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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.
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International Round-Up and Tigers Women's U23 with Jess Bunyard
5d 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
3w ago00:56:06Tap 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!
Transcribe →Determined Defence in Devon - Exeter Chiefs (A) Review and Saracens (H) Preview with OurLeicesterTigers
Feb 500:45:12Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jacob is joined by Nick, the guy behind the OurLeicesterTigers Instagram account to review Tigers determined defence (as well as an interesting kick strategy) against Exeter Chiefs and preview our first home game of 2026. With insights on trying to build a following for the women's team, Nick offers a newcomer's perspective on the side as we ponder whether the 36-0 scoreline was a fair reflection of the game and will that give the team confidence against high-flying Saracens. Enjoy!
Transcribe →New Year, A New Hope? Gloucester-Hartpury (H) Review and Exeter Chiefs (A) Preview with Hannah Crawfurd, Cara Ryder and Colin Searle
Jan 2901:42:17Tap to summarizeIt's been five weeks since the last game in the PWR, and it's been just as long since the last episode of the LTW Fancast. Jacob has recruited a stellar team to deliver a mega pod to you lovely listeners. Hannah returns to chat through a lot of news and her experience of the Gloucester-Hartpury game from December. Cara Ryder makes her fancast debut chatting about her outsider perspective on Tigers marketing as a Business of the Creative Industries student. Finally, Chiefs fan Colin Searle dials in to debate the merit of PWR teams organising no friendlies in this January break and to compare the similarities between Tigers and when Chiefs started their own women's team. Plus, hear from Fraser Goatcher and Jemima McCalman from the Tigers Women Press Conference. Enjoy!
Transcribe →Oh God Here Comes the Circus - Trailfinders Women (A) Review and Gloucester-Hartpury (H) Preview with Hannah Crawfurd
Dec 1801:37:18Tap to summarizeHannah returns to the fold to discuss with Jacob about what went wrong for Tigers Women in Ealing but also the positives, including kicking, scrums and two gorgeous tries! Then, Jacob, in an LTW Fancast exclusive, interviews University of Nottingham's WRFC's club captain Jasmine Murray about Nottingham's unbeaten season in BUCS Premier North, her experiences of the Tigers U23 development squad and Nottingham's potential route to BUCS Super Rugby. Finally hear from Fraser Goatcher and Clodagh Dunne from Tigers' Tuesday press conference ahead of the squad's final fixture before February! Enjoy another superb bumper episode for you madducks!
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