishing this episode, it was recorded before Round One of the Women's Six N...
Has anyone recovered from that breathless last ten? Jacob goes over our first ever victory over fellow league newbies Trailfinders Women, an important milestone in the club's history, as well as go over how we very well damn nearly blew it! Jacob also goes over some news and gives a short preview on the final game of the season this Friday against Exeter Chiefs Women at Mattioli Woods Welford Road and what paths lie ahead for the pod in the off-season between now and August. Enjoy!!
Guest co-host Max Kirby once again joins Jacob to have a chat about the big news that Tom Hudson and Luke Stratford will be departing the game at the end of the season. We also go through some of the BIG PWR results, particularly how both Chiefs and Quins losing changes the Top Four battle. We will then be chatting about a thoroughly disappointing East Mids derby day loss against rivals Loughborough Lightning and where Tigers can look to bounce back against a Gloucester-Hartpury side in cruis...
Join Jacob for his quick review of the Bristol Bears game as he chats about Tigers recovering from a Bears onslaught to get a try scoring point, awesome scrums and Evie Wills having a certain Ilona Maher in her back pocket! Enjoy!
It's 2025, new year, new beginnings and what a start for Tigers Women as they bank their first ever home win in the domestic top flight with a resounding victory over Sale. This also marks our first pod since the news that Jess has become the new Tigers Women and Development Officer and as such as had to leave the Fancast, this means that this week Jacob is joined by friend of the pod and Tigers Women superfan Max Kirby to chat about that big win against Sale and looking forward to an away fi...
Jacob is joined by star guest co-host and ex-Tigers Women legend Ufure Ugiagbe (sitting in for Jess) as they talk about Meg Jones hatred of low ponytails, a vegan haggis story that has some very loose relevance to the Big Game and in-between all that we chat through the news that Harry Simmons will be joining the coaching staff of the Women's team as well as his other new coaching duties at the club and the World record Quins broke at Big Game before we review Tigers 42-17 defeat to table-top...
We're fed up of these storm metaphors in our pod episode titles this season as we are of the actual weather itself, but more importantly we're back for a short review of the game at the weekend where we fell to Sarries 05-38. Before then we talk rugby boots as we chat about some of the negatives behind the Canterbury deal with the PWR, more regional roundup and react to the latest Rugby World Cup news! Enjoy!
Wow, what a win! Bonus points, super-dominant forwards and Magic Meg saw us to our first win of the PWR season, and, you guessed it, we're super duper giddy so we have a bumper episode ahead for you. Before we get into a famous win, we chat about the major headlines of Ilona Maher heading to the Bears, Bristol's stunning away win over defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury, Harlequin's continuing good run of form, and yet another rant about the RFU! Hope you enjoy us rambling about our fourt...
With storms and the Wicked soundtrack dominating everyone's life (it isn't just Jacob's, right guys?), Jess and Jacob are back to review our first ever loss away in the East Mids Derby in which we look to the stats to show that we're creating the opportunities but not converting them, as well as pay reverence to a 1/10 intercept read by Meg Jones! Omega Photo then joins Jess for a chat to discuss Sale Sharks Women as we get ready to preview an awesome double (double?) header as both Tigers Me...
After a PWR-wide week off, Jess and Jacob are back to get very giddy about Derby Day in a bumper episode featuring not one but two guests, including a welcome return to an old friend of the pod, Elis Martin who is now with Loughborough, and a first ever interview of our American superstar prop Keia Mae Sagapolu Sanele! Before then we chat the specific aspects related to the women's section in the 2024 Tigers accounts. After a brief but considered review of the Bristol game, we turn our attent...
Jess and Jacob are back in a vain attempt to offer themselves, fans and the women’s team therapy and catharsis to go over just how a famous win against a quality Trailfinders side slipped from our grasp. Before then, we summarise our collective anger at the recent revelations levelled against the WRU in their treatment of the women’s national team, go over some surprising PWR results and briefly reflect on a good weekend for the Tigers feeder clubs in Champ 1! Enjoy, if you can!
After a week off, Jess and Jacob are back to blow the cobwebs off the Quins game, talk why Tigers are so susceptible to intercepts but also emphasise how f-ing good Julia Omokhuale was. We talk World Cup fixtures and Tigers involvement in the second tier over the rest week. This is all before we have an enthralling and insightful chat with the incredible commentator Claire Thomas who will be on the mic for the Ealing game this Sunday on TNT Sports. We then chat about the Ealing game and selec...
Battling power outages, wifi issues and gloominess surrounding the Chiefs game, Jess and Jacob are back to park the Sunday loss to Chiefs as done and dusted, whilst still finding time for the #GiveReverencetoCharlotteFray section and praise Evie Wills, Jordan Russell and Nadine Vincent for all being included in the PWR Team of The Week. We round up WXV as we get excited for the impact of our returning internationals as well as get super hyped for the Double Header this Sunday at Mattioli Wood...
With full-match replays, social media hits and stats galore, there may be some semblance of wisdom in this week's episode as Jess and Jacob reflect on our defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury, which is full of positives but also easy fixes ahead of our tough away fixture to Chiefs. We slightly panic about injuries, but praise our team performances, resilience, fight and fitness and showcase the difference between this fixture and the last time we played Gloucester-Hartpury away. With Tiger Watch on ...
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