Leicester Tigers

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Leicester Tigers

Full name	Leicester Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tigers
Founded	3 August 1880; 143 years ago (1880-08-03)
Location	Leicester, England
Ground(s)	Mattioli Woods Welford Road (Capacity: 25,849)
Chairman	Peter Tom
CEO	Andrea Pinchen
Coach(es)	Dan McKellar
Captain(s)	Julián Montoya
Most appearances	David Matthews (502)
Top scorer	Dusty Hare (4,507)
Most tries	Percy Lawrie (206)
League(s)	Premiership Rugby
2022–23	3rd
1st kit 2nd kit
First match
28 October 1880 0 – 0 v Moseley
Largest win
100-0 v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992
Largest defeat
10-85 v Barbarians, 4 June 2000
Official website
www.leicestertigers.com

Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.

The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home matches at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in the south of the city. The club has been known by the nickname Tigers since at least 1885. In the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby season Tigers finished 3rd, this entitled them to compete in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current head coach is Dan McKellar who took his role in the summer of 2023.

Leicester have won 21 major titles. They were European Champions twice, back-to-back in

Five Leicester Tigers players were members of the

Foundation and Tom Crumbie era (1880–1928)

Leicester Football Club was formed on 3 August 1880 by the merger of three smaller teams: Leicester Athletic Society, Leicester Amateurs and Leicester Alert.

In 1903

Tigers first televised game by the BBC was on 3 February 1951 when they beat London Scottish 14–0 at the Richmond Athletic Ground.^[17] The club underwent a significant restructure in the 1956/57 season. The practice of being an "invitation" club featuring only a First XV stopped and Tigers adopted a more traditional membership club based approach with multiple sides. The "A XV" was to be re-introduced under the name "Extra First XV" with a third "Colts XV" also formed.

Domestic success continued with Tigers reaching Premiership finals but losing in 2011 and 2012, against Saracens and Harlequins respectively, and winning the

The next year Northampton beat Tigers 21–20 in the Premiership semi final at Franklin's Gardens.[54] The next two years Tigers suffered heavy away defeats in the semi-finals to Bath (47–10)^[55] and Saracens (44–17).^[56]

On Monday 2 January 2017, Leicester sacked Richard Cockerill as Director of Rugby.

After a delayed start to the season due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup Tigers fortunes did not improve, and on 21 January 2020 it was announced after months of speculation that England's forwards coach Steve Borthwick would join the club as head coach once his duties with England were finished.^[67] His start was later confirmed as July 2020.^[68]

On 16 March 2020 the

Tigers started the following season strongly, five wins in the opening five rounds was the club's best start in the Premiership era,[81] the club remained unbeaten for 15 games in all competitions, the second best start to a season ever,^[82] but failed to tie the record after losing to Wasps on 9 January 2022.^[83] A week later Leicester overcame an 18-point deficit in the second half to beat Connacht, a Hosea Saumaki try sealing the win on the final play of the game, and secure progress to their first Champions Cup knock out stages since 2016.^[84]

In Europe, Leicester progressed past Clermont Auvergne over two legs, despite getting red cards in both matches,^[85][86] but lost at home to Leinster 23–14, after falling behind 20–0 in the first half to the Irish side.^[87]

Domestically they secured a first home play-off semi final since 2013, with two games to spare, after a 56–26 win against Bristol Bears.^[88] Tigers' winger Chris Ashton broke the Premiership Rugby all-time try scoring record in this match, his hat-trick taking him to 95 career league tries.^[88] In the semi-final they faced local rivals Northampton Saints, but much of the build up was focused on recently retired former captain Tom Youngs whose wife, Tiffany, passed away from cancer in week preceding the match. His brother Ben Youngs started the match, and it was his half back partner George Ford who inspired the victory scoring a "full house" with a try, conversion, penalty & drop goal for 22 points in a 27–13 win.^[89]

In the final Leicester faced Saracens, a re-match of the 2010 & 2011 finals. Ford wasn't to last long in the final withdrawing injured in the 23rd minute & being replaced by Freddie Burns. With the matching tied 12-12 it was Burns who scored the 80th minute drop goal to win Leicester their 11th English title, only two seasons after finishing in 11th place.^[90]

