Leicester Tigers
Encyclopedia
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. Leicester have also appeared in a record seven successive Premiership finals since 2005. The Tigers have never finished a league season below 6th position, and are one of only four teams (along with Gloucester
, Bath and Wasps) never to have been relegated from the top division. Leicester are also the only English side to have qualified to play in every Heineken Cup
in which English teams have participated, and are also the most successful English side in Europe; back-to-back champions in 2001 and 2002 and losing finalists in 1997, 2007 and 2009.
The club's turnover for 2009–10 was £18.5 million.
Leicester's rivalry with Northampton
is known as the East Midlands Derby.
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 Leicestershire Regiment (which became in 1946 The Royal Leicestershire Regiment). The Regiment had received the nickname 'Tigers' after serving in India
, and from 1825 had worn a cap-badge with a 'royal' tiger to mark the connection. 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 Road
, Leicester
. 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.
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 Boxing Day
Barbarians
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 Waterloo
on the last day of the 1987/88 season, the Tigers became England’s first official champions.
, hooker Richard Cockerill
and Darren Garforth
.
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 Brive
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 Back
pushed over Lander landing himself a six month ban.
From 1999 to 2002, under the captaincy of Martin Johnson and the management of Dean Richards
, 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 six — tied with Bath for most wins.
They also won the Heineken Cup
in 2001 and 2002 — the only side to date who have managed to win the competition in consecutive seasons. Leicester defeated Stade Français
(34–30) in 2001, and Munster
(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 2003 Rugby World Cup
, the club had seven representatives in the winning England
squad: Martin Johnson (captain), Neil Back
, Martin Corry, Ben Kay
, Lewis Moody
, Dorian West
and Julian White
. However while 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 Richards
who was succeeded by the forwards' coach John Wells.
' 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 Stadium
. In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to Wasps
. 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 Howard
In 2005/06, the Tigers finished second to the Sale Sharks
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 Cup Leicester won their group but lost in the semi-finals to Wasps at the Millennium Stadium
in Cardiff
, Wales
.
Over the summer of 2006, they added a number of promising forwards especially Jordan Crane
, the Number 8, who arrived from Leeds Tykes with a good reputation following the U21 World Cup in France
.
Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years on 15 April 2007, beating the Ospreys 41–35 with tries from Tom Varndell
, Tom Croft
, Ben Kay
and Alesana Tuilagi
to win the EDF Energy Cup at Twickenham Stadium
. This was quickly repeated with Guinness 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 Cup
Final at Twickenham on 20 May to London Wasps
.
It was announced on 28 December 2006 that the head coach Pat Howard
would leave the club at the end of the season, to return to his native Australia
. He was succeeded by the then-head coach of , Marcelo Loffreda
after the 2007 Rugby World Cup
. Loffreda guided Leicester through the group stages of the EDF cup to the semi final where they defeated Wasps
in a knock-out game for the first time since the 1980s. 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 Varndell
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 Goode
'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 Meyer
was the board's 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 Cardiff Blues
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 after backrow forwards Craig Newby
and Jordan Crane
both succeeded with their place kicks. In the 2009 Premiership final Leicester beat London Irish (10–9), with a try from Crane
and 5 points from the boot of Dupuy
. The following week Leicester lost the Heineken Cup final in Edinburgh to Irish province Leinster, containing former Leicester favourites captain Leo Cullen
and openside Shane Jennings
.
On Friday November the 6th Leicester hosted the world champion Springboks to mark the opening of the new CAT stand. In a tight and compelling match a young Leicester side triumphed 22–17, with a try from Lucas González Amorosino
and 17 points from scrum half Ben Youngs.
Leicester hold the record for the biggest wins in both the Heineken Cup (90–19 demolition of Glasgow
in 1997), and the English Premiership (83–10 defeat of Newcastle Falcons
in 2005). Leicester also hold the record for most titles (8), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (6), most (first) away semi-final victories in the Premiership play-offs.
, 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 and 2009/10. They lost their first two finals to London Wasps
and Sale Sharks
respectively. On 5 May 2007, Leicester defeated Bristol
26–14 to reach the Premiership play-off final for the third consecutive year, where they defeated Gloucester 44–16 at Twickenham
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 Wasps
won their sixth title, fourth via the play-offs. They won the 2008/09 final against London Irish
, and the 2009/10 final against Saracens
. The Tigers reached the 2010/11 final for a rematch with Saracens having again topped the table above them despite winning fewer games, however after a nailbiting finish which saw a a record breaking 7 minutes overtime played during which the Tigers went through 32 phases camped on the Saracens try line before conceding a penalty which awarded Saracens their revenge for the previous years defeat.
