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Tigers sign Viljoen, Liebenberg & Coghlan
Leicester Tigers sign utility back EW Viljoen as well as back-rowers Hanro Liebenberg and Jordan Coghlan.
Howard returns to Tigers in mentor role
Former Leicester Tigers player and boss Pat Howard has returned to the club as a mentor to the coaching team.
Investment to help Tigers remain force
Leicester Tigers have been put up for sale to help ensure they remain a Premiership force, says chief executive Simon Cohen.
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Murphy's the Tigers boss, says Ford
Mike Ford tells BBC East Midlands Today that Geordan Murphy remains "the boss" at Leicester Tigers after arriving at Welford Road to help the club avoid Premiership relegation.
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Cigarettes and missed kicks - rugby's first shootout 10 years on
Martyn Williams and Jordan Crane revisit rugby's first shootout, 10 years on from Leicester's dramatic European win over Cardiff Blues.
I was too busy to die - Hampson
Paralysed ex-rugby player Matt Hampson says his desire to see his Get Busy Living Centre in action helped keep him alive.
Premiership youngsters you need to know
World U20 Championship winners, a Lithuanian powerhouse and a newly qualified Englishman - who are the new faces to look out for this season?
'Get busy living or get busy dying'
How Hollywood and Stephen King inspired a former rugby player, left paralysed, to help save lives and inspire Paralympic stars.
'We folk don't have straw in our ears'
Why Exeter Chiefs signing British & Irish Lion Geoff Parling should not come as any great surprise.
Guscott’s Premiership focus - Bath v Leicester
Former Bath centre Jeremy Guscott looks ahead to the centenary meeting of his former club and fierce rivals Leicester Tigers
Guscott on Leicester, Leinster and Lions
BBC rugby union expert Jeremy Guscott discusses Leicester and Leinster being crowned champions and Dylan Hartley missing the Lions tour
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