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Leicester Tigers statement: Former England star steps down from board with 'immediate effect'
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Former England wing Rory Underwood has stepped down from his role as non-executive director at Leicester Tigers with 'immediate effect' the club has announced. Underwood had been on the board since 2007.
In a statement this evening the club said: "The Board of Leicester Tigers announces that Rory Underwood has stood down from his role as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect."
"Rory joined the Tigers Board in 2007 after having previously represented the club in a playing and coaching capacity.
"He scored 134 tries in 236 first-team appearances for Leicester Tigers and is England's record try-scorer, with 49 in 85 internationals. He toured with the British & Irish Lions in 1989 and 1993.
"Awarded an MBE for Services to Sport in 1995, Rory was a pilot for 18 years in the RAF during his playing career and now runs his own management consultancy, Wingman.
"Tigers Chairman Peter Tom said: “We thank Rory for his service to our Board for the past thirteen years and all that he has given this club, on and off the pitch.
“On behalf of all Board members and everyone at the club, including our supporters, I am extremely grateful for what he has given us and wish him well in the future.”
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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