These seven consecutive finals is a record for consecutive appearances in a play-off final under the current format.
, 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 the First World War. The Alliance and Leicester Stand was opened at the Welford Road end in 1995. The total ground capacity is currently 24,000 (2009/10 season).
On 23 November 2004, the club announced that it had entered into a 50–50 joint venture with the city's main football
club, Leicester City
, to purchase City's current ground, Walkers Stadium
. 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 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 – called the "Caterpillar Stand" after the club's main sponsor. The work was completed for the first home game of the 2009/10 season against Newcastle Falcons
. The Caterpillar Stand has room for 10,000 spectators along with a 1,000 seat hospitality suite. On the ground floor of the Caterpillar stand is the Final Whistle bar where no ticket is required for entry.
At the end of the 2008/09 season three home games were played at the Walkers Stadium
due to demolition of the old north stand.
Marcos Ayerza
Anthony Allen George Chuter
Dan Cole
Jordan Crane Tom Croft
Louis Deacon
Toby Flood
Mathew Tait
Manu Tuilagi
Julian White
Ben Youngs
Geordan Murphy
Jeremy Staunton
Martin Castrogiovanni
Scott Hamilton Craig Newby
Alesana Tuilagi
Steve Mafi
(from
Brumbies) Kieran Brookes
(from
Newcastle Falcons
) Richard de Carpentier
(from
UWIC
) Graham Kitchener
(from Worcester Warriors) Mathew Tait
(from Sale Sharks
) Micky Young
(from Newcastle Falcons
) Tom Youngs
(from Nottingham
) Niall Morris
(from Leinster
)
(to
Montpellier
) Matt Everard (to London Wasps
) Dan Hemingway
(to Leeds Carnegie) Dan Hipkiss
(to Bath
) Will Hurrell (to London Welsh) Jimmy Stevens Joe Duffey
(to Nottingham
)
Pat Howard
Rod Kafer
Lote Tuqiri John Welborn
Dave Lougheed
Winston Stanley
Garry Adey
Neil Back
(B&I Lions) Richard Cockerill
Martin Corry (B&I Lions) Les Cusworth
Paul Dodge
(B&I Lions) Harry Ellis
(B&I Lions) Darren Garforth
Andy Goode
Will Greenwood
(B&I Lions) Dusty Hare
(B&I Lions) Austin Healey
(B&I Lions) Dan Hipkiss
Martin Johnson (B&I Lions) Ben Kay
(B&I Lions) Leon Lloyd
Lewis Moody
(B&I Lions) Alexander Obolensky
Steve Redfern
Dean Richards
(B&I Lions) Marcus Rose
Graham Rowntree
(B&I Lions) Ollie Smith
(B&I Lions) Tim Stimpson
(B&I Lions) Rory Underwood
(B&I Lions) Tony Underwood
(B&I Lions) Sam Vesty
Dorian West
(B&I Lions) Peter Wheeler (B&I Lions) Clive Woodward
(B&I Lions) Nick Youngs
Leo Cullen
Shane Jennings
Eric Miller
(B&I Lions) Tony O'Reilly
(B&I Lions) Ramiro Pez
Seru Rabeni
Waisale Serevi
Julien Dupuy
Benjamin Kayser
Frank Tournaire Josh Kronfeld
Aaron Mauger
Anitelia Tuilagi
Freddie Tuilagi
Henry Tuilagi
Jim Hamilton Craig Joiner
Joel Stransky
Fritz van Heerden
Ephraim Taukafa
Mefin Davies
Ken Jones Darren Morris
(B&I Lions) Brian Smith
England
England 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, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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 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
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
or Wasps
London Wasps
London 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...
, the last of which was in 2010. Leicester have also appeared in a record seven successive Premiership finals since 2005. The Tigers have never finished a league season below 6th position, and are one of only four teams (along with Gloucester
Gloucester RFC
Gloucester Rugby are a professional English rugby union club situated in the west country city of Gloucester. The club plays in the domestic Aviva Premiership...
, Bath and Wasps) never to have been relegated from the top division. Leicester are also the only English side to have qualified to play in every Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
in which English teams have participated, and are also the most successful English side in Europe; back-to-back champions in 2001 and 2002 and losing finalists in 1997, 2007 and 2009.
