Fourth Generation Tiger

Leicester born and raised, Sam Vesty is the fourth generation of his family to play for the Tigers and is the club’s Mr Versatile. After years of battling to establish a regular run in the first team, Sam enjoyed one of his best seasons at Welford Road last year. The 28-year-old played in Tigers’ Guinness Premiership Final victory, the Heineken Cup Final, won the Player’s Player of the Year Award and made his England debut in the summer. This season has been more frustrating as Vesty has missed a large part of the campaign through injury. Now fully-fit and back in the ...

Steve Walsh Blog: Forest Thumped

Robin Hood, D.H. Lawrence, Stuart Pearce, Sue Pollard, Dale Winton, Gun Crime, Torvill and Dean, can you hear me Torvill and Dean? Your boys took one hell of a beating! The win over Forest was the biggest game of the season so far and for City to put in a performance like that was fantastic. The whole of Leicester has been absolutely buzzing this week, with a real belief that the club can get into the play-offs. That 3-0 victory was probably the most I’ve enjoyed myself at the Walkers Stadium since I came back to Leicester from Spain. The result, the ...

Riders Ready for ‘Brawl in the Mall’

Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders’ visit to Marshall MK Lions this Sunday will undoubtedly be a 'brawl in the mall', with the potential to be explosive and enthralling from start to finish. Come game time, it will be just over a month since the Lions took on the Riders in Leicester, on the February 6th. Tempers flared towards the end of that nail-biting contest, as Riders completed a 100-85 win. The Lions will be looking for revenge and aiming to level the all-time series between the teams, which currently stands at 38-37 to Riders, who have 23 home wins to the Lions ...

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