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Geordan Murphy says he "could not have asked for a lot more" in the Leicester Tigers performance during Saturday's derby win over Northampton Saints.

Tigers triumphed 27-20 to extend their unbeaten run in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and secure a place in the semi-finals with a game to spare. Will Evans, Dom Barrow and Harry Thacker scored the tries in front of a record attendance for the pool stages of the tournament.
 
“We talked before the game about a performance being vital and I thought we played with a lot of passion and pride,” said assistant coach Murphy. “I’m really pleased for the guys.
 
“It was a tough game, they brought a strong side and brought first-team players off the bench while we had a very young bench and brought them on later in the game.
 
“Everyone at the club was really disappointed with the performance last week in Europe and did not do ourselves any justice. We have a very loyal following –  it was a 25,000 sell-out today – and we just wanted the players to work hard for each other. I’m really happy with the win but even more happy the team showed what it meant to them. There is not a lot more you can ask.”
 
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'I've not got my head around it' – Geordan Murphy on his cross-code return

When rugby union and rugby league attempted to join forces at Headingley in the past, fans of the predominantly northern code would even turn their backs on the pitch in disgust.

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Banners saying “100% League, 0% Union” and “Get off our Pitch” were unfurled during a union curtain-raiser to a Leeds Rhinos match in the early noughties from natives used to watching thirteen men not fifteen, as Leeds Tykes took on Llanelli in a pre-season friendly.

The Tykes have since departed, to the leafier surrounds of Bramhope on the outskirts of Leeds, but on Sunday the two codes will be reunited again at Headingley, and this time the spirit will be very much one of togetherness.

Legend of both sports have agreed to come out of retirement and play in the charity ‘745’ cross-code game between union and league, played under specially adapted hybrid rules, which will raise money to fund the quest for a cure for Motor Neurone Disease.

It is the brainchild of Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow, who died from MND in June aged 41, and ex-Gloucester lock Ed Slater, who was diagnosed with the terminal illness in July 2022. The name of the match derives from the shirt number

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