The club's turnover for 2009–10 was £18.5 million.
Leicester's rivalry with Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
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 Leicestershire Regiment (which became in 1946 The Royal Leicestershire Regiment). The Regiment had received the nickname 'Tigers' after serving in India
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
, and from 1825 had worn a cap-badge with a 'royal' tiger to mark the connection. 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 Road
Welford Road Stadium
Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England and is the home ground for Leicester Tigers. It is located between Aylestone Road and Welford Road on the edge of the city centre...
, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and 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 WhiteChalkie White
Herbert Victor "Chalkie" White was an English rugby union player and later coach, instrumental in the success of Leicester Tigers.White was born in Carlisle and served in the Royal Navy before becoming a schoolteacher...
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 Boxing Day
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. In Ireland, it is recognized as...
Barbarians
Barbarian F.C.
The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the 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 Waterloo
Waterloo R.F.C.
Waterloo Football Club is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthonys 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 Rowntree
Graham 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 Cockerill
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...
and Darren Garforth
Darren Garforth
Darren 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 Brive
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 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 created on 15 March 1910 established on...
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 Back
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....
pushed over Lander landing himself a six month ban.
From 1999 to 2002, under the captaincy of Martin Johnson and the management of Dean Richards
Dean Richards (rugby player)
Dean Richards is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions.-Club career:...
, 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 six — tied with Bath for most wins.
They also won the Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
in 2001 and 2002 — the only side to date who have managed to win the competition in consecutive seasons. Leicester defeated Stade Français
Stade Français Paris
Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....
(34–30) in 2001, and Munster
Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Munster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish...
(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 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
, the club had seven representatives in the winning England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
squad: Martin Johnson (captain), Neil Back
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....
, Martin Corry, Ben Kay
Ben Kay
Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...
, Lewis Moody
Lewis Moody
Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
, Dorian West
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...
and Julian White
Julian White
Julian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Leicester Tigers and England.White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
. However while 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 Richards
Dean Richards (rugby player)
Dean Richards is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions.-Club career:...
who was succeeded by the forwards' coach John Wells.
Post Richards era
In John WellsJohn Wells (rugby)
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...
' 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 Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...
. In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to Wasps
London Wasps
London 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...
. 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 Howard
Pat Howard
Patrick 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 Sharks
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
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 Cup Leicester won their group but lost in the semi-finals to Wasps at the Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...
in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
Over the summer of 2006, they added a number of promising forwards especially Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane (rugby player)
Jordan 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 France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Leicester won their first piece of silverware for five years on 15 April 2007, beating the Ospreys 41–35 with tries from Tom Varndell
Tom Varndell
Tom 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 Croft
Tom Croft
Tom Croft, born 7 November 1985 in Basingstoke, England, is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.-Background:Croft's best position is blindside flanker, but he can fill in at openside flanker , and lock...
, Ben Kay
Ben Kay
Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...
and Alesana Tuilagi
Alesana Tuilagi
Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Aviva Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa...
to win the EDF Energy Cup at Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham 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 Premiership
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are 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 Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
Final at Twickenham on 20 May to London Wasps
London Wasps
London 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...
.
It was announced on 28 December 2006 that the head coach Pat Howard
Pat Howard
Patrick 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 Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was succeeded by the then-head coach of , Marcelo Loffreda
Marcelo Loffreda
Marcelo 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 centre for the Argentine rugby union side...
after the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
. Loffreda guided Leicester through the group stages of the EDF cup to the semi final where they defeated Wasps
London Wasps
London 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 1980s. 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 Varndell
Tom Varndell
Tom 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
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
to set up a rematch of the previous seasons Premiership Final against Gloucester. Once again Leicester were successful late on, this time utilising Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...
'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 Meyer
Heyneke Meyer
Heyneke 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 board's 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 Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....
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 after backrow forwards Craig Newby
Craig Newby
Craig Newby is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership....
and Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane is an American comics creator.Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology NON, which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman’s RAW and newer comics artists...
both succeeded with their place kicks. In the 2009 Premiership final Leicester beat London Irish (10–9), with a try from Crane
Jordan Crane
Jordan Crane is an American comics creator.Crane first emerged in 1996 with the anthology NON, which he edited, contributed to, and published. This anthology combines influences from Art Spiegelman’s RAW and newer comics artists...
and 5 points from the boot of Dupuy
Julien Dupuy
Julien Dupuy born 19 December 1983 is a rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14.Julien Dupuy plays as a Scrum-half.Julien Dupuy played for Biarritz and Toulouse in the French Top 14 for 7 seasons before joining Leicester Tigers in 2008...
