Leicester Football Club (nicknamed
Leicester Tigers) is an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rugby unionRugby union is a full contact team sport, a form of football which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. It is played with an oval-shaped ball, outdoors on a level field, usually with a grass surface, 100 m...
club that plays in the
Guinness PremiershipThe English Premiership is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership...
. The club has been the most successful English club of the professional era, winning the
Heineken CupThe European Rugby Cup is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from six International Rugby Board nations in Europe: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Romania competed in the first year of the competition only...
twice and the league five times under the captaincy of Martin Johnson, all in the space of 7 years.
Leicester are one of only four teams never to have been relegated from the top division, and they have never finished a league season below 6th position. They are also the only English side to have qualified to play in every
Heineken CupThe European Rugby Cup is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from six International Rugby Board nations in Europe: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Romania competed in the first year of the competition only...
in which English teams have participated. The club's turnover for 2007/08 was £15.65 million.
Leicesters biggest rivals are
BathBath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Guinness Premiership league...
,
London WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
and
Northampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional English rugby union club from Northampton, England. Northampton play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens which has a capacity of 13,600....
. The rivalry with
NorthamptonNorthampton Saints are a professional English rugby union club from Northampton, England. Northampton play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens which has a capacity of 13,600....
is known as the East Midlands Derby.
Early years
Leicester Football Club was formed in a meeting held in the city's George Hotel on August 1880 by the merger of three smaller teams: Leicester Societies AFC, Leicester Amateur FC and Leicester Alert. That October, the new club wore black for their first game against Moseley at the Belgrave Cricket and Cycle Ground.
It was not until five years or so later that the nickname "Tigers" was first used, the
Leicester Daily Post reporting that "the Tiger stripes were keeping well together". The origin of the nickname is uncertain, but it may have come from The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, which received the nickname after serving in
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. An alternative theory is that the team wore a brown and yellow striped shirt. In their early years, they were also known as "The Death or Glory Boys". The now-famous scarlet, green and white jerseys were not introduced until 1891, although these were in a vertical stripe formation until the distinctive hoops were first worn in September 1895.
They moved in 1892 to their present ground at
Welford RoadWelford Road is a stadium in Leicester, England and is home to one of England's traditional rugby union powers, Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre...
,
LeicesterLeicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. Having won the Midlands Cup every year from 1898 to 1905, they dropped out "to give other teams a chance".
In the 1926/27 season, Leicester started using letters to identify their forwards, expanding the practice by 1931/32 to the whole team.
Post war
With the arrival of
Chalkie WhiteHerbert Victor "Chalkie" White was an English rugby union player and later coach, instrumental in the success of Leicester Tigers....
in 1968, things began to improve significantly. He was a very progressive coach who demanded high standards of fitness and tactics. His unique style of coaching brought success on the pitch, and with that success came increased attendances.
Leicester started to grow as a club towards the end of the 1970s. At the start of the decade, the club had just 600-700 members and gates were less than 1,000. By 1980, the Tigers had reached their first cup final, and the club was on its way towards a substantial period of growth.
During 1970s the team played in front of a packed stadium during the annual
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BarbariansThe Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...
event (in contrast with the usual 750-2,000 spectators). With the advent of professionalism in the mid 1990s, with league fixtures being played over the Christmas period, regular games against the Barbarians have stopped.
A first Twickenham final appearance ended in defeat by Gloucester in the John Player Cup in 1978, but the Tigers won the next three against Moseley (15-12), London Irish (21-9) and Gosforth (22-15). This meant they were allowed to keep the trophy. The fifth final was a loss to Bristol in 1983.
In August 1980, Leicester became the first English club to go on a tour in the southern hemisphere, where they played six games in Australia and Fiji to mark the club's centenary.
In the 1980s, the club still enjoyed the benefits of amateur rugby, with nights away and Easter tours, although off the pitch the Tigers were taking their first steps towards corporate sponsorship. When they beat
WaterlooWaterloo Football Club is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthony's Road, Blundellsands, Merseyside. It celebrated its 125th season in 2007/08, having been founded in 1882 by brothers Sidney and Harry Hall and George Abercrombie. From 1882 until 1884 the club was known as Serpentine after...
on the last day of the 1987/88 season, the Tigers became England’s first official champions.
