The scrum-half of Leicester Tigers, Sam Harrison is enthusiastic about the Premiership trip, which is taking place in Sandy Park.

Harrison said that the trip to Exeter Chiefs in 1st of September is indeed an excellent way to start the Gallagher Premiership season. He clearly understands the intensity of the challenge against a team who were almost winners in 2017 and also runners up in the last term.

Johan Ackermann hopes that Gloucester's vision can convince players like Henry Trinder to stay at the club.

The centre is thought to be in talks over a new contract at Gloucester with his current deal set to expire at the end of the season with Harlequins reportedly keeping an eye on the situation.

The Leicester Tigers team was edged out in a 26-24 defeat by the rival team Northampton Saints in an under-17s fixture on Saturday at Franklin’s Gardens.

The visitors made 24-21 until the game’s last play when Saints registered their winning score. The match was played on the pitch of the main stadium, on the year’s hottest so far, it was the Tigers who made the breakthrough by scoring just after the 11 minutes of game start. It was the effort of Luke Phoenix.

The University of Leicester recorded a double win over their rivals from De Montfort University at Welford Road on Monday evening in the Varsity rugby.
In fixtures which was re-arranged from their usual March slot, the team of Leicester beats their opponent with the score 22-10 in the women’s match and then has a convincing 44-0 victory in match of men’s at the home of Leicester Tigers, in front of a big Varsity Night crowd.

Manu Tuilagi the Leicester Tigers rugby star has made an announcement on social media that he has become a father. This is the first time Tuilagi has become the father and his excitement is clearly visible on his face.

Tuilagi is 26-year-old now and he plays from England international. When he became a father, he could resist making an announcement about this and thus he took the social media platform to declare the news. He published a photograph of him holding the newborn daughter.

Leicester Tigers Academy two members were given a taste of what it is like to be tasked with adding important points to their group’s tally, in front of a Welford Road crowd which was jam-packed ahead of the fixture against Newcastle Falcons last Friday night.

Gabriel Barbosa has been awarded the ‘Bidone d’Or’ which is the worst player in the Serie A for the 2017 season. The Brazilian joined Inter Milan back in 2016. He attracted interests from numerous sides but he preferred to join Inter.

Gabigol had a frustrating time since joining, featuring only nine times for the club. He was eventually sent on loan to Portuguese side Benfica at the end of last season. He has also struggled with expectations in Portugal, playing just once.