Speculation began that Borthwick was in line to succeed Eddie Jones as England head coach after the 2023 Rugby World Cup, but after a poor 2022 Autumn internationals Jones was replaced by Borthwick on 19 December 2022. He was initially replaced as Leicester head coach in an interim capacity by Richard Wigglesworth, the club's starting scrum half in the 2022 Premiership final & previous attack coach. On 22 February 2023, it was announced that Dan McKellar would take the role on a full time basis from 1 July 2023, previously having been Australia's forwards coach.^[91]

Women's team

Leicester Tigers formed a women's team on 15 July 2021,^[92] launched in partnership with Lichfield Ladies.^[93]

Season summary

* In 2001 & 2002 the winners of the league were considered champions with the winners of the playoffs considered champions from 2003 onward.

Premiership play-offs

Leicester have participated in 14 of the 20 Premiership Play Offs, reaching nine consecutive finals between 2005 and 2013. Leicester finished first in 2004–05 going directly to the final; in

After a four-year spell of missing the play offs Leicester returned to the play offs in 2022 after finishing the regular season top. In the semi-final they beat Northampton Saints 27–14. In the final they faced Saracens, Freddie Burns scored an 80th minute drop goal to win the final 15-12 and seal Leicester's 11th English Championship.^[98]

The next season in 2023 Leicester finished third and lost to

Honours

Leicester hold the record for most Premiership titles (11), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (14). They were the first team to achieve an away semi-final victory in the Premiership play-offs (against Gloucester at Kingsholm on 18 May 2008).

1st XV

• Premiership Rugby
  • Champions (11):
    2013, 2022
  • Runners-up (7):
    2012
• European Cup
  • Champions (2): 2001, 2002
  • Runners-up (3): 1997, 2007, 2009
• RFU Knockout Cup
  • Champions (5): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1997
  • Runners-up (5): 1978, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1996
• Anglo-Welsh Cup
  • Champions (3): 2007, 2012, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Premiership Rugby Cup
  • Runners-up (1):
    2024
• European Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up (1):
    2020-21
• Midland Counties Cup
  • Champions (12): 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13
  • Runners-up (3): 1888–89, 1890–91, 1893–94

Leicester A (Reserve team)

• Leicestershire County Cup

Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902

• Premiership A League

Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011

Runners-up (1) 2007

Name and colours

Nickname

The club's formal name is Leicester Football Club but is widely known by the nickname "Tigers". The first known use of the name was after a game against Bedford School in February 1885, the Leicester Daily Post reporting that "the Tiger stripes were keeping well together".^[99] The origin of the nickname is uncertain most probably coming from the side's chocolate and yellow playing kit, but it may have come from the club's links to the Leicestershire Regiment,^[100] who 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.

In their early years the side were also known as "The Death or Glory Boys" on account of their black shirts.^[100]

Player identification

In the 1926–27 season Leicester started using letters to identify their forwards; The Birmingham Post report for the match against Bath on 6 October 1926 noted "Leicester's forwards were picked out easily as their jerseys were decorated with large bold letters A-G". On 12 September 1931 against Old Blues the practice was expanded to the whole team.^[101]

This tradition lasted until 1998 when Premiership Rugby rules forced Leicester to abandon lettering and Tigers first wore numbers on 5 September 1998 against Harlequins at Welford Road.^[101]

Since then Leicester have only returned to letters for non-competition friendlies against sides such as

Tigers' very first kit was black with white shorts and black socks, with the club's crest in the centre of the chest. From 1884 to 1887, the club played in chocolate and yellow shirts, likely giving rise to the club's nickname, white shorts and black socks before experimenting with claret and French grey horizontal stripes between 1887 and 1891.[104]

The first use of the scarlet, green and white was on 3 October 1891 against Wolverton at Belgrave Cricket & Cycle Ground. However, for the 1891–92 season, the pattern was vertical stripes.^[105] It was not until 1895 that the now-traditional scarlet, green and white horizontal stripes were introduced to the jersey, paired with black shorts and socks until 1906.^[104] The Tigers then played three season between 1906 and 1909 in white shirts with navy shorts, the first two seasons with a leaping tiger logo on the left breast^[106] before reverting to a scarlet, green and white striped jersey, while retaining the navy shorts. This new kit layout lasted until 1947 when the navy shorts were swapped for white.

The Tigers kit and colours did not materially change between 1947 and 1999, only slight variations in the sizes of the stripes, the addition of a manufacturer's logo in 1975, a sponsor in 1988 and in 1991 the addition of the club crest for the first time since 1908.