. The following week Leicester lost the Heineken Cup final in Edinburgh to Irish province Leinster, containing former Leicester favourites captain Leo Cullen
Leo Cullen
Leo Cullen may refer to:*Leo Cullen *Leo Cullen...
and openside Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St...
.
On Friday November the 6th Leicester hosted the world champion Springboks to mark the opening of the new CAT stand. In a tight and compelling match a young Leicester side triumphed 22–17, with a try from Lucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino is an Argentine rugby union player who plays wing or fullback for French club Montpellier after signing from English club Leicester Tigers in 2011....
and 17 points from scrum half Ben Youngs.
Leicester hold the record for the biggest wins in both the Heineken Cup (90–19 demolition of Glasgow
Glasgow Warriors
The Glasgow Warriors, formerly Glasgow Rugby, are one of two professional rugby union teams in Scotland, Edinburgh being the other. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12 and their home ground is Firhill Stadium, also the home of Partick Thistle Football Club.-History:Glasgow Rugby were created to...
in 1997), and the English Premiership (83–10 defeat of Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons
The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
in 2005). Leicester also hold the record for most titles (8), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (6), most (first) away semi-final victories in the Premiership play-offs.
Premiership play-offs
In the last seven seasons Leicester have reached the final of the PremiershipGuinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are 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 and 2009/10. They lost their first two finals to London Wasps
London Wasps
London 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 Sharks
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
respectively. On 5 May 2007, Leicester defeated Bristol
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely 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 Twickenham
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham 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...
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 Wasps
London Wasps
London 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. They won the 2008/09 final against London Irish
London Irish
London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top...
, and the 2009/10 final against Saracens
Saracens F.C.
Saracens are a professional rugby union team based in St. Albans, England – although they play their home games at Vicarage Road, in Watford. They are currently members of the Aviva Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England...
. The Tigers reached the 2010/11 final for a rematch with Saracens having again topped the table above them despite winning fewer games, however after a nailbiting finish which saw a a record breaking 7 minutes overtime played during which the Tigers went through 32 phases camped on the Saracens try line before conceding a penalty which awarded Saracens their revenge for the previous years defeat.
These seven consecutive finals is a record for consecutive appearances in a play-off final under the current format.
Stadium
The club plays its home games at Welford Road StadiumWelford Road Stadium
Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England and is the home ground for 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 the First World War. The Alliance and Leicester Stand was opened at the Welford Road end in 1995. The total ground capacity is currently 24,000 (2009/10 season).
On 23 November 2004, the club announced that it had entered into a 50–50 joint venture with the city's main football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
, to purchase City's current ground, Walkers Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...
. 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 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 – called the "Caterpillar Stand" after the club's main sponsor. The work was completed for the first home game of the 2009/10 season against Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons
The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
. The Caterpillar Stand has room for 10,000 spectators along with a 1,000 seat hospitality suite. On the ground floor of the Caterpillar stand is the Final Whistle bar where no ticket is required for entry.
At the end of the 2008/09 season three home games were played at the Walkers Stadium
Walkers Stadium
The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...
due to demolition of the old north stand.
Current squad
Current England Elite Squad
- George ChuterGeorge ChuterGeorge Scala Chuter is an English rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.-Biography:...
- Dan ColeDan Cole (rugby union)Dan Cole is an English rugby union player who plays at prop for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.-Club career:Cole's first team début came in the October 2007 EDF Energy Cup pool match against Bath...
- Tom CroftTom CroftTom Croft, born 7 November 1985 in Basingstoke, England, is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.-Background:Croft's best position is blindside flanker, but he can fill in at openside flanker , and lock...
- Louis DeaconLouis DeaconLouis 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...
- Toby FloodToby FloodTobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" 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:...
- Manu TuilagiManu TuilagiManu Samoa Tuilagi is a Samoan born British professional rugby union player who currently plays for Aviva Premiership side Leicester Tigers...
- Thomas WaldromThomas WaldromThomas Waldrom is a New Zealand born rugby Number 8 who represents England.His nickname is Thomas the Tank Engine because of his first name and his tank like stature.-Provinces:...
- Ben YoungsBen YoungsBenjamin Ryder Youngs is an English rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers and England.-Background:...
Current England Saxons Squad
- Kieran BrookesKieran BrookesKieran Brookes is an English rugby player who plays with Leicester Tigers as a prop.-Club career:He made almost 40 senior appearances for Newcastle but only started 1 game in the 2009–2010 season....