Nineties and onwards
The early 1990s saw the emergence of Leicester's renowned ABC Club, so called because of the letters the front row players wore on their backs, with
Graham RowntreeGraham Christopher Rowntree is a former English rugby union player. He played loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England. He was capped 54 times for England, despite having to compete for his position with the world's second most capped player, Jason Leonard.Rowntree was born in...
, hooker
Richard CockerillRichard Cockerill is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a hooker.Cockerill was born in Rugby. Joining Leicester Tigers, he established himself as the B of the "ABC club" alongside Graham Rowntree and Darren Garforth .He made his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and...
and
Darren GarforthDarren Garforth is a former international rugby union footballer who played tighthead prop for Leicester Tigers and England....
.
Leicester began one of the greatest winning streaks of any team. This streak started when a young pack helped Leicester to defeat Harlequins 23-16 in the 1993 cup final. They were English champions again in 1995, won the Pilkington Cup in 1997 (9-3 against Sale) and were the first English team to get to the Heineken Cup final before losing to
BriveClub Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin are a French rugby union team founded in 1904 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was established on 12 October 1912...
in the same year. In the 1996 cup final, Tigers lost to Bath (which was just finishing its own great domination of English rugby) after Steve Lander gave a contentious penalty try to in the last minute which sealed their victory. After the match
Neil BackNeil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
pushed over Lander landing himself a six month ban.
From 1999 to 2002, under the captaincy of Martin Johnson and the management of
Dean RichardsDean Richards is an English former rugby union player and current coach. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers and played 48 times for England...
, who became Director of Rugby for the club in February 1998, they won four consecutive Premiership titles and the first Zürich Championship play-offs, bringing their total of league championships to 6 — tied with Bath for most wins.
They also won the
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in 2001 and 2002 — the only side to date who have managed to win the competition in consecutive seasons. Leicester defeated
Stade FrançaisStade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris...
(34-30) in 2001, and
MunsterMunster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union club based in Munster, that competes in the Magners League and Heineken Cup....
(15-9) in 2002.
Leicester during this time had a very good home record; they went 57 games unbeaten at home in a period that stretched from 30 December 1997 to 30 November 2002 and included 52 successive wins. During these four seasons Leicester lost only 14 games out of the 92 they played.
In the
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, the club had seven representatives in the winning
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squad: Martin Johnson (captain),
Neil BackNeil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
, Martin Corry,
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,
Lewis MoodyLewis Walton Moody MBE is an English international rugby union rugby player who was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side...
,
Dorian WestDorian Edward West MBE nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English international rugby union footballer.Born in Wrexham, his family moved to England when he was young...
and
Julian WhiteJulian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester Tigers and England.Julian White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
. However whilst these players were away Leicester's form suffered and they were 11th in the league and dumped out of the Heineken cup in the group stages when they decided to sack
Dean RichardsDean Richards is an English former rugby union player and current coach. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers and played 48 times for England...
who was succeeded by the forwards coach John Wells.
Post Richards Era
In
John WellsJohn Wells is a former captain and coach of the Leicester Tigers rugby union team and presently forwards coach for England.Wells was born in Driffield, Yorkshire...
' first full season in charge of the team Leicester finished the regular season top of the league, also progressing to the semi-final of the Heineken cup before defeat to Toulouse at the
Walkers StadiumThe Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football team Leicester City F.C. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and is named in a ten-year deal after sponsors worldwide snack foods firm Walkers, a former shirt sponsor of Leicester. It...
. In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to
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. After this game John Wells left Leicester to take up a position in the RFU's coaching academy, eventually rising to England forwards coach. He was succeeded by
Pat HowardPatrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. He was educated at Queensland University.He was born in Sydney...
In 2005/06, the Tigers finished second to the
Sale SharksSale Sharks are a professional rugby union team who play in England in the Guinness Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale F.C., which is based in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the process of...
in the league before losing to the same team in the Premiership final. They again proceeded to the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup, again they lost at the Walkers Stadium to Bath. In the new
Anglo-Welsh CupThe Anglo-Welsh Cup is an English and Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs and four Welsh Regions. Between 2006 and 2009 the competition was sponsored by EDF and referred to as the EDF Energy Cup. Prior to the 2005-06 season, the competition...
Leicester won their group but lost in the semi-finals to Wasps at the
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in
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,
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.
Over the summer of 2006, they added a number of promising forwards especially
Jordan CraneJordan Crane is a professional Rugby Union player, who currently plays for Leicester Tigers having moved from Leeds Tykes at the end of the 2005-06 season. Crane has also played internationally for England....
