LTW Fancast

In this bonus podcast, Jacob provides an audio-visual version of his substack article looking at what's behind all these Australians rocking up to Mattioli Woods Welford Road next season.  Over a month ago, Rugby Australia officially announced a partnership with various PWR clubs, although Leicester Tigers seem to be the club that have considerably benefitted so far. So, how is this partnersh...

Hannah returns to talk to Jacob about the insane transfers happening in the PWR at the moment, as well as a bit of Lions chat. We speculate whether a certain Gabrielle Vernier or Ellie Kildunne could be wearing the red, green and white next season. After that we break down the East Mids Derby, in which Tigers Women saved their best performance till last, but it was not enough to achieve that elusi...

As the dust settles from that near miss against Loughborough in the final game of the season, Jacob gives an emotional initial reaction to the season as a whole, whilst you can also hear exclusive pitch side reactions from coaches Fraser Goatcher and Ross Bundy, and players Emerson Allen and Jordan Russell. Enjoy! 

Hear an exclusive interview from Leicester Tigers Director of Women's Rugby Fraser Goatcher and star outside centre Emily Henrich in the Tigers Women press conference ahead of their final game against Loughborough Lightning. 

Welcome back to the LTW Fancast. Hattie the Rugby Historian returns to chat about Tigers Women re-signings and two exciting international signings, before a review of the Harlequins game and previewing the Loughborough game. We also cover the big Welsh and Scottish departures from Bristol and Loughborough as part of a massive shake-up of the league ahead of next season.  Enjoy!

Hannah returns, disheartened from Wales' 6 Nations campaign but buzzing to talk about the PWR returning as Tigers Women travel to Quins away. Before then, we talk about the big transfers of Tatanya Heard and Zoe Stratford to Sale, bemoan Sale's social media admins' lack of geographical knowledge, and all these cool re-signing videos being dropped by Tigers Women. As Tigers return to...

Jess Bunyard returns to discuss her latest work as a freelancer, including some cool work with Staffordshire in the Gill Burns County Championship! We discuss all the latest in international women's rugby, looking at Tigers involvement in Pac4 and the Six Nations U21s as well as a general discussion on the Six Nations. We also chirp into the Size 4.5 debate. In more Tigers-related news there...

Bluebell Nicholls, Champ 1 player and host of the She's the Champ podcast joins Jacob to discuss Tigers Women U23 fixture against Sale Sharks, and what that means for both the PWR development programs as well as for Champ 1 rugby! This is also available in audiovisual form on YouTube, so go check that as well! I know there are some audio blips in this episode due to connectivity issues so I d...

Wow what a jam-packed episode this is for you, Gloucester-Hartpury fan Tracey Denny dials in to help Jacob digest two big important news. There is the PWR's intention to expand, discussed briefly in last week's episode but all the ramifications are explored in detail in this episode. Furthermore, Tigers Women released a statement saying the club is going to increase some much needed inve...

Sam Bytheway of the Women's Rugby Show returns to discuss a lot of news, including Nottingham's defeat to Surrey in the BSRW playoff and squad announcements for Pac Four and the Women's Six Nations. We then chat about Tigers' defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury and with just two rounds of the PWR left after a massive eight week break, just what will Tigers be prioritising for the res...

In this episode, Jacob is joined by Sarah who is part of the sister act who run Gwalia Gainline, the only other women's club fancast in the UK. They chat about Nottingham's chance at history to win their North/South playoff into BUCS Super Rugby Women (BSRW) and other news. After then, they have a broad discussion on the challenges of running a women's rugby fancast, and why they&ap...

Rhiana Lewis from the Back the Girls podcast returns to chat to Jacob about the latest news in women's rugby, from whether teams like Lichfield or Bath should change to 'Women' rather than 'Ladies' and exciting developments in South African women's rugby. Then a tough dissection of the Bristol game follows, are we firm but fair? Let us know! To round everything up, we...

After a brief interlude of Jacob experimenting with Instagram reels instead of doing what he does best (jabbering on), the pod is back. Hannah dials in once more to talk about signing predictions, reviewing a positive performance against Trailfinders and deliberating as to whether if Bristol away is an opportunity for a scalp. Plus, Jacob has a catch-up with UONWRFC and Lichfield Ladies head coach...

In this episode, Jacob is joined by Nick, the guy behind the OurLeicesterTigers Instagram account to review Tigers determined defence (as well as an interesting kick strategy) against Exeter Chiefs and preview our first home game of 2026. With insights on trying to build a following for the women's team, Nick offers a newcomer's perspective on the side as we ponder whether the 36-0 score...

It's been five weeks since the last game in the PWR, and it's been just as long since the last episode of the LTW Fancast. Jacob has recruited a stellar team to deliver a mega pod to you lovely listeners. Hannah returns to chat through a lot of news and her experience of the Gloucester-Hartpury game from December. Cara Ryder makes her fancast debut chatting about her outsider perspective...

Hannah returns to the fold to discuss with Jacob about what went wrong for Tigers Women in Ealing but also the positives, including kicking, scrums and two gorgeous tries!  Then, Jacob, in an LTW Fancast exclusive, interviews University of Nottingham's WRFC's club captain Jasmine Murray about Nottingham's unbeaten season in BUCS Premier North, her experiences of the Tigers U23 devel...

Hero of the semi-viral scrap from the weekend against Harlequins, Hermione Farmer, joins Jacob for an exclusive chat about her route to Tigers through playing for Newcastle University in BUCS Premier North and Champ 1 North for Novacastrians, to her ambitions moving forward, positional flexibility in the back five and her recollection of the scrappppp. Enjoy! 

Well, well, well what a huge episode we have in store for you lovely listeners today! Jess Bunyard returns for a terrific segment on what she's been getting up to for the club and gives an insight into the exciting work she's been doing in the community game and improving attendances at Mattioli Woods Welford Road! Jacob is also joined by Hattie the Rugby Historian to preview the Quins g...

Slow news week, eh? Hannah returns to kick the dead horse that is Sky Sports Halo, whilst Jacob also makes a Wicked related promise to the listeners ahead of the East Mids Derby. In a bumper news section, we talk Abby Dow's retirement, PWR referee initiatives and sifting through a bunch of great work that Jess Bunyard has been getting up to for the club lately. In a short review of the Sarrie...

After another heavy defeat against Saracens Women, Jacob thought it would be cool to do something a bit different to lighten the mood, therefore Zoe McGrady of BBC Radio Leicester dials in to chat about her journey to hosting the Women's Sport Show, her background being a Leicester City groundskeeper and her love for the Tigers Women team. Stay tuned for Zoe's tales of how difficult it w...

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 Saracen...

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...

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 pr...

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...

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 p...