Daniel Philip Hemingway is a rugby union player. After spending time on loan from Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

 at Nottingham RFC, Dan has now signed a 2 year contract taking him to Leeds Carnegie

His position is usually blind side flanker, but he has also played No 8 and occasionally lock forward.

Educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School is a selective state grammar school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Founded in 1527, it is one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom. The school was a day and boarding school until the 1880s, and retained a small number of boarders in the mid-20th century...

 in Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...

, Hemingway previously played for Lichfield RFC before joining the Leicester Academy in 2006. He made his first team debut in the 2008/2009 season.

He was part of the Leicester Tigers team to beat South Africa XV at Welford Road as well as scoring a try in a defeat to the Classic All Blacks