, the Number 8, who arrived from Leeds Tykes with a good reputation following the U21 World Cup in
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.
Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years on 15 April 2007, beating the Ospreys 41-35 with tries from
Tom VarndellTom Varndell is an English rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for London Wasps, England and England Sevens. He claims to have been clocked at 10.8 seconds for the 100 metres in his socks on grass...
,
Tom CroftTom Croft born 7 November 1985 in Basingstoke, England is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership.-Background:...
,
Ben KayBenedict James Kay MBE is an English international rugby union footballer who plays Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and ....
and
Alesana TuilagiAlesana "Alex" Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Guinness Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa...
to win the
EDF Energy CupThe Anglo-Welsh Cup is an English and Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs and four Welsh Regions. Between 2006 and 2009 the competition was sponsored by EDF and referred to as the EDF Energy Cup. Prior to the 2005-06 season, the competition...
at
Twickenham StadiumTwickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
. This was quickly repeated with
Guinness PremiershipThe English Premiership is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership...
success on 12 May at Twickenham with a 44-16 win over Gloucester. However Leicester failed to win an unprecedented treble, by losing the
Heineken CupThe European Rugby Cup is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from six International Rugby Board nations in Europe: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Romania competed in the first year of the competition only...
Final at Twickenham on 20 May to
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.
It was announced on 28 December 2006 that the head coach
Pat HowardPatrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. He was educated at Queensland University.He was born in Sydney...
would leave the club at the end of the season, to return to his native
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.. He was succeeded by the then-head coach of ,
Marcelo LoffredaMarcelo Loffreda is a rugby player and coach, until recently head coach for the English club power Leicester Tigers. Loffreda won 44 caps with one as captain, playing at for the Argentine rugby union side...
after the
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. Loffreda guided Leicester through the group stages of the EDF cup to the semi final where they defeated
WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
in a knock-out game for the first time since the 1980's. This set up a rematch of the previous years final against the Ospreys, which Leicester lost. After losing all away games in the Heineken Cup that season Leicester failed to progress to the quarter finals. In the league Leicester struggled until a last minute last day try by
Tom VarndellTom Varndell is an English rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for London Wasps, England and England Sevens. He claims to have been clocked at 10.8 seconds for the 100 metres in his socks on grass...
beat Harlequins to set up a rematch of the previous seasons Premiership Final against Gloucester. Once again Leicester were successful late on, this time utilising
Andy GoodeAndrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for CA Brive and England....
's kicking to secure a last minute victory. In the final they had no such luck losing to perennial rivals London Wasps. After this final; despite guiding Leicester to two Twickenham finals and only being in the job 7 months Loffreda was sacked.
Heyneke MeyerHeyneke Meyer is a rugby union coach, most recently Head Coach at Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. He is the former coach of the Blue Bulls in the Super 14 competition....
was the boards choice to replace Loffreda, however unfortunate family circumstances led to his resignation. Richard Cockerill took over until the end of the season, having guided Leicester to a home Heineken Cup quarter final against Bath. He was appointed head coach on 17 April 2009.
On Sunday 3 May 2009 Leicester Tigers made history in their Heineken cup semi-final against
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when a place kicking competition was required to decide the outcome for the first time. The teams were drawing 26-26 after normal time and there was no score during extra time. As both teams had scored two tries the place kicking competition was the decider. Leicester won this 7-6. In the 2009 premiership final Leicester beat London Irish 10-9 with neither team at their best.
Leicester hold the record for the biggest wins in both the Heineken Cup (90-19 demolition of
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in 1997), and the Guinness Premiership (83-10 defeat of
Newcastle FalconsThe Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team currently playing in the Guinness Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and they play at Kingston Park stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne...
in 2005). Leicester also hold the record for most titles (7), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (5), most (first) away semi-final victories in the Premiership play-offs.
Stadium
The club plays its home games at
Welford Road StadiumWelford Road is a stadium in Leicester, England and is home to one of England's traditional rugby union powers, Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre...
, the address of which is actually Aylestone Road. The ground was opened in 1892 and the first stands accommodated 1100 spectators. The Members' and Crumbie Stands were built after WW1. The Alliance and Leicester Stand was opened at the Welford Road end in 1995. The total ground capacity is currently 17,498 (2008/09 season).
