Leicester Tigers
WATFORD, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Anthony Knockaert of Leicester is consoled by team mate Liam Moore during the npower Championship Play Off Semi Final: Second Leg between Watford and Leicester City at Vicarage Road on May 12, 2013 in Watford, England.
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From the moment you walk through the door here for the first time, you are made very aware of the winning culture Leicester have ... It means that everyone works hard for each other. There is no me, it is all about Leicester. It is easy to sum up the characteristics players need to become part of the fabric here: a willingness to work hard, honesty and a lack of arrogance. If you are not willing to put your body on the line or do the hard yards in the gym and on the training field, you will not make it here.
They play to a consistently high standard every week and a team that is less consistent over the course of the season can rise above them on the one-off occasion ... Northampton showed at Saracens what they are capable of, but I expect Leicester to win: they will be desperate to avoid a hat-trick of losses, it is a derby and their six Lions are in scintillating form.
From the moment you walk through the door here for the first time, you are made very aware of the winning culture Leicester have ... It means that everyone works hard for each other. There is no me, it is all about Leicester. It is easy to sum up the characteristics players need to become part of the fabric here: a willingness to work hard, honesty and a lack of arrogance. If you are not willing to put your body on the line or do the hard yards in the gym and on the training field, you will not make it here.More quotes »
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Austin Healey on how the Premiership can be won
times now, this will be Northampton’s first trip. It will feel like a big day and experience will count for a lot in the final. Tigers must understand the physicality that Northampton are going to throw at them and, for the first 40 minutes at least, frustrate 5/19/13 from The Telegraph Read more »
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Flood keen to avoid another final heartbreak with Leicester Tigers
as the underdog, as a team that hasn't been there before will always be supported." There will be plenty of support for Leicester's retiring captain Geordan Murphy though, who already has seven Aviva Premiership titles to his name. The 35-year-old, who has 5/19/13 from Guinness Premiership Read more »
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Tom Youngs to stake claim for Lions start in showdown
hooker against Northampton to go with a start as centre in what feels like the mists of time in December 2006, before Leicester's South African former head coach Heyneke Meyer suggested his switch of position. Youngs's first front-row start versus the Saints from The Independent Read more »
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Tom Wood will meet Tom Croft in the Aviva Premiership final
at Twickenham. Collision course: Northampton's Tom Wood (left) will be facing the man who beat him to a Lions place, Leicester's Tom Croft (right) when the pair go head to head in next weeks Aviva Premiership final ‘Tom’s a good player and a good mate with from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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If I just kept thinking about the 'what ifs' I'd never play rugby again: Croft on the injury that could have condemned to a wheelchair
their ninth consecutive Premiership final and Croft is determined to leave Twickenham victorious Then there is the wedding. Leicester’s Ben Youngs and Matt Smith are joint best men and fiancée Harriet, a dental nurse, is staying in England to oversee the house from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
