LTW Fancast

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 E...

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 prese...

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 direct...

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 S...

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...

Guest co-host Max Kirby once again joins Jacob to have a chat about the big news that Tom Hudson and Luke Stratford will be departing the game at the end of the season. We also go through some of the BIG PWR results, particularly how both Chiefs and Quins losing changes the Top Four battle. We will then be chatting about a thoroughly disappointing East Mids derby day loss against rivals Loughborou...

Join Jacob for his quick review of the Bristol Bears game as he chats about Tigers recovering from a Bears onslaught to get a try scoring point, awesome scrums and Evie Wills having a certain Ilona Maher in her back pocket!  Enjoy! 

It's 2025, new year, new beginnings and what a start for Tigers Women as they bank their first ever home win in the domestic top flight with a resounding victory over Sale. This also marks our first pod since the news that Jess has become the new Tigers Women and Development Officer and as such as had to leave the Fancast, this means that this week Jacob is joined by friend of the pod and Tig...

Jacob is joined by star guest co-host and ex-Tigers Women legend Ufure Ugiagbe (sitting in for Jess) as they talk about Meg Jones hatred of low ponytails, a vegan haggis story that has some very loose relevance to the Big Game and in-between all that we chat through the news that Harry Simmons will be joining the coaching staff of the Women's team as well as his other new coaching duties at t...

We're fed up of these storm metaphors in our pod episode titles this season as we are of the actual weather itself, but more importantly we're back for a short review of the game at the weekend where we fell to Sarries 05-38.  Before then we talk rugby boots as we chat about some of the negatives behind the Canterbury deal with the PWR, more regional roundup and react to the latest Rugby...

Wow, what a win! Bonus points, super-dominant forwards and Magic Meg saw us to our first win of the PWR season, and, you guessed it, we're super duper giddy so we have a bumper episode ahead for you. Before we get into a famous win, we chat about the major headlines of Ilona Maher heading to the Bears, Bristol's stunning away win over defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury, Harlequin&ap...

With storms and the Wicked soundtrack dominating everyone's life (it isn't just Jacob's, right guys?), Jess and Jacob are back to review our first ever loss away in the East Mids Derby in which we look to the stats to show that we're creating the opportunities but not converting them, as well as pay reverence to a 1/10 intercept read by Meg Jones! Omega Photo then joins Jess fo...

After a PWR-wide week off, Jess and Jacob are back to get very giddy about Derby Day in a bumper episode featuring not one but two guests, including a welcome return to an old friend of the pod, Elis Martin who is now with Loughborough, and a first ever interview of our American superstar prop Keia Mae Sagapolu Sanele! Before then we chat the specific aspects related to the women's section in...

Jess and Jacob are back in a vain attempt to offer themselves, fans and the women’s team therapy and catharsis to go over just how a famous win against a quality Trailfinders side slipped from our grasp. Before then, we summarise our collective anger at the recent revelations levelled against the WRU in their treatment of the women’s national team, go over some surprising PWR results and briefly r...

After a week off, Jess and Jacob are back to blow the cobwebs off the Quins game, talk why Tigers are so susceptible to intercepts but also emphasise how f-ing good Julia Omokhuale was. We talk World Cup fixtures and Tigers involvement in the second tier over the rest week. This is all before we have an enthralling and insightful chat with the incredible commentator Claire Thomas who will be on th...

Battling power outages, wifi issues and gloominess surrounding the Chiefs game, Jess and Jacob are back to park the Sunday loss to Chiefs as done and dusted, whilst still finding time for the #GiveReverencetoCharlotteFray section and praise Evie Wills, Jordan Russell and Nadine Vincent for all being included in the PWR Team of The Week. We round up WXV as we get excited for the impact of our retur...

With full-match replays, social media hits and stats galore, there may be some semblance of wisdom in this week's episode as Jess and Jacob reflect on our defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury, which is full of positives but also easy fixes ahead of our tough away fixture to Chiefs. We slightly panic about injuries, but praise our team performances, resilience, fight and fitness and showcase the diff...

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...

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 victo...

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 h...

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 conte...

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 stuf...

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 Of...

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 neg...

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 be...