On 23 November 2004, the club announced that it had entered into a 50-50 joint venture with the city's main
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club,
Leicester CityLeicester City Football Club , are an English professional football club based at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester. They play in the Football League Championship, having been promoted as champions from Football League One in the 2008–09 season.The club were founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse,...
, to purchase City's current ground,
Walkers StadiumThe Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football team Leicester City F.C. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and is named in a ten-year deal after sponsors worldwide snack foods firm Walkers, a former shirt sponsor of Leicester. It...
. If the purchase had gone through, the Tigers would have surrendered their lease on Welford Road and moved into Walkers Stadium. However, after several months of talks, the two clubs could not agree as to which side would have priority at Walkers Stadium, and they ended any ground share plans in July 2005.
On 11 June 2007 the club announced plans that it was working with AFL, who were involved in redeveloping Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium for a redevelopment plan which will raise the capacity of their Welford Road stadium from 17,498 to 25,000 by 2011.
A new temporary stand at the clubhouse end increased the ground capacity to 17.498 from the 2007/08 season.
On 20 February 2008 Leicester Tigers received planning consent for the £60million redevelopment of their Welford Road home.The first phase of the development would include space for 10,000 supporters in a new North Stand (Granby Halls side), taking capacity up from the present 17,498 to 24,000. After full renovation it will have a capacity of above 30,000.
In the summer of 2008 Work began on the construction of the new North Stand which to be called the "Caterpillar Stand" after the club's main sponsor. The work was completed for the first home game of the 2009/10 season.
At the end of the 2008/09 season three home games were played at the
Walkers StadiumThe Walkers Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football team Leicester City F.C. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and is named in a ten-year deal after sponsors worldwide snack foods firm Walkers, a former shirt sponsor of Leicester. It...
due to demolition of the old north stand.
Premiership play-offs
In the last five seasons Leicester have reached the final of the
PremiershipThe English Premiership is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership...
, finishing first in the regular season league table in 2004/05, second in 2005/06 and 2006/07, fourth in 2007/08 and first in 2008/09. They lost their first two finals to
London WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
and
Sale SharksSale Sharks are a professional rugby union team who play in England in the Guinness Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale F.C., which is based in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the process of...
respectively. On 5 May 2007, Leicester defeated
BristolBristol Rugby is a National Division One rugby club in Bristol, England.The club is a rugby union club in England and relies in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from "the Combination"...
26-14 to reach the Premiership play-off final for the third consecutive year, where they defeated Gloucester 44-16 at
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to win their first ever title via the playoffs. . On 18 May 2008, Leicester defeated Gloucester at Kingsholm to become the first team to win a Guinness Premiership semi-final playoff away from home. However this season also ended in defeat as
London WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
won their sixth title, fourth via the play-offs.
These five consecutive finals is a record for consecutive appearances in a play-off final under the current format.
London WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
have appeared in five consecutive finals.
Current Standings
Leicester Tigers Guinness Premiership Champions 2008/2009
Current squad
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Players In
Anthony Allen (Gloucester)
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Geoff ParlingGeoff Parling born 28 October 1983 in Stockton-on-Tees, England is a rugby union player. His position of choice is as a or .He signed a contract to play for Leicester Tigers for the 2009/10 season. He attended Newcastle University and began his club career at Newcastle Falcons.-External links:*...
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Billy TwelvetreesBilly Twelvetrees is a rugby union footballer who plays or for Leicester Tigers.- Career :As a junior, Twelvetrees played for Pulborough, Horsham and Haywards Heath. He joined the Leicester Tigers academy from Leicester Lions, moving to Bedford Blues for the 2008–09 season. After a good season...
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Robbie HarrisRobbie Harris born 30 March, 1982 in Durban, South Africa is a rugby union . He currently plays for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. He previously played for the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup competition and Nottingham RFC in National Division One.- External links :*...
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Greig TonksGreig Tonks is an English rugby union center/fullback from Nottingham - educated at Nottingham High School. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers, whom he joined aged 16...
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NottinghamNottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club are currently members of The Championship , the second tier of English Rugby....
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Tom VarndellTom Varndell is an English rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for London Wasps, England and England Sevens. He claims to have been clocked at 10.8 seconds for the 100 metres in his socks on grass...
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London WaspsLondon Wasps is an English professional rugby union team. The men's first team, which forms London Wasps, was derived from Wasps Football Club who were formed in 1867 at the now defunct Eton and Middlesex Tavern in North London, at the turn of professionalism in 1999...