- Jordan Crane
- Graham KitchenerGraham KitchenerGraham Kitchener is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a Lock but can also play as a blindside flanker....
- Billy TwelvetreesBilly TwelvetreesWilliam Wesley "Billy" Twelvetrees is a rugby union footballer who plays centre or fly-half for Leicester Tigers.Within the Tigers squad he is nicknamed 36. This comes from club captain Geordan Murphy saying 'Twelvetrees', but with his Irish accent it sounded like 'twelve threes'.....
- Micky YoungMicky YoungMichael Young is a Scrum half for Rugby Union team Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.-Club Career:...
International Capped Players
Horacio AgullaHoracio Agulla
Horacio Agulla is an Argentine rugby union player, who represents Leicester Tigers at club level, and has played for Argentina's national side. Agulla plays as a winger. He also attended St...
Marcos Ayerza
Marcos Ayerza
Marcos Ayerza is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays loose-head prop for an English club, the Leicester Tigers.-Club career:...
Anthony Allen George Chuter
George Chuter
George Scala Chuter is an English rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.-Biography:...
Dan Cole
Dan Cole (rugby union)
Dan Cole is an English rugby union player who plays at prop for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.-Club career:Cole's first team début came in the October 2007 EDF Energy Cup pool match against Bath...
Jordan Crane Tom Croft
Tom Croft
Tom Croft, born 7 November 1985 in Basingstoke, England, is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.-Background:Croft's best position is blindside flanker, but he can fill in at openside flanker , and lock...
Louis Deacon
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...
Toby Flood
Toby Flood
Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" 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:...
Mathew Tait
Mathew Tait
Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
Manu Tuilagi
Manu Tuilagi
Manu Samoa Tuilagi is a Samoan born British professional rugby union player who currently plays for Aviva Premiership side Leicester Tigers...
Julian White
Julian White
Julian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Leicester Tigers and England.White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
Ben Youngs
Ben Youngs
Benjamin Ryder Youngs is an English rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers and England.-Background:...
Geordan Murphy
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....
Jeremy Staunton
Jeremy Staunton
Jeremy Staunton is an Irish rugby union fly-half, currently playing for English club Leicester Tigers in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. He has also played for Ireland.He was educated at St Munchin's College Limerick....
Martin Castrogiovanni
Martin Castrogiovanni
Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
Scott Hamilton Craig Newby
Craig Newby
Craig Newby is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership....
Alesana Tuilagi
Alesana Tuilagi
Alesana "Alex" Tuilagi is a Samoan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Leicester Tigers in the English club competition, the Aviva Premiership, and has appeared numerous times for his national team Samoa...
Steve Mafi
Steve Mafi
Sitiveni O. "Steve" Mafi is an Australian born rugby player of Tongan heritage who plays lock or flanker for Leicester Tigers and Tonga, having previously played for the New South Wales Waratahs....
Players In
Julian SalviJulian Salvi
Julian Salvi , is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays for Leicester Tigers.- Rugby career :Salvi returned to the Brumbies after a one-year sabbatical with English Premiership club, Bath...
(from
Brumbies) Kieran BrookesKieran Brookes
Kieran Brookes is an English rugby player who plays with Leicester Tigers as a prop.-Club career:He made almost 40 senior appearances for Newcastle but only started 1 game in the 2009–2010 season....
(from
Newcastle FalconsNewcastle Falcons
The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
) Richard de Carpentier
Richard de Carpentier
Richard de Carpentier is a young backrow forward playing for the Leicester Tigers club in his first professional contract. He is a sports coaching graduate of UWIC and a former England Sevens player, having made his debut in the Edinburgh leg of the 2011 World Series and former England Students...
(from
UWICUniversity of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Cardiff Metropolitan University is a university situated in Cardiff. It operates from three campuses: Llandaff on Western Avenue, Cyncoed, and Howard Gardens in the City Centre. The university serves over 12,000 students...
) Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener
Graham Kitchener is an English rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.He plays as a Lock but can also play as a blindside flanker....
(from
Worcester Warriors) Mathew TaitMathew Tait
Mathew Tait is an English rugby union footballer. He is an outside centre, a fullback or wing...
(from
Sale SharksSale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
) Micky Young
Micky Young
Michael Young is a Scrum half for Rugby Union team Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy.-Club Career:...
(from
Newcastle FalconsNewcastle Falcons
The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...
