Leicester Lions were a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club, whose first team play in National League 2 North

National League 2 North

National League 2 North, is the 4th tier of the English rugby union system and provides mostly amateur competition for teams in the Northern half of England....

. They are the leading amateur

Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

 club in Leicester, second only to Guinness Premiership champions 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...

, a professional side. They were formed in 1999 from the amalgamation of Westleigh RFC (founded 1904) and Wigston RFC (founded 1946). They have three Leicester tigers academy players in their squad. Their head coach is the ex Leicester tigers player Jason Aldwinckle.