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Tom YoungsTom Youngs is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. He has also played on loan to Bedford Blues.His position of choice is as a Centre....
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NottinghamNottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club are currently members of The Championship , the second tier of English Rugby....
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Seru RabeniRatu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre or wing for Leeds Carnegie....
(Leeds Carnegie)
Julien DupuyJulien Dupuy born 19 December 1983 is a rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14.Julien Dupuy's plays as a .Julien Dupuy played for Biarritz and Toulouse in the French Top 14 for 7 seasons before joining Leicester Tigers in 2008...
(Stade Français)
Benjamin KayserBenjamin Kayser is a French Rugby union player who plays as hooker for Stade Francais in the French Top 14. He rejoined Stade at the end of the 2008/2009 season from Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership, who he joined during the 2007/2008 season.He has played for France at International...
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Ben HerringBen Herring is a former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. His position is flanker. Herring alarmingly missed out a 2007 Super 14 rugby contract with any New Zealand Super 14 team, and negotiated a move to join the Leicester Tigers in early 2007...
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Derick HougaardDerick Hougaard is a South African rugby union player who plays for Saracens in England. He normally plays at flyhalf...
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SaracensSaracens are a professional rugby union team based in St. Albans, England. They are currently members of the Guinness Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England...
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Marco WentzelMarco Wentzel born 6 May, 1979 in George, Western Cape, South Africa is a rugby union player, formerly with Leicester Tigers, now with Leeds Carnegie in the Guinness Premiership.Marco Wentzel's position of choice is as a lock or in the back-row....
(Leeds Carnegie)
Current England Elite Squad
- George Chuter
George Chuter is an English rugby union player. He started his career with Saracens before joining Leicester Tigers in 2000....
- Jordan Crane
- Tom Croft
Tom Croft born 7 November 1985 in Basingstoke, England is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership.-Background:...
- Louis Deacon
Louis Deacon is an English rugby union footballer. He is a lock.His playing career started as an eight year old, playing with Wigston, before joining Syston. He later joined Syston and as a Ratcliffe College student represented the Midlands county and both the England 16 Group and U18 Group School...
- Harry Ellis
Harry Alistair Ellis is an English rugby union footballer who plays scrum half for Leicester Tigers and England. Ellis is perhaps not the most naturally talented scrum-half, but he more than makes up for that with mental and tireless commitment to the cause.Ellis first played rugby union as a...
- Toby Flood
Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Leicester Tigers, having signed from Newcastle Falcons, and England.-Background:...
- Dan Hipkiss
Daniel Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Leicester Tigers. Hipkiss has represented England at U16, U17, U18, U21 and England A. His full England début came versus Wales in a World Cup warm up match at Twickenham on 4 August 2007.He went to school at...
- Ben Kay
Benedict James Kay MBE is an English international rugby union footballer who plays Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and ....
- Julian White
Julian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays for Leicester Tigers and England.Julian White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
Current England Saxons Squad
- Richard Blaze
Richard Blaze is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership.Richard Blaze's position of choice is as a Lock....
- Dan Cole
- Lewis Moody
Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English international rugby union rugby player who was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side...
- Sam Vesty
Samuel Brook Vesty is an English rugby union footballer who plays utility back for Leicester Tigers.Vesty is the fourth generation of his family to play for the Tigers...
- Ben Woods
Ben Woods is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership as an openside ....
Notable former internationals
Garry AdeyGarry John Adey is a former English rugby union footballer with 381 appearances for Leicester Tigers over a 16 year period . During his career he also gained three caps for England in the back row...
Neil BackNeil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
(B&I Lions)
Richard CockerillRichard Cockerill is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a hooker.Cockerill was born in Rugby. Joining Leicester Tigers, he established himself as the B of the "ABC club" alongside Graham Rowntree and Darren Garforth .He made his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and...
Martin Corry (B&I Lions)
Leo CullenLeo Cullen is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays Lock for Irish club Leinster Rugby and Ireland. He was educated, firstly at Willow Park which is the junior school to Blackrock College where he attended secondary school...
Les CusworthLes Cusworth is a former English rugby union footballer and current Argentine Director of Rugby.-Education:He was educated at Normanton Grammar School and the West Midlands Teacher Training college...
Paul DodgePaul William Dodge is a former English rugby union international footballer who gained 32 caps for his country between 1978 and 1985. His Leicester Tigers career earned him 436 appearances....