) Tom Youngs
Tom Youngs
Tom Youngs is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He has also played on loan at Bedford Blues and Nottingham....
(from
NottinghamNottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....
) Niall Morris
Niall Morris (rugby union)
Niall Edward Morris is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays Wing, Full-back for Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership.Morris played for Leinster Rugby on a development contract, appearing for the first team eight times....
(from Leinster
Leinster Rugby
Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
)
Players Out
Lucas González AmorosinoLucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino is an Argentine rugby union player who plays wing or fullback for French club Montpellier after signing from English club Leicester Tigers in 2011....
(to
MontpellierMontpellier Hérault RC
Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in 2007...
) Matt Everard (to
London WaspsLondon Wasps
London 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...
) Dan Hemingway
Dan Hemingway
Daniel Philip Hemingway is a rugby union player. After spending time on loan from Leicester Tigers at Nottingham RFC, Dan has now signed a 2 year contract taking him to Leeds Carnegie...
(to
Leeds Carnegie) Dan HipkissDan Hipkiss
Daniel James Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Bath Rugby. 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...
(to
BathBath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
) Will Hurrell (to
London Welsh) Jimmy Stevens Joe DuffeyJoe Duffey
Joe Duffey is a rugby union footballer who plays hooker for Leicester Tigers.- Career :Duffey spent five seasons at Nottingham RFC before joining Leicester Tigers in the summer of 2009.- External links :* *...
(to
NottinghamNottingham R.F.C.
Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....
)
Notable former internationals
Lucas González AmorosinoLucas González Amorosino
Lucas González Amorosino is an Argentine rugby union player who plays wing or fullback for French club Montpellier after signing from English club Leicester Tigers in 2011....
Pat Howard
Pat Howard
Patrick 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...
Rod Kafer
Rod Kafer
Rodney "Rod" B. 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...
Lote Tuqiri John WelbornJohn Welborn
John 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...
Dave Lougheed
Dave Lougheed
David 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,...
Winston Stanley
Winston Stanley
Winston 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....
Garry Adey
Garry Adey
Garry 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 Back
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....
(B&I Lions) Richard Cockerill
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...
Martin Corry (B&I Lions) Les Cusworth
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 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....
(B&I Lions) Harry Ellis
Harry Ellis
Harry Alistair Ellis is a retired English rugby union footballer who played scrum half for Leicester Tigers, England and the British & Irish Lions....
(B&I Lions) Darren Garforth
Darren Garforth
Darren Garforth is a former international rugby union footballer who played tighthead prop for Leicester Tigers and England....
Andy Goode
Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Worcester and England.-Career:...
Will Greenwood
Will Greenwood
William John Heaton "Will" Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s.-Career:...
(B&I Lions) Dusty Hare
Dusty Hare
William Henry "Dusty" Hare MBE is a former international rugby union footballer, who played fullback.Hare currently holds the world record for points scored in a first class rugby career with 7,337 points....
(B&I Lions) Austin Healey
Austin Healey
Austin Sean Healey is a former English rugby union player, who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and has represented the England national rugby union team and the British Lions....
(B&I Lions) Dan Hipkiss
Dan Hipkiss
Daniel James Hipkiss is a professional Rugby Union player who currently plays at Centre for Bath Rugby. 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...
Martin Johnson (B&I Lions) Ben Kay
Ben Kay
Benedict James Kay MBE is a retired English international rugby union footballer who played Second row forward for Leicester Tigers and .-Background:...
(B&I Lions) Leon Lloyd
Leon Lloyd
Leon 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....
Lewis Moody
Lewis Moody
Lewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
(B&I Lions) Alexander Obolensky
Alexander Obolensky
Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky was a Russian Rurikid prince and an international rugby union footballer who played for England. He was popularly known as just "The Prince" by many sports fans.-Biography:...
Steve Redfern
Steve Redfern
Steve Redfern is a former international rugby union player who played tighthead prop for Leicester Tigers and .-Early years:...
Dean Richards
Dean Richards (rugby player)
Dean Richards is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions.-Club career:...
(B&I Lions) Marcus Rose
Marcus Rose
Marcus Rose is a former rugby union international full back who gained ten caps between 1981 and 1987.Rose was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, Hatfield College at Durham University and Magdalene College, Cambridge.He played for Leicester Tigers at the age of 17, Cambridge University...
Graham Rowntree
Graham Rowntree
Graham 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) Ollie Smith
Ollie Smith
Oliver James Smith is an English rugby player who plays for Harlequins F.C. Rugby Club as of next season 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...
