Where Worlds Collide (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’ve not been to this venue before; like Gloucester Guildhall and Bury Met it's a provincial theatre rather than a rock club. I heard it described as a ‘mini York GOH’, which isn't a bad description; quite a large balcony (which was pretty full), but standing downstairs. Having seen the band nineteen times now, it's getting [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
At Leicester the prevailing mood is one of relief. And perhaps a touch of relish at what the underdog might yet achieve. Mick Cleary reports.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
It is all very cheek by jowl in the grandstand at Leicester, a club which likes to thrive on peer pressure. Marcelo Loffreda and his coaches sit next to the directors' box, which is one row in front of the press area, which houses the visiting coaches – in this case Dean Richards, that eminent ex-Tiger, and his Harlequins cohort. Every groan, cheer and – as Sir Alex Ferguson might put it when...
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leicester’s fans came here with their heads full of a dream and a nightmare. The latter was that their team would lose and London Irish would win at Sale and that the Tigers – twice European champions – would fail to qualify for the Heineken Cup for the first time. Two minutes into added time, [...]
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Leicester secured their place in the play-offs with an incredible bonus-point win over Harlequins
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Leicester 31 Harlequins 28Leicester secured their place in the play-offs with an incredible bonus-point win over Harlequins.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Leicester dramatically snatched a place in the play-offs on the final day of the English Premiership season.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Just after the quarter-hour at what was already a distinctly edgy Edgeley Park on Saturday, the man on the public address system relayed the news that Harlequins were leading at Leicester. As he did so, Philippe Saint-André leapt to his feet in the main stand, screaming the Gallic equivalent of blue murder at the nearest club official.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
Under-fire Leicester chief Marcelo Loffreda admitted Tom Varndell's late try had probably saved his job after the Tigers sneaked into the play-offs thanks to a bonus-point win over Harlequins.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Under-fire Leicester chief Marcelo Loffreda admitted Tom Varndell's late try had probably saved his job after the Tigers sneaked into the play-offs thanks to a bonus-point win over Harlequins.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leicester 31 Harlequins 28A Lazarus-like resurrection, capped by Tom Varndell's late try, somehow secured Leicester a play-off semi-final against Gloucester, writes Paul Ackford.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gloucester 8 Bath 6A game of relentless commitment and defensive aggression ended with Gloucester winning to finish top of the Guinness Premiership to earn a home play-off semi-final against Leicester.
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you had to sum up the career of William Trevitt and Michael Nunn in a single word, audacity would do it. Ever since they dumped their safe, salaried jobs with the Royal Ballet, the duo have dared more and more. While it was fine and noble to want to take modern ballet to places such as Leicester and Aberdeen, it was hardly a new idea. It took their particular nerve to pull it off, lifting...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
The theme tune from “The Great Escape” rang around Welford Road at the end of this last-gasp thriller, which was about right given the way Leicester stole a Guinness Premiership semi-final away to Gloucester on Sunday from Harlequins in the last knockings of a five tries to four spectacular. Two minutes into injury time it looked as if the old order was shot to pieces with Leicester,...
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Boss Marcelo Loffreda admits Leicester's 31-28 victory over Harlequins may have saved his job.
