LTW Fancast
The Leicester Tigers Women's Fancast
Chatting about all things to do with Leicester Tigers women's team. Hosted by Jacob Bassford and a series of special guests.
Episodes
56 episodes
Oh God Here Comes the Circus - Trailfinders Women (A) Review and Gloucester-Hartpury (H) Preview with Hannah Crawfurd
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, intervi...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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1:37:18
Bonus Pod: Exclusive Interview with Hermione Farmer
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, t...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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8:49
Clear Signs of Progress! Loughborough Lightning (A) Review, Harlequins (H) Preview featuring Jess Bunyard and Hattie the Rugby Historian
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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1:49:04
Let's Get Loughborough: Saracens (A) Review and Loughborough Lightning (A) Preview
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 refe...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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1:23:38
Giving a platform to Leicester Tigers Women - Special Bonus Pod with Zoe McGrady
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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31:15
Bouncing back from the Bye Week - Saracens (A) Preview with Sam Bytheway of the Women’s Rugby Show
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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1:20:28
The 50 States of the LTW Fancast - Bristol Bears (H) Review with Rugby Julia
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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1:06:21
Mad Max (Tess) Feury Road: Sale Sharks (A) Review and Bristol Bears (H) Preview
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 thr...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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1:16:39
Familiar Foes Lurking - Sale Sharks (A) Preview with Rhiana Lewis
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 hos...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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1:00:37
Let's Talk Women's Rugby History with Hattie the Rugby Historian
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 to...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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57:57
Fixtures, Finals, Abby Dow-related Delusions and an exclusive interview with Tim Westwood
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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1:18:38
New partnerships, Welsh Wins, and women's rugby returns to Mattioli Woods Welford Road with guest co-host Rhiana Lewis
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 Kat...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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1:12:52
Breaking down the List: Departures, New Signings and other news
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 som...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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1:01:56
Return of the Jess - Interview with Jess Bunyard bonus pod!
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 abo...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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25:42
Finding a way at Trailfinders - Trailfinders Women (A) Review and Exeter Chiefs (H) Preview
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! Jac...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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37:04
Derby Day Disappointment - Loughborough Lightning (H) Review and Gloucester-Hartpury (H) Preview with guest co-host Max Kirby
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 Chief...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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1:03:45
Ilona Maher Who? Bristol Bears (A) Review
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!&...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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25:14
New Year, New Beginnings - Sale Sharks (H) Review, Saracens (A) Preview with guest co-host Max Kirby
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 n...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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1:04:07
Low Ponies, Vegan Haggis and Rats?? - Big Game Review and Sale Sharks (H) Preview with guest co-host Ufure Ugiagbe
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 al...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:04:32
Recovering from the Sarries Storm - Saracens (H) Review
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. Befor...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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43:37
Another Famous Win in Sale - Sale Sharks (A) Double Header Review and Saracens (H) Review
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 abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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1:49:00
Lightning Strike Back - Loughborough Lightning (A) Review and Sale Sharks (A) Double Header Preview with Omega Photo
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 t...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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1:15:48
Will Lightning Strike Thrice for Tigers? - Bristol Bears (H) Review, Loughborough Lightning (A) Preview with Elis Martin and Keia Mae Sagapolu Sanele
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 f...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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1:26:56
Close but no cigar - Trailfinders Women (H) Review and Bristol Bears (H) Preview
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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1:11:39
Can We Find the Trail to Beat the Trailfinders? - Harlequins (H) Review and Trailfinders Women (H) Preview with guest star Claire Thomas
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 s...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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1:31:11