(B&I Lions) Tim Stimpson
Tim Stimpson
Timothy Richard George Stimpson is a former rugby union international full back . 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) Rory Underwood
Rory Underwood
Rory 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....
(B&I Lions) Tony Underwood
Tony Underwood
Tony 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) Sam Vesty
Sam Vesty
Samuel Brook Vesty is an English rugby union footballer who plays utility back for Bath Rugby.Vesty is the fourth generation of his family to play for the Tigers...
Dorian West
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...
(B&I Lions) Peter Wheeler (B&I Lions) Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBE is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is currently the British Olympic Association's Director of Elite Performance.-Early life:Woodward was born in Ely...
(B&I Lions) Nick Youngs
Nick Youngs
Nicholas 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...
Leo Cullen
Leo Cullen (rugby player)
Leo Cullen is an Irish rugby union player 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...
Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings
Shane Jennings born 8 July 1981 in Dublin, Ireland is a rugby union player for Leinster Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup.He is also registered to St...
Eric Miller
Eric Miller (rugby player)
Eric Roger Patrick Miller is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers,[Ulster],Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions...
(B&I Lions) Tony O'Reilly
Tony O'Reilly
Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly is an Irish businessman and former international rugby union player. He is known for his involvement 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 shareholder of...
(B&I Lions) Ramiro Pez
Ramiro Pez
Ramiro Pez is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer who normally plays at fly-half. 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...
Seru Rabeni
Seru Rabeni
Ratu Seru Raveive Rabeni is a Fijian rugby union player. He plays as a centre or wing for Stade Rochelais....
Waisale Serevi
Waisale Serevi
Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi is a former Fijian rugby union footballer, and coach. Although he played fifteen-a-side rugby throughout his playing career, Serevi is most notable for his achievements in rugby sevens....
Julien Dupuy
Julien Dupuy
Julien Dupuy born 19 December 1983 is a rugby union player for Stade Français in the Top 14.Julien Dupuy plays as a Scrum-half.Julien Dupuy played for Biarritz and Toulouse in the French Top 14 for 7 seasons before joining Leicester Tigers in 2008...
Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser
Benjamin Kayser is a French Rugby union player who plays as hooker for Clermont Auvergne in the French Top 14....
Frank Tournaire Josh Kronfeld
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...
Aaron Mauger
Aaron Mauger
Aaron Joseph Douglas Mauger is a former rugby union player who played at centre for Leicester Tigers. He previously played first five-eighths and second five-eighths for Canterbury , the Crusaders and the New Zealand All Blacks...
Anitelia Tuilagi
Anitelia Tuilagi
Anitelea "Andy" Tuilagi is a Samoan international rugby union player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons either at wing or outside centre....
Freddie Tuilagi
Freddie Tuilagi
Fereti Tuilagi is a former Samoan rugby union Rugby player who previously played rugby league for Halifax Blue Sox and St. Helens. He played as a wing or centre and now is currently retired...
Henry Tuilagi
Henry Tuilagi
Enele "Henry" 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...
Jim Hamilton Craig Joiner
Craig Joiner
Craig 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....
Joel Stransky
Joel Stransky
Joel Theodore Stransky is a former South African rugby union rugby player, most notable for scoring all of South Africa's points, including the famous dramatic winning drop goal, against New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. He played as a fly-half.-Early life:Stransky was born in...
Fritz van Heerden
Fritz van Heerden
Fritz 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....
Ephraim Taukafa
Ephraim Taukafa
Ephraim Taukafa is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He currently plays for France Stade Montois in France. Previously he played for North Harbour in New Zealand, Northern Suburbs in Australia, Leicester Tigers in England and Oyonnax and Lyon OU in France...
Mefin Davies
Mefin Davies
David Mefin Davies is a Welsh rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for the Ospreys and the Wales national rugby union team.Davies was born in Nantgaredig. He made his international debut on 8 June 2002 at Cape Town, South Africa...
Ken Jones Darren Morris
Darren Morris
Darren 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) Brian Smith
Brian Smith (rugby)
Brian Smith is an Australian retired rugby football player and current coach. He is the attack coach for England.Smith was born in St George, Queensland. He played rugby union for the Queensland Reds, and won 6 caps for Australia in 1987, before playing 9 times for Ireland between 1989 and 1991 as...