(B&I Lions)
Darren GarforthDarren Garforth is a former international rugby union footballer who played tighthead prop for Leicester Tigers and England....
Will GreenwoodWilliam John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is a former English rugby union player.He was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, where his mother taught mathematics until 2007...
(B&I Lions)
Dusty HareWilliam Henry "Dusty" Hare MBE is a former international rugby union footballer, who played .Hare currently holds the world record for points scored in a first class rugby career with 7,337 points....
(B&I Lions)
Austin HealeyAustin Sean Healey is an English rugby union player, who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and has represented England and the British Lions. He now plays for Bishop's Stortford rugby club....
(B&I Lions)
Pat HowardPatrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. He was educated at Queensland University.He was born in Sydney...
Fritz van HeerdenFritz van Heerden is a former South African rugby union player who played international rugby for the Springboks, and club rugby with Western Province and Leicester Tigers....
Shane JenningsShane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the Magners League and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St. Mary's College RFC who play in AIB League Division 1.He plays as an Openside Flanker....
Martin Johnson (B&I Lions)
Craig JoinerCraig Joiner was born April 21, 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland. Educated at Merchiston Castle School, he won 25 caps playing on the wing for the Scottish rugby union side between 1994 and 2000....
Ken JonesKenneth 'Ken' Jeffrey Jones OBE was a Welsh sprinter and record breaking Welsh international rugby union footballer...
Josh KronfeldJoshua Adrian Kronfeld is a former rugby union footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester at first-class level...
Rod KaferRod Kafer was a rugby union player for the ACT Brumbies and the Australian Wallabies. He is remembered by Brumbies fans for kicking a drop-goal in the final minute in a 2001 game against the Cats giving the Brumbies a one point win. He now works for Fox Sports as a rugby commentator and has a...
Dave LougheedDavid Cameron Lougheed is a Canadian former rugby union footballer, playing at wing and centre. He was considered large for a winger, being 1.88m tall and weighing 91 kg though his quick feet and amazing hands made up any imbalances.Lougheed was educated at Queen's University, Canada, starting his...
Leon LloydLeon David Lloyd is a retired English rugby union footballer who played wing or outside centre for Leicester Tigers between 1997 and 2007, spending his final 2007/8 season at Gloucester....
Eric MillerEric Roger Patrick Miller , commonly referred to as Eric Miller, is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers, Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
(B&I Lions)
Darren MorrisDarren Morris is a Wales international rugby union player and has represented the British and Irish Lions. He plays as a loosehead prop.-Club career:...
(B&I Lions)
Tony O'ReillySir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly, AO, is an Irish businessman and former international rugby union player. He is known for his dominance of the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as former CEO and Chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading...
(B&I Lions)
Alexander ObolenskyPrince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky was a Russian Rurikid prince and an international rugby union footballer who played for England...
Ramiro PezRamiro Pez is an Argentine-Italian rugby union footballer who normally plays at . In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French Top 14 club Toulon, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super 10 competition.He made his international debut with the Italian national team on the 8th...
Seru RabeniRatu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre or wing for Leeds Carnegie....
Steve RedfernSteve Redfern is a former international rugby union player, who played tighthead prop for Leicester Tigers and .-Early Years:...
Dean RichardsDean Richards is an English former rugby union player and current coach. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers and played 48 times for England...
(B&I Lions)
Marcus RoseMarcus Rose is a former England rugby union international full back who gained ten caps between 1981 and 1987.He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and then Durham University where he gained an Honours degree in Sociology and later Cambridge University. He played for Coventry R.F.C. and...
Graham RowntreeGraham Christopher Rowntree is a former English rugby union player. He played loosehead prop for Leicester Tigers and England. He was capped 54 times for England, despite having to compete for his position with the world's second most capped player, Jason Leonard.Rowntree was born in...
(B&I Lions)
Waisale SereviWaisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi is a Fijian rugby union footballer. Although he has played fifteen-a-side rugby all his career, Serevi is most notable for his rugby sevens achievements...
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IrelandThe Irish Rugby Football Union is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office and grounds at Lansdowne Road, where Irish rugby union international matches are played...
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Brian SmithBrian Smith is the name of:*Brian Smith , American sports and celebrity photographer*Brian Smith , former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
Ollie SmithOliver James Smith is an English rugby player who plays for Montpellier Hérault RC and England usually at outside centre and occasionally inside centre or wing. He sees himself as a centre who has enough pace to deliver on the wing if required. Smith is 6'1" and weighs 14 st 5l bs...
