View from the Opposition: Leicester Tigers v Ulster

The FRU chats to Alex Blackwell, a Leicester Tigers season ticket holder for 15 years, to gain an opposition perspective on Ulster, what’s gone wrong at Tigers and what there is to do in Leicester after the match.

Out of the running for European progression before the January fixtures and in lowly seventh in the Guinness Premiership, what has happened at Leicester this season?

A disaster. The defence has been the big problem – we averaged four tries conceded per game for the first ten matches – as well as consistency. We’ve seemed to have turned a corner in the last few games against Harlequins and Gloucester, however we took a step back against Scarlets last weekend. We picked up ten points in both those games [v Quins & Gloucester] as well as a tough away loss against Bath. We signed a new defence coach, Phil Blake, and he seems to have made an instant impact after joining at the end of December. Our attack seems to be causing all sorts of problems chiefly led by George Ford and our wingers, Jonny . . .

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