Back from Tigers' bye week in the PWR and we have a bumper episode for you. Sam Bytheway, the brains behind the fantastic Women's Rugby Show, brings his expertise on the women's game to chat about the recent news of the PWR doing a long overdue study to look into the declining presence of female coaches in the sport, whilst also previewing this weekend's fixture against Saracens. Also included in this episode is an exclusive interview with Tigers' flyhalf Kristin Bitter, who chats about the differences between playing in the PWR and WER, her newfound admiration for Welford Road and her love for dates at Big Tescos. Enjoy!

It is the 50th episode of the LTW Fancast, and Jacob is joined by Bristol fan Rugby Julia tuning in from the US of A to have a (hopefully) productive reflection on Tigers' unfortunate 74-0 defeat to the Bears in the PWR, as the list of women's rugby podcasts that Julia has not been on gets ever closer to zero. Stay tuned for fangirling over Tess Feury and Georgie Lingham, where does this match leave Bristol in the hunt for the top of the PWR table and the positives for Tigers Women moving forward.  

Apparently, Tigers were hapless and got thrashed by a merciless omnipotent Sale Sharks side and then made the scoreline a bit more acceptable in the second half, according to some online and in the med-i-yah. Jacob is joined by Hannah to go through why that wasn't quite the case at all, breaking down how ill-discipline was Tigers' undoing before praising the awesome fightback. Despite promising otherwise, we make the same argument endlessly which is basically just, the platform is there, it just needs time for connections to build. We also wax lyrical about new debutants, as well as old favourites before previewing Bristol Bears! Enjoy!

On Saturday 25th October, 246 (246???) days after the last league outing, Leicester Tigers Women will be playing their season opener against the auld enemy Sale Sharks, emboldened by former Tigers coaches Tom Hudson and Luke Stratford and a host of ex-Tigers players. To go through the - admittedly tough task of predicting how on earth this will play out - Jacob is joined once again by Rhiana from the Back the Girls Podcast. We also chat about the recent news that former interim WRU Performance Director Huw Bevan is now Head of Rugby Operations at Leicester. 

Enjoy!  

On the back of a historic World Cup final, Jacob has booked in fellow rugby history nerd Hattie of the Rugby History Project and the Women's Rugby Treehouse Podcast to geek out about women's rugby history. In an episode that is hopefully not too academical and definitely concise and to the point, Hattie and Jacob discuss the historical ramifications of WRWC 2025, why it matters and why people should really stop anglicising women's rugby history, as well as an interesting role that Leicester Tigers played in the first World Cup in 1991. Stay tuned for ideas for a Dan Cole t-shirt, Jacob's rant about his university's footnoting rules, Louis Deacon being accidentally described as "fabulous" and other impeccable historical-based rugby analysis! Enjoy   

Ahoy, ey up, guten tag etc. Welcome back to the latest episode of the LTW Fancast. Tigers Women's and Welsh women superfan Hannah returns to help Jacob discuss a lot of news, including confirmation of PWR fixtures, should a club get to host the final, whether the end of Rainbow Laces in PREM rugby is anything to be worried about and Tigers latest signing in World Cup bound USA international Emerson Allen. 

Also included in this episode is an exclusive interview with Tim Westwood, the head coach of University of Nottingham Women's Rugby Football Club and Lichfield Ladies to give listeners an exciting insight into Tigers new partnership with UON, names to look out for in Tigers' U23 Development Squad and ambitions for UON Sport moving forward. 

Enjoy!

Rhiana Lewis from the Back the Girls podcast parachutes in to join Jacob on the pod this week, as we chat more signings, what on earth is this UXi partnership and reacting to Wales beating Australia for the first time, featuring new signing Katherine Baverstock in her first cap. 

Also included is in an EXCLUSIVE interview with new Director of Women's Rugby Fraser Goatcher as we hear how preseason has been going, what are the club's ambitions for next season and beyond and what a Goatcher + Ross Bundy coached Leicester Tigers women's team might look like. 

We wrap up the pod with a preview of the Red Roses warm-up game this weekend against Spain at Mattioli Woods Welford Road. After getting over the excitement of another Red Roses fixture at the best stadium in club rugby, we chat about whether Spain or England will really gain an awful lot for this match with Magic Meg Jones playing her first game at the ground since leaving the club. 

Enjoy! 

The LTW Fancast has returned from its slumber. After the club released the confirmed departures list, Jacob is joined by guest co-host and Tigers Women and Welsh rugby fan Hannah to offer listeners catharsis and attempt at rationality after some heavy-hitting news about big name departures. We also do have some exciting signings to talk about though, which does offer hope at the club's direction going forward. Enjoy 

From the Fenlands of Lincolnshire and Norfolk in the east, to the rocks of Stanage Edge to the north, and also... Leicestershire: here lies the Kingdom of Jess! Former co-host Jess Bunyard joins Jacob for a quick bonus pod catch up to speak about how she's been getting on in her role as Women's and Girls' Development Officer at Leicester Tigers and excitement over the Women's Six Nations! Apologies for the delay in publishing this episode, it was recorded before Round One of the Women's Six Nations kicked off!  

Has anyone recovered from that breathless last ten? Jacob goes over our first ever victory over fellow league newbies Trailfinders Women, an important milestone in the club's history, as well as go over how we very well damn nearly blew it! Jacob also goes over some news and gives a short preview on the final game of the season this Friday against Exeter Chiefs Women at Mattioli Woods Welford Road and what paths lie ahead for the pod in the off-season between now and August. Enjoy!!