(B&I Lions)
Winston StanleyWinston Ulysses Stanley is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played wing for University of British Columbia, in Canada, later moving to English club Leicester Tigers....
Tim StimpsonTimothy Richard George Stimpson is a rugby union international full back who is now semi-retired from the game. During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham, England and the British Lions...
(B&I Lions)
Joel StranskyJoel Theodore Stransky is a former South African rugby union footballer, most notable for scoring the winning drop goal in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. He played as a ....
Ephraim TaukafaEphraim Taukafa is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Lyon OU in France. Previously he played for North Harbour, Northern Suburbs, Leicester Tigers and Oyonnax...
Frank Tournaire
Freddie TuilagiFereti Tuilagi is a former Samoan rugby union footballer who previously played rugby league for Halifax Blue Sox and St Helens. He plays as a wing or centre. His first name is often anglicised to Freddie, his surname pronounced "Tuilangi".Tuilagi is the oldest of seven brothers: Henry, Olotuli,...
Henry TuilagiHenry Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for USA Perpignan in the French club competition, the Top 14, and has appeared four times for his national team Samoa...
Anitelia TuilagiAnitelia "Andy" Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership either at or outside . He has played for Samoa, as well as club rugby for Leicester Tigers, in the Guinness Premiership, and a season loan at Leeds Tykes, now Leeds Carnegie, in National...
Rory UnderwoodRory Underwood MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing for, most notably, Leicester Tigers and Bedford. He represented England and the British Lions and is a former Royal Air Force pilot. He was educated at Barnard Castle School and RAF College Cranwell...
(B&I Lions)
Tony UnderwoodTony Underwood is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a wing three-quarter back. He is of Chinese-English parentage....
(B&I Lions)
John WelbornJohn Welborn is an Australian rugby union player, who plays at the lock position. He is currently a squad member of the Western Force in the Super 14, and is a former Wallaby...
Dorian WestDorian Edward West MBE nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English international rugby union footballer.Born in Wrexham, his family moved to England when he was young...
(B&I Lions) Peter Wheeler (B&I Lions)
Clive WoodwardSir Clive Ronald Woodward is a former English rugby union international who was the coach of the national rugby union team from 1997 to 2004...
(B&I Lions)
Nick YoungsNicholas Gerald Youngs is a former English rugby union footballer who played for Leicester Tigers and England, at scrum-half, gaining six England caps in 1983-1984...
International captains
- J.E. Greenwood (England in 1920)
- W.W. Wakefeild (England in 1924)
- F.D. Prentice (Lions 1930)
- B.C. Gadney (England 1934-36)
- D.A. Kendrew (England in 1935)
- Peter Wheeler (England 1983-84)
- Paul Dodge
Paul William Dodge is a former English rugby union international footballer who gained 32 caps for his country between 1978 and 1985. His Leicester Tigers career earned him 436 appearances....
(England in 1985)
- Martin Johnson (England 1999-2003, Lions 1997, 2001)
- Neil Back
Neil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
(England)
- Dorian West
Dorian Edward West MBE nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English international rugby union footballer.Born in Wrexham, his family moved to England when he was young...
(England)
- Martin Corry (England 2005-07, Lions 2005)
Captains
- B .V.D. Zweth
- A. E. Brice
- A.T. Porter
- L. Young
- J.G.S. Coleman
- W.A. Sheffield
- J. Parsons
- R.S. Snowden
- W.R. Porter
- A McKechnie
- W.H. Sturges
- A.E. Cooke
- E. Redman
- A.O. Jones
- W.J Foreman
- J.W. Garner
- S. Matthews
- R.F. Russell
- J.R Watson
- P.W. Lawrie
- W.J. Allen
- W.W. Wakefield
- H.L.V. Day
- F.D. Prentice
- H.D. Greenless
- D.J. Norman
- R.A. Buckingham
- B.C. Gadney
- R.J Barr
- J.T.W. Berry
- H.P. Jerwood
- A.C. Towell
- D. Goves
- W.K.T. Moore
- A.D. Bolesworth
- J.M. Jenkins
- J. Elders
- T. Bleasdale
- J.S. Swan
- C.G. Martin
- M.R. Wade
- M.J. Harrison
- D.J. Matthews
- G.G. Willars
- K.P. Andrews
- John Allen
-Politicians:*John Allen , U.S. Representative from Connecticut*John B. Allen , First U.S. Senator from Washington*John J. Allen , Mayor of Ottawa from 1931 to 1933...
