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Leicester Tigers v Saracens Premiership Report
Sunday was one of the most cat and mouse games of rugby I have ever watched. On arrival at Welford Road, drink in hand (alas only a Pepsi Max I’m afraid, I was driving to and from Leicester that day). We ended up watching the Tigers players walk over to the main stand from the adjacent hotel, and I feel one could be forgiven that this occasion held a bit more meaning for the supporters. I was attending the match with a good pal of mine who is a neutral/slight Saracens fan, and he seemed fascinated on the matchup between the backrows with the experience of Reffell, Cracknell and Wainwright against the bulk and power of Isiekwe, Barbeary and JMG. Mako v Marcus was also going to be interesting.What was clear was that there was genuine passion out there from both teams and sets of fans alike. Welford Road holds a special place in my heart, having visited numerous times years ago before the North stand (Pharmacy 2U, Holland and Barrett stand or whoever sponsors it) was built. I have been to Welford Road since 2009 but only in 2013 and then more recently 2023. All the same, the Welford road atmosphere is just as intimidating and noisy as it ever was, some things never change. That and the Crumbie terrace always being packed to the rafters. If the 2026-27 Gallagher Premiership was looking for a statement opening weekend, it got one. Somehow after a red card, TMO’s, numerous players unfortunately injured and Ben Earl in the centres, Saracens somehow coming out the right side of it all. I think we can believe the rebuild is going roughly to plan.
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Round 4: London Scottish v Plymouth Albion
This weekend, Albion make their way to Richmond to take on former Champ side, London Scottish.
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Tough Start
Friday night under lights at The Stoop could not be a better way to start the new league season. It'll be tough as last season's runners-up Bath visit but there's been enough going on during the summer to show the faithful that last season's run of poor results may well be over. It's a sell-out and if you've missed your chance to get a ticket it's on TNT/HBO kicking off at 7.45.
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Better Things In Store?
Are we due for some success at Kingsholm? We will get a clue this weekend as the Cherry and Whites pop down to Chiefs for the Prem season opener. It's on the box-on Saturday with one of those 3.05 kick offs.
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Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester Rugby
TEAMS, MATCH INFORMATION, PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION THREAD AND SCORE PREDICTIONS
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Where can I watch rugby on telly - 24th - 27th Sep 2026
Thanks to Chris for sending this weekends matches over
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Newcastle Red Bulls has launched a brand-new ticketing app
A simpler, more seamless way to buy, access and manage your tickets is now here, with the new Newcastle Red Bulls ticketing app available to download today.
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LEICESTER TIGERS V SARACENS: post match-related comment here
It’s nearly here – no matter what happened in the pre-season friendlies or the Premiership Cup games, the season starts this weekend. On Sunday we will find out whether all that promise and all that talk of scoring “a ton” was just that – talk. We come up against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road for our first Premiership encounter of the season and they don’t come much tougher! Welford Road is never an easy place to go and play.
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2026/7 SEASON PREVIEW
Thanks once again to Tommy Kentish for an excellent and detailed preview of the up-coming season
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STOOP TO CONQUER
The 2026/27 version of the Blue, Mostly Black and White travel down the M4 to kick off the PREM season with a visit to Harlequins under the lights. It’s a scheduling repeat for these sides who also kicked off last season with the same fixture which saw Bath begin their title defence with a 31-47 win. On that occasion some questionable first half defence led to a Will Evans hat trick and an early deficit before Bath’s power took control to secure a bonus point win in West London.
