LTW Fancast

After a weekend of WXV action, Jess and Jacob return to do a Tigerrrr watch and chat a little about ongoing discourse surrounding crowds and format of WXV. Our focus subsequently turns back to the domestic game as we chat about the reaction to this season’s new Powered Differently campaign. We then move on to preview the return of Premiership Women’s Rugby as Tigers will be travelling to Kingsholm on Sunday 6th October live on TNT Sports to take on defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury. This result is by no means a foregone conclusion, and having the far better of PWR Up Series campaigns as well as being less affected by WXV call-ups, we think this game is the best time for Tigers Women to be playing the Slater Cup! 

Amidst storms, rain, HIA stoppages, thunderous hits and a match that seemingly never ended, Leicester Tigers Women emerged from a game (that sounds like the stuff of legend) victorious. Jess and Jacob return to the airwaves triumphant as we celebrate a second consecutive away Derby Day victory, and our first top-flight win since February 10th 2025. Amidst all the excitement of post-Derby Day victory jubilation, we also get ready for a jam-packed weekend of WXV as up to twelve Tigers internationals could be featuring this weekend for their national teams. Then, Jacob is joined by one of the Originals, as Tigers Women legend Ofure Ugiagbe is our guest star: chatting about her journey back into rugby in 2021, through the Championship and some compelling insight into her experience of Tigers inaugural season in the top flight last year. This one's a good'un, enjoy!

Woohoo Leicester Tigers Women were back in action, and although it was another home defeat, we reflect positively on 12 amazing debutants for the club as well as other encouraging signs of growth against a decent Sharks side! Before then, we have a lengthy news section comprising of the Red Roses vs Black Ferns (including Twickenham Toilets obviously), get excited for WXV and a Scottish side red hot on form with our Thistled Tigers in tow. As Jacob talks us through his insights after attending the Sale match (including his mama's, well the only ones safe to air anyway) we then preview an intriguing PWR Up Series finale against Loughborough Lightning SLASH Northampton Saints away at Franklin Gardens as we gear up for our first women's East Mids Derby of the season. Enjoy! 

Recovering from the devastating news of James Earl Jones' passing, Jess and Jacob reunite after a summer break to dust off the airwaves and speak about all things Leicester Tigers' Women. We chat the Olympics and Paralympics, activate 'Operation Don't Panic' with the news about Meg Jones' injury and yet again have another discussion about inadequate social media content by the club of the women's team (which is basically a weekly ritual for us now). 

Jess has some exciting news about a brand new initiative that she is on the committee of, and we get excited about Tigers' new signings as well as getting ready for WXV and the women's first game of the season in the PWR Up Series against Sale Sharks at Mattioli Woods Welford Road, where we get geared up to see all the new players in action and look for signs of improvement from last season. Buckle up for another bumper! It's so good to be back! 

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With Jess recovered from jet lag and Jacob recovered from a post-exam Otley Run, the two JBs are back for one final episode of Season 1 to do an End of Season Review. We briefly review the last game of the season against Exeter Chiefs before announcing our coveted, no-expense-spared, highly prized LTW Fancast End of Season Awards. We then debate on how our season has gone, going over on-field stuff like attack, set-piece and defence but also off-field stuff such as marketing and social media of women’s team. With player departures and new signings still to be confirmed, we also have a chat as to where we think this squad is at and what needs to be done to allow big improvements for next season. We then round off our end of season review with quality podcast journalism of cheap digs at Loughborough Lightning and musings on the weather. Enjoy! 

Jacob is once again joined by the wonderful Alex Bugg to process a sad 24 hours for the club, in which the team yet again failed to turn up at home followed by the news on Sunday morning that Vicky MacQueen will be departing the club at the end of the season. After giving a cathartic review of the game, and paying tribute to Vicky as well as recently announced soon-to-be retirees Becky Noon and Ofure Ugiagbe, we hit speculation season as there’s plenty of unknowns to digest as to what will the club do next before returning to more realistic grounds as we preview our final home game of the season against a Chiefs side looking to get some momentum going into the play-offs. 

With Jess dialling in with voice notes from New Zealand reacting to a sensational win by Canada over the Black Ferns and positives from Tigers' defeat to the Bears, Jacob is pulled out of his deadline slumber by being joined by the wonderful Alex Bugg to co-host. 

We go over some of the positives from the Bristol game, especially getting that try-scoring bonus point and nuance some of the negatives as we look as to why our defence struggled against the Bears. We then go over the nominations for our inaugural LTW Fancast Awards before delving into the role our Tigers Eagles and Canadians played in getting their superb wins in Pac 4 and herald their timely return just before our final home game of the season against Sale. 

We round off the pod by getting excited by that Sale game, how Tigers could look to build up the previous weeks into a performance that can get us that elusive prize, our first top-flight victory at Mattioli Woods Welford Road but are also weary of Sale, fresh off a bye week, looking to avenge their home defeat to us earlier in the season. Enjoy

With Jess ready to jet off to New Zealand and Jacob on the brink of final year uni deadlines, we still manage to cobble together a podcast episode that gives the illusion of preparation. 

We go over the Quins game and talk about negatives but also the big positive of Celia Quansah’s long awaited debut for the club. In the news, we welcome the news about the Tigers Together scheme how that could benefit not just the women’s team but also girls rugby in general in Leicestershire, whilst also giving a Pac4 update for the listeners! 

We then announce the shortlist for the LTW Fancast Listeners Player and Young of the Season before previewing a pretty daunting away fixture against Bristol who are looking to beat the odds and get a home semi. Enjoy 

 France v England Review and Quins (a) Preview 

After a two week break that seems like forever, Jess and Jacob are back to herald the return of the PWR which is back after the Six Nations break. 

We announce the winner of the Fantasy League, chat about Pac4 and our North American Tigers contingent, and also pause to reflect on negative experiences and player abuse at the Bristol Bears game in the men’s but also get excited about how the Black Lions game could be the template moving forward for both the men’s and the women’s as well as throw wild predictions about what this intriguing new announcement will be on Monday 13th that is being teased by the club. 

We then review the Quins game and chat as to how Tigers will look to shape up with some sizeable North American holes in our XV.

The release of Taylor’s new album is feeling very apt right now, as despite the performances of our Six Nations gals and Leicester City having a superb weekend, we struggle to find the positives in a tough weekend for Leicester Tigers. However, positives we will find! 

So listen in for the usual mix of catharsis, hope and a rant at our season being so bitty with only a nine team league as we chat about the different stages of where Tigers and Ealing are both at and why we shouldn’t panic! We will then turn our frowns upside down with Scotland’s awesome win over Italy and the momentum that Scotland’s campaign could give to Tigers when we’re back playing in May! Then follows the usual Meg Jones venerations as we get excited about our Six Nations internationals coming back to the club.

We then do a Deep Dive into France, the history of women’s rugby in France and where the national team is at as we face yet another Grand Slam decider between England and France on Super Saturday! Enjoy!