In 1999, the Tigers switched to a darker green and have played in a variety of kit designs since.

1880–1884

1884–1887

1887–1891

1891–1895

1895–1906

1906–1909

1906–1947

1947–1999

Summary of kit manufacturers and sponsors

Stadium

The club plays its home games at Mattioli Wood Welford Road. The ground was opened in 1892 and the first stands accommodated 3,000 spectators.^[107] The clubhouse was built on the Aylestone Road end in 1909,^[11] the Members' & Crumbie Stands were built just before and just after the First World War respectively. A stand was built at the Welford Road end in 1995, initially called the Alliance & Leicester Stand it is currently known as the Mattioli Woods Stand.^[108] The total ground capacity is currently 25,849 after redevelopments in 2008 and 2015.

Before redevelopment of Welford Road began in 2008 the club explored other options. On 23 November 2004 the club announced that it had entered into a 50–50 joint venture with the city's main

On 27 February 2015 Tigers announced plans to continue the redevelopment of Welford Road by replacing the clubhouse and temporary West Stand with a new permanent building with a 3,100 capacity.[114] Work started on 28 May 2015^[115] and was completed by January 2016.

In October 2020, Mattioli Woods extended their naming rights deal to include the entire stadium for 5 seasons until 2024–25. The stadium became Mattioli Woods Welford Road.^[116]

Current squad

Senior squad

The Leicester Tigers senior squad for the 2023–24 season is:^[117][118]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Charlie Clare Hooker England Nic Dolly Hooker England Julián Montoya Hooker Argentina Finn Theobald-Thomas Hooker England Dan Cole Prop England James Cronin Prop Ireland Joe Heyes Prop England Will Hurd Prop Scotland Dan Richardson Prop England James Whitcombe Prop England Francois van Wyk Prop South Africa Ollie Chessum Lock England Cameron Henderson Lock Scotland George Martin Lock England Harry Wells Lock England Olly Cracknell Back row Wales Kyle Hatherell Back row South Africa Hanro Liebenberg Back row South Africa Tommy Reffell Back row Wales Matt Rogerson Back row England Jasper Wiese Back row South Africa

Player Position Union Jack van Poortvliet Scrum-half England Tom Whiteley Scrum-half England Ben Youngs Scrum-half England Handré Pollard Fly-half South Africa Kieran Wilkinson Fly-half England Phil Cokanasiga Centre England Solomone Kata Centre Tonga Dan Kelly Centre England Guy Porter Centre England Matt Scott Centre Scotland Josh Bassett Wing England Ollie Hassell-Collins Wing England Harry Simmons Wing England Anthony Watson Wing England Mike Brown Fullback England Jamie Shillcock Fullback England Freddie Steward Fullback England

Senior Academy squad

Leicester Tigers' Academy squad is:^[119]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Harry Clarke Hooker England Seb Smith Hooker England Archie Vanes Hooker England Oliver Crane Prop England Tim Hoyt Prop England Cameron Miell Prop South Africa Henry Mountford Prop England Archie van der Flier Prop England Finn Carnduff Lock England Lewis Chessum Lock England Tom Manz Lock England Osian Thomas Lock Wales Harry Beddall Back row Wales Emeka Ilione Back row England Simon Koroiyadi Back row England Joshua Manz Back row England George Perkins Back row England Sam Williams Back row England

Player Position Union Ollie Allan Scrum-half England Sam Edwards Scrum-half England George Daniels Fly-half England Morgan Meredith Fly-half England Jacob Cusick Centre England Charlie Davies Centre England Elliot Gourlay Centre Scotland Charlie Myall Centre England Joseph Woodward Centre England Jack Kinder Wing England Malelili Satala Fullback England

Notable former players

Record appearances and scorers

David Matthews holds the record for most appearances for Leicester Tigers with 502 appearances between 1955 and 1974. Percy Lawrie is the only man to score more than 200 tries for the club, scoring a record 206 between 1907 and 1927. Dusty Hare is the club's all-time highest points scorer with 4,507 between 1976 and 1989.

Internationals

Lions Tourists

The following are players who have represented the Lions while playing for Leicester:

3 tours:

2 tours:

1 tour

Italics denote a player who appeared on another tour whilst a member of another club.

