In a tough weekend for Leicester folk with the M69 Derby loss against Cov for Leicester City and a tough loss against La Rochelle for the men, Jess and Jacob are back to digest a nasty-looking defeat for the girls from the weekend against Bristol Bears women. After digressions of Jacob’s antics as part of the Hinckley Gentlemen on Tour in La Rochelle, we look over the game which was on TNT so that means we actually have a full-match replay to look over yay! 

We are then delighted to be joined by one of the game’s top commentators, Nick Heath, to discuss his views on Tigers settling into the PWR and the big news story of the week that the women’s Lions is full-steam ahead for 2027. Our player profile is then on Scotland’s Leah Bartlett and how the women’s team could be looking to replicate the fearsome ABC prop school of the men’s team from the last 30 years before previewing the away fixture against Sale Sharks this Sunday. Enjoy the latest episode of the Fran McGee-Whiz/Magic-Meg/Totally-not-a-Dan-Cole-cult-fanclub-fancast LTW Fancast!

The two JBs are back after meeting for the first time in person at the double header at the weekend, which we go over in detail on the positives and where Tigers Women just agonisingly fell short. Jacob is then joined for a quick catch-up with Mike Cooper, co-host of our elder sister podcast the Rolling Maul, to chat about Star Wars and more importantly how the club is promoting the women’s side in general. 

Jess is then joined by club stalwart Churchy Knight on her rugby journey, her time at the club and adjusting to PWR from playing for Tigers last season in Championship 1 North. 

We then preview the next game which is at home at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Saturday at 1pm and is also (finally) again on TNT Sports. It’s another, you guessed it, BUMPER episode.

After a Christmas and New Year’s break, Jess and Jacob are back! Restocked with new Tigers tops thanks to Father Christmas and plenty of Pork pies (and with Jess recovering from a nasty bug), we finally review the home game defeat to league leaders Sarries in which we pay reverence to that superb team try scored by Fran McGhie that had Sarries pushing the Marlie Packer panic button. After that we go through the two rounds of PWR action with Tigers going on a bye week, and focus on not just the success of Big Game 15 but also where Tigers can look to target a unusually out of form Quins side. We also are back with another in depth Player Profile with looking at Team GB Olympic Sevens athlete Celia Quansah as we look into the relationship between women’s rugby and LGBT/Q+ and BAME representation and how Project Rugby could be expanded to work with the PWR as well as the men’s game. We round off this mega, not bumper, mega episode with a preview of this weekend’s London double header fixture, with the men playing Saracens with the women taking on Quins afterwards, including quality analysis such as raving about Ellie Kildunne’s hair, Jacob’s lucky socks and (you guessed it) pies! Enjoy.

Jess and Jacob are back with another episode, as we process the double shock of a tough defeat away to fellow league newcomers Ealing as well as the news that scrum coach Rocky Clark has left the club by mutual consent, so that means only one thing, nerding about SCRUMS. 

Afterwards, they delve deep into the player pathways now set up at the club as Jess interviews Fraser Goatcher who is the Head of Pathway at Leicester Tigers Women alongside his role as Head Coach of partner club Lichfield Women. 

If that isn’t enough, our Player Profile is former figure skater and Swedish star Amanda Swartz, which Jacob tries desparately and probably unsuccessfully to tie into his swing dancing, as well as a bit of an insight on Swedish women’s rugby as a whole. This week’s pod is rounded off as we preview the extremely daunting, but by no means predetermined, home fixture against league leaders Sarries

This week’s pod is Scottish focused (did Jacob mention he was playing Banquo in Macbeth?), as we discuss the positives from a frustratingly close home defeat to county rivals Loughborough from the double header at the weekend. This week's player profile focuses on Scotland’s Eva Donaldson, before Jess catches up with Lucy Brown who used to be a part of Scotland’s development programme. 

We then finish off our Scottish theme with a brilliant interview with Tigers’ hooker and Scottish international Elis Martin. If that isn’t enough, we preview an exciting first-ever fixture away to fellow league newbies Ealing Trailfinders as we both collectively fangirl over Abbey Dow. 

This week Jess and Jacob review the Gloucester-Hartpury game and look forward to Double Header Counteh Derbeh Preview.

They're joined by Tigers player Tess Feury. The duo also chat through the latest PWR scores and chat about the attacking trends in womens rugby

Battling the swathes of cold that is plaguing the Ridings of Yorkshire, Jess and Jacob are joined by Leicester Mercury’s John Wiffen to help review the women’s PWR opening in their valiant defeat to last year’s finalists Exeter, before a preview of this week’s double header Slater Cup fixture against Gloucester-Hartpury, interspersed with new nicknames, pork pies and Jacob’s use of très chic. 

In their first LTW episode, Jacob and Jess chat to flyhalf/centre Natasha Jones about team nicknames. They also speak to senior coach Tom Hudson about his return to Leicester.

Listen in to hear their reflections on the PWR cup, excitement for the PWR league and what the returning internationals will add to the squad.