- R.V. Grove
- Peter Wheeler
- R.S. Money
- Bob Rowell
- B.P. Hall
- Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former Leicester Tigers and England blindside flanker. He made 207 appearances during the period 1976-83 for Leicester Tigers....
- Ian 'Dosser' Smith
- Les Cusworth
Les Cusworth is a former English rugby union footballer and current Argentine Director of Rugby.-Education:He was educated at Normanton Grammar School and the West Midlands Teacher Training college...
- Paul Dodge
Paul William Dodge is a former English rugby union international footballer who gained 32 caps for his country between 1978 and 1985. His Leicester Tigers career earned him 436 appearances....
- John Wells
John Wells is a former captain and coach of the Leicester Tigers rugby union team and presently forwards coach for England.Wells was born in Driffield, Yorkshire...
- Dean Richards
Dean Richards is an English former rugby union player and current coach. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers and played 48 times for England...
- Martin Johnson
- Neil Back
Neil Antony Back is a former international rugby union footballer for England, who also played for Leicester Tigers, and captained both England and Leicester during his career....
- Josh Kronfeld
Joshua Adrian Kronfeld is a former rugby union footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester at first-class level...
- Martin Corry
- Ben Kay
Benedict James Kay MBE is an English international rugby union footballer who plays Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and ....
- Louis Deacon
Louis Deacon is an English rugby union footballer. He is a lock.His playing career started as an eight year old, playing with Wigston, before joining Syston. He later joined Syston and as a Ratcliffe College student represented the Midlands county and both the England 16 Group and U18 Group School...
- Brett Deacon
Brett Deacon born 7 March, 1982 in Leicester, England is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership.Brett Deacon's position of choice is as in the back-row. He is the younger brother of Leicester teammate and England international Louis Deacon.-External links:*...
- Lewis Moody
Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English international rugby union rugby player who was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side...
- Aaron Mauger
Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a rugby union footballer who plays at for Leicester Tigers. He previously played s and s for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
- Geordan Murphy
Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy is an Irish rugby union rugby player and plays fullback or wing for the English club Leicester Tigers and Ireland....
(Current Captain)
- Craig Newby
Craig Newby is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He attended Rotorua Boys' High School and has played for North Harbour, Otago, and the Highlanders. His All Blacks debut was 19 June, 2004 against England...
Coaches
- Richard Cockerill
Richard Cockerill is a former English rugby union footballer who played as a hooker.Cockerill was born in Rugby. Joining Leicester Tigers, he established himself as the B of the "ABC club" alongside Graham Rowntree and Darren Garforth .He made his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and...
, Head Coach
- Matt O'Connor, Backs coach
- Paul Burke
Paul Burke is an Irish rugby union footballer who played at Fly Half. He has formerly played for Cork Constitution, London Irish, Munster, Bristol, Cardiff and Harlequins. He signed for English club Leicester Tigers for the 2006-7 season and helped take the team to three finals in that year...
, Kicking coach
- Ben Herring
Ben Herring is a former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. His position is flanker. Herring alarmingly missed out a 2007 Super 14 rugby contract with any New Zealand Super 14 team, and negotiated a move to join the Leicester Tigers in early 2007...
, First Team Assistant
Club honours
- English Premierships
The English Premiership is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are, at present, twelve clubs in the Premiership...
: 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007The 2006-07 Guinness Premiership, the top level of club rugby union in England, started in September 2006, and ended with the final in May 2007. It was announced during the 2005-06 season that the 2006-07 competition would end two weeks early due to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, as England...
, 2009
- Anglo-Welsh Cups
The Anglo-Welsh Cup is an English and Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the twelve Guinness Premiership clubs and four Welsh Regions. Between 2006 and 2009 the competition was sponsored by EDF and referred to as the EDF Energy Cup. Prior to the 2005-06 season, the competition...
: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997, 2007The 2006-07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition. It was the second season under the new Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor...
- Heineken Cup
The European Rugby Cup is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from six International Rugby Board nations in Europe: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Romania competed in the first year of the competition only...
: 2001, 2002
- Middlesex 7s
The Middlesex Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England. It was first held in 1926. The event was held at the end of the rugby union season in May every year for 75 years and moved to August in 2001 due to lack of available stadium dates and...
: 1995
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