Orlando Bailey

Adam Radwan and Gabriel Hamer-Webb, uh, on the wings.

Orlando Bailey comes in at fly-half with Ollie Allen, his scrum-half.

Uchi Van der Flier, big season ahead for him.

I think he's got a big role to play for Leicester.

Um, Hamer-Webb we talked to on Wednesday, and, um, you know, is, is incredibly good.

You know, a third choice winger of this ca- of category of, um, Hamer-Webb is remarkable.

Orlando Bailey given another go at fly-half after the Beziau, um, situa- po- position, where he played very well against Beziau at fly-half.

So obviously he is being groomed as the, the proper understudy to Billy Searle.

And I think, Tom, that sort of speaks to not only that Jeff Parling is sort of looking long term, but actually that Tigers are pretty happy with their fly half options.

I think they got James O'Connor in last year because they looked at their 10 options and went, oh, I think we need an experienced head in here, don't we? The fact that he's gone after a year, they are looking at 22-year-olds suggests that with Searle, caveated by what Ian has said, of course, but Searle and Bailey and now Bowen and Titcombe, they feel that they have the options they need there.

Yeah.

And what difference a year makes because we weren't having this conversation last year.

We were really worried about that.

the fly half situation but the way that Orlando Bailey played especially the back end of the season or from Christmas onwards the way Billy Searle was just unbelievable every single week so consistent Tigers are in a really really strong strong position now with their fly half and actually you look at the squad it's quite a settled squad they haven't had to do loads and loads of signings they've just tweaked bits here and there um And Tigers are going into this season pretty confident.

A settled team who have experienced the highs of the Prem.

They did pretty well last year.

I always look forward to the centre dynamics.

I think we got a surprising one last season with Orlando Bailey and Will Wand, but that paid off really well.

So it'll be interesting to see how he fits in with that and sort of what pairing works best for him.

Totally agree.

You look at the players that weren't playing because of it, um, they're big names to that team.

Um, so, so to do that and step up, and I think that, that was the same for Orlando Bailey as well.

Those guys, it wasn't the guys we thought would be playing all season, and actually that partnership grew and they were both fantastic.

So, um, I think it, again, he's another one where we could see him click on and, and be higher next season.

Yeah.

It's interesting, isn't it? You had two players who, yeah, as you say, y- you weren't expecting either of those players to feature in the, in the centers, and then they became the first choice centers in, in Orlando Bailey and Will Wand, and I think they gave a, an excellent account of themself through the season.

Yeah, for sure.

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