2013: Ben Youngs†, Tom Youngs, Manu Tuilagi, Geoff Parling
2009: Harry Ellis
2005: Julian White, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Geordan Murphy, Ollie Smith
2001: Dorian West

1993: Tony Underwood
1983: Dusty Hare
1980: Paul Dodge
1974: Alan Old

1971: Rodger Arneil

1959: Tony O'Reilly, Phil Horrocks-Taylor
1936: Bernard Gadney, Alexander Obolensky, Charles Beamish
1930: Doug Prentice, George Beamish, Joe Kendrew
1910: Ken Wood

Tom Smith

1903: Alfred Hind

†Ben Youngs was selected to tour for a second time in 2017, but turned down the offer for family reasons.^[120]

Rugby World Cup

The following are players which have represented their countries at the Rugby World Cup, whilst playing for Leicester:

Tournament	Players selected	England players	Other national team players
1987	2	Dean Richards, Rory Underwood
1991	2	Dean Richards, Rory Underwood
1995	6	Neil Back, Martin Johnson, Dean Richards, Graham Rowntree, Rory Underwood, Tony Underwood
1999	11	Neil Back, Richard Cockerill, Martin Corry, Darren Garforth, Will Greenwood, Austin Healey, Martin Johnson, Leon Lloyd, Graham Rowntree,	Dave Lougheed , Fritz van Heerden
2003	8	Neil Back, Martin Corry, Martin Johnson, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Julian White, Dorian West,	Dan Lyle
2007	11	George Chuter, Martin Corry, Dan Hipkiss, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody,	Jim Hamilton
2011	12	Dan Cole, Tom Croft, Louis Deacon, Toby Flood, Manu Tuilagi, Thomas Waldrom, Ben Youngs,	Martin Castrogiovanni , Alesana Tuilagi
2015	8	Dan Cole, Ben Youngs, Tom Youngs,	Marcos Ayerza , Vereniki Goneva , Leonardo Ghiraldini , Michele Rizzo , Opeti Fonua
2019	8	Dan Cole, George Ford, Ellis Genge, Jonny May, Manu Tuilagi, Ben Youngs[121]	Sione Kalamafoni , Telusa Veainu [122]
2023	10	Ollie Chessum, Dan Cole, George Martin, Freddie Steward, Ben Youngs[123][124]	Julián Montoya ,[125] Jasper Wiese [126] Tommy Reffell ,[127] Solomone Kata ,[128] Handré Pollard [129]

International captains

Source:^[130]

• Wavell Wakefield
  (England, 1924, 4 tests)
• Doug Prentice (Lions, 1930, 2 tests)
• George Beamish (Ireland, 1932, 4 tests)
• Bernard Gadney (England, 1934–36, 8 tests; Lions, 1936, 1 test)
• Douglas Kendrew (England, 1935, 2 tests)
• Peter Wheeler (England, 1983–84, 5 tests)
• Paul Dodge (England, 1985, 7 tests)
• Martin Johnson (England, 1998–2003, 39 tests; Lions, 1997 & 2001, 6 tests)
• Neil Back (England, 2001, 4 tests)
• Dorian West (England, 2003, 1 test)
• Martin Corry (England, 2005–07, 17 tests)
• Lewis Moody (England, 2010, 3 tests)
• Martin Castrogiovanni
  (Italy, 2012, 3 tests)
• Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy, 2015, 4 tests)
• George Ford (England, 2017–19, 1 test as co-captain, 4 tests as captain)^[131]
• Julián Montoya (Argentina, 2021–2022, 10 tests)^[132]

* Martin Corry was also captain for the majority of a Lions test in 2005 after Brian O'Driscoll left the field injured, however he is not considered the official captain for that match.

