'The Academy' S1 E05 | England Rugby - Leicester Tigers | Sports Documentary | RugbyPass

How fit are young rugby players? After beating Leeds, the academy team face a switch-up against unexpected opposition after a match cancellation. Leicester Tigers are steeped in the history of Rugby. Winning three Premiership titles and back to back European titles in the early 2000s, the club is a giant of the game. Over the last two decades they have produced some of the best rugby players on the planet and their identity is the embodiment of the English rugby ethos: hard-nosed, fast-paced and at times ruthlessly brutal. The club have a strong tradition of producing home-grown players. Tigers legends Martin Johnson and Graham Rowntree were developed from a strong youth structure and Tigers recognised very early that an Academy system was needed to develop players capable of playing professional rugby. In 1998 the Tigers Academy was established with players such as Harry Ellis, Sam Vesty and Louis Deacon among the first to successfully come through the system. In 2002, Tigers were rewarded for their pioneering work with RFU Academy status. The programme has produced more than 100 age-grade internationals as well as producing British & Irish Lions caps Tom Croft, Dan Cole, Harry Ellis, Ollie Smith, Manu Tuilagi, and Ben and Tom Youngs. RugbyPass goes behind the scenes of the programme to see what it takes to become a Leicester Tiger; going on a journey with Academy hopefuls over the course of their championship. We see the laughs, we see the pain and we see what it takes to make it at the highest level. RugbyPass presents: ‘The Academy’. --- SUBSCRIBE to Rugby Pass for daily rugby videos, exclusive interviews, press conferences, highlights, original documentaries, weekly chat shows and much more: /channel/UCbzpLjxymlYhxPgKJwrtJuw --- RECOMMENDED PLAYLISTS: RUGBY NEWS, PRESS CONFERENCES, INTERVIEWS & REACTION: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu07TSz9PoUpDhPKdNnZPK3Ro CLASSIC FULL MATCHES & HIGHLIGHTS: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu04BjZgNXEU2sUcOAoRxrtJ_ THE ACADEMY S1, LEICESTER TIGERS - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu04JgLlmrLHnK8aKDCHzSWVm RUGBYPASS ORIGINALS - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu04rEff65kFVeBlHjnosDAgh HOLD BACK THE RIVER - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu054pPfvpbdJkDSxZt0yMWJE THE SEASON S1, ST JOSEPH'S NUDGEE COLLEGE - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu06RWjjjvcn0RIJy__BGRr0v THE SEASON S3, ST PATS SILVERSTREAM - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu07R1V8bIZiu1_jWLFfpNQWN THE SEASON S5, HAMILTON BOYS HIGH SCHOOL - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu048mhDVVJTU7klTYtlqGyig THE SEASON S6, BRISBANE BOYS COLLEGE - PLAYLIST: /playlist/PL0r2Qw3KBu0584-rqJsDujvis-WW7-q5X --- RugbyPass is the premier destination for rugby fans across the globe, with the best news, analysis, shows, highlights, podcasts, documentaries, live match & player stats, live blog feeds, and in some territories live streaming of the world's greatest rugby tournaments all in HD. In 2017 and 2018, RugbyPass acquired several popular rugby properties including Rugby Dump, Rugby Onslaught, Rugby365 and Fantasy Rugger, becoming the largest independent English-language rugby audience network in the world. The RugbyPass Network reaches tens of millions of rugby fans across its social media channels and millions of users across its websites. WATCH: weekly episodes of The Breakdown (NZ), The Aussie Rugby Show (AU), The Rugby Pod (UK), The Aotearoa Rugby Pod (NZ).VISIT www.RugbyPass.com for the best international and local rugby news, views and entertainment. --- #TheAcademy #rugbypass #rugby #documentary #rugbydocumentary #sportsdocumentary #premiershiprugby #leicestertigers #schoolboyrugby ---

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