International captains
- John Eric GreenwoodJohn Eric GreenwoodJohn Eric Greenwood was a rugby union international who represented England from 1912 to 1920. He also captained his country. During what would have been the prime of his playing career he fought in the First World War.-Early life:...
(England 1920) - Wavell Wakefield (England 1924)
- Doug PrenticeDoug PrenticeFrank Douglas "Doug" Prentice was an English rugby union player and administrator.He played club rugby for Leicester. He won three caps for England and was the captain of the British Lions in their tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1930 and manager of the 1936 British Lions tour to Argentina.-...
(Lions 1930) - Bernard GadneyBernard GadneyBernard Cecil Gadney was an English rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers, England and the British Lions. Gadney won 14 England caps between 1932 and 1938 and was captain on eight occasions....
(England 1934–36) - Douglas KendrewDouglas KendrewMajor General Sir Douglas Anthony Kendrew, KCMG, CB, CBE, DSO & Three Bars, was a British rugby player and military officer, who became Governor of Western Australia 1963-1974.- Early years :...
(England 1935) - Peter Wheeler (England 1983–84)
- Paul DodgePaul 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....
(England 1985) - Martin JohnsonMartin JohnsonMartin Osborne Johnson CBE is an English former rugby union player who represented and captained England and Leicester. He is mostly known for captaining England to victory in the World Cup in 2003. He became the new England team manager on 1 July 2008, replacing the previous manager Brian Ashton....
(England 1999–2003, Lions 1997, 2001) - Neil BackNeil 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....
(England) - Dorian WestDorian 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...
(England) - Martin Corry (England 2005–07, Lions 2005)
- Lewis MoodyLewis MoodyLewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
(England 2010) - Leo CullenLeo CullenLeo Cullen may refer to:*Leo Cullen *Leo Cullen...
(Ireland 2011)
Captains
The following have been appointed club captain:- 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 AllenJohn Allen-Politicians:*John Allen , U.S. Representative from Connecticut*John B. Allen , first U.S. Senator from Washington*John Clayton Allen , U.S. Representative from Illinois...
- R.V. Grove
- Peter Wheeler
- R.S. Money
- Bob RowellBob RowellRobert Errington "Bob" Rowell is a former English rugby union player; a lock forward. He was capped twice by England; both times against Wales, the first on 18 January 1964 in the 1964 Five Nations Championship , and again a year later on 16 January 1965...
- B.P. Hall
- Steve JohnsonSteve Johnson (rugby player)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" SmithIan "Dosser" SmithIan "Dosser" Smith is an English schoolmaster, director of Rugby at Oakham School, and former player , captain in the mid-1980s, and later coach of Leicester Tigers. He made 331 first XV appearances for Leicester, including five John Player Cup Finals , of which three were won, and scored a total...
- Les CusworthLes 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 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....
- John WellsJohn Wells (rugby)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 RichardsDean Richards (rugby player)Dean Richards is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions.-Club career:...
- Martin Johnson
- Neil BackNeil 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....
- Josh KronfeldJosh 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...
- Martin Corry
- Geordan MurphyGeordan MurphyGeordan 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)
Coaches
- Richard CockerillRichard 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...
, Director of Rugby- Matt O'ConnorMatt O'Connor (rugby player)Matt O'Connor is Head Coach of Aviva Premiership side Leicester Tigers and a former Australian international. He originally joined the club in 2008 as backs coach under Heyneke Meyer gaining promotion to his current position in July 2010 after guiding Leicester to back to back...
, Head coach - Paul BurkePaul Burke (rugby player)Paul Burke , educated at Epsom College in Surrey, 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...
, Kicking coach - Ben HerringBen HerringBen Herring is a former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership. His position is flanker. Herring 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
- Matt O'Connor
Club honours
- English Premierships: 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 20072006-07 Guinness PremiershipThe 2006–07 Guinness Premiership was the 20th season of the top flight of the English domestic rugby union competitions, played between September 2006 and 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...
, 20092008-09 Guinness Premiership-Table:-Round 1:-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9:-Round 10:-Round 11:-Round 12:-Rearranged fixtures:-Round 13:-Round 14:...
, 2010 - Anglo-Welsh Cups: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997, 20072006-07 EDF Energy CupThe 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 CupHeineken CupThe Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
: 2001, 2002 - Middlesex 7sMiddlesex 7sThe Middlesex Sevens is a rugby union sevens tournament held annually at Twickenham stadium in London, England. It was first held in 1926, and started by Dr J.A. Russell-Cargill, a London based Scot...
: 1995