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LTW Fancast
Hosted by Jacob Bassford · EN
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.
18episodes
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Bonus Pod - Interview with Fraser Goatcher and Emily Henrich
2w ago00:10:35Tap to summarizeHear an exclusive interview from Leicester Tigers Director of Women's Rugby Fraser Goatcher and star outside centre Emily Henrich in the Tigers Women press conference ahead of their final game against Loughborough Lightning.
Transcribe →Transfers Galore - Harlequins (A) Review and Loughborough (H) Preview with Hattie the Rugby Historian
2w ago01:08:18Tap to summarizeWelcome back to the LTW Fancast. Hattie the Rugby Historian returns to chat about Tigers Women re-signings and two exciting international signings, before a review of the Harlequins game and previewing the Loughborough game. We also cover the big Welsh and Scottish departures from Bristol and Loughborough as part of a massive shake-up of the league ahead of next season. Enjoy!
Transcribe →Wait a minute, the PWR is back? Harlequins (A) Preview with Hannah Crawfurd
3w ago01:03:39Tap to summarizeHannah returns, disheartened from Wales' 6 Nations campaign but buzzing to talk about the PWR returning as Tigers Women travel to Quins away. Before then, we talk about the big transfers of Tatanya Heard and Zoe Stratford to Sale, bemoan Sale's social media admins' lack of geographical knowledge, and all these cool re-signing videos being dropped by Tigers Women. As Tigers return to action from literally the longest international break ever, we ponder whether it's better to look towards the future and give some U23s players a run out against Quins before going all out at home against Loughborough. Enjoy the episode!
Transcribe →International Round-Up and Tigers Women's U23 with Jess Bunyard
4w ago01:09:18Tap to summarizeJess Bunyard returns to discuss her latest work as a freelancer, including some cool work with Staffordshire in the Gill Burns County Championship! We discuss all the latest in international women's rugby, looking at Tigers involvement in Pac4 and the Six Nations U21s as well as a general discussion on the Six Nations. We also chirp into the Size 4.5 debate. In more Tigers-related news there was another win for the U23s over Sale, and then hear our wildly inaccurate theories on a Tigers Women announcement scheduled after record. Enjoy!
Transcribe →Tigers Women U23s for the win (quite literally): Sale Sharks U23s (A) Review with She’s the Champ Pod
May 100:56:06Tap to summarizeBluebell Nicholls, Champ 1 player and host of the She's the Champ podcast joins Jacob to discuss Tigers Women U23 fixture against Sale Sharks, and what that means for both the PWR development programs as well as for Champ 1 rugby!This is also available in audiovisual form on YouTube, so go check that as well! I know there are some audio blips in this episode due to connectivity issues so I do apologise for that but as ever let me know in the comments your feedback!Enjoy!
Transcribe →Big Tigers Statement and the PWR to Expand? Reaction with Tracey Denny
Apr 801:06:53Tap to summarizeWow what a jam-packed episode this is for you, Gloucester-Hartpury fan Tracey Denny dials in to help Jacob digest two big important news. There is the PWR's intention to expand, discussed briefly in last week's episode but all the ramifications are explored in detail in this episode. Furthermore, Tigers Women released a statement saying the club is going to increase some much needed investment into the women's rugby programme, so we critically review that statement and break down some of that LinkedInese jargon to ask... is it as good as it sounds? Enjoy!
Transcribe →The One Not at Villa Park: Women’s Slater Cup Review with Sam Bytheway
Mar 3100:54:32Tap to summarizeSam Bytheway of the Women's Rugby Show returns to discuss a lot of news, including Nottingham's defeat to Surrey in the BSRW playoff and squad announcements for Pac Four and the Women's Six Nations. We then chat about Tigers' defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury and with just two rounds of the PWR left after a massive eight week break, just what will Tigers be prioritising for the rest of the season?
Transcribe →Trials and Tribulations of Running a Women’s Rugby Fancast: Sale Sharks Women (H) Review with Gwalia Gainline
Mar 1701:08:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jacob is joined by Sarah who is part of the sister act who run Gwalia Gainline, the only other women's club fancast in the UK. They chat about Nottingham's chance at history to win their North/South playoff into BUCS Super Rugby Women (BSRW) and other news. After then, they have a broad discussion on the challenges of running a women's rugby fancast, and why they're so rare. Finally, it can't be avoided, in an initially competitive and fiesty encounter with Sale ended in another big defeat for Tigers Women, Jacob and Sarah review what went wrong and why the team couldn't make more out of the opening quarter.
Transcribe →Clawed by the Bears: Bristol Bears (A) Review and Sale Sharks (H) Preview with Rhiana Lewis
Mar 1201:09:22Tap to summarizeRhiana Lewis from the Back the Girls podcast returns to chat to Jacob about the latest news in women's rugby, from whether teams like Lichfield or Bath should change to 'Women' rather than 'Ladies' and exciting developments in South African women's rugby. Then a tough dissection of the Bristol game follows, are we firm but fair? Let us know! To round everything up, we then preview the Sale Sharks game as familiar faces will be returning to Mattioli Woods Welford Road for the first time since leaving the club over the summer. Enjoy!
Transcribe →A New Standard Set? Trailfinders Women (H) Review and Bristol (A) Review with Hannah Crawfurd
Mar 401:23:13Tap to summarizeAfter a brief interlude of Jacob experimenting with Instagram reels instead of doing what he does best (jabbering on), the pod is back. Hannah dials in once more to talk about signing predictions, reviewing a positive performance against Trailfinders and deliberating as to whether if Bristol away is an opportunity for a scalp. Plus, Jacob has a catch-up with UONWRFC and Lichfield Ladies head coach Tim Westwood on BUCS promotion, the Tigers U23 Programme and a successful squad rebuild at Lichfield. Enjoy!
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