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
• J. Allen
• R.V. Grove
• P.J. Wheeler
• R.S. Money
• R.E. Rowell
• B.P. Hall
• S. Johnson
• I.R. Smith
• L. Cusworth
• P.W. Dodge
• J.M. Wells
• D. Richards
• M.O. Johnson
• N.A. Back
• J.A. Kronfeld
• M.E. Corry
• G.E.A. Murphy
• T.G.A.L. Flood
• E.N. Slater
• T.N. Youngs
• E. Genge
• H. Liebenberg
• J.Montoya

World Rugby Hall of Fame

The following people associated with club have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

• Tony O'Reilly - Inducted in 2009^[133]
• Martin Johnson - Inducted in 2011^[134]
• Clive Woodward - Inducted in 2011^[135]
• Bob Dwyer - Inducted in 2011^[136]
• Waisale Serevi - Inducted in 2013^[137]
• Wavell Wakefield - Inducted in 2015^[138]

Team of the Century and Walk of Legends

Tigers have named two "best" teams in recent times. On 1 November 2000 to celebrate the coming millennium a panel of former Tigers players and administrators named a Team of the century; whilst from October 2008 to February 2009 to celebrate the building of the then named Caterpillar Stand fans were invited to vote on a Walk of Legends in partnership with the Leicester Mercury.^[139][140]

Team of the century[141] Position Nationality Player Tigers Career Full back Ken Scotland 40 games 1961–62 Right wing Alastair Smallwood 64 games 1920–25 Right centre Clive Woodward 148 games 1979–85 Left centre Paul Dodge 434 games 1975–93 Left wing Rory Underwood 236 games 1983–97 Fly Half Les Cusworth 365 games 1978–90 Scrum half Bernard Gadney 170 games 1929–39 Loosehad Prop Bob Stirling 75 games 1948–53 Hooker Peter Wheeler 349 games 1969–85 Tighthead Prop Darren Garforth 1991– Lock Martin Johnson (c) 1989– Lock George Beamish 118 games 1924–33 Blindside Flanker Doug Prentice 239 games 1923–31 Opendside Flanker Neil Back 1990– No. 8 Dean Richards 314 games 1982–97 Coach: Chalkie White

Walk of Legends[142] Position Nationality Player Tigers Career Full back Dusty Hare 394 games 1976–89 Right wing John Duggan 302 games 1970–80 Right centre Clive Woodward 148 games 1979–85 Left centre Paul Dodge 434 games 1975–93 Left wing Rory Underwood 236 games 1983–97 Fly Half Bleddyn Jones 333 games 1969–78 Scrum half Austin Healey 248 games 1996–2006 Loosehad Prop Graham Rowntree 398 games 1990–2007 Hooker Peter Wheeler 349 games 1969–85 Tighthead Prop Steve Redfern 241 games 1976–84 Lock Martin Johnson 362 games 1989–2005 Lock Matt Poole 223 games 1988–98 Blindside Flanker Graham Willars 338 games 1959–87 Opendside Flanker David Matthews 502 games 1955–74 No. 8 Dean Richards 314 games 1982–97

At the time the Team of the Century was announced Garforth, Johnson and Back were still current players.

Coaches

Current coaches

Source:^[143]

• Dan McKellar, Head coach.
• Brett Deacon, Assistant coach
• Alan Dickens, Attack & backs coach
• Matt Everard, Defence coach
• Dan Palmer, Scrum coach
• Ollie Richardson, Head of physical performance
• Matt Smith, Skills coach & lead academy coach

Past coaches

As of 21 April 2024

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%	Honours
Bob Dwyer	Australia	July 1996	14 February 1998	70	52	1	17	74.26	1997 Pilkington Cup
Dean Richards	England	22 Feb 1998	2 Feb 2004	210	138	6	66	65.71	1998–99 Premiership, 1999–00 Premiership, 2000–01 Premiership, 2000–01 Zurich Championship, 2000–01 Heineken Cup, 2001–02 Premiership, 2001–02 Heineken Cup
John Wells	England	3 Feb 2004	14 May 2005	45	31	5	9	68.88
Pat Howard	Australia	July 2005	20 May 2007	75	49	4	22	65.33	2006–07 Premiership, 2006–07 Anglo Welsh Cup
Richard Cockerill (Caretaker)	England	July 2007	3 November 2007	8	5	0	3	62.50
Marcelo Loffreda	Argentina	10 November 2007	31 May 2008	28	15	0	13	53.57
Heyneke Meyer	South Africa	July 2008	24 January 2009	21	13	1	7	61.90
Richard Cockerill	England	15 February 2009	2 January 2017	276	178	11	87	64.49	2008–09 Premiership, 2009–10 Premiership, 2011-12 Anglo-Welsh Cup, 2012–13 Premiership
Aaron Mauger (Caretaker)	New Zealand	2 January 2017	25 March 2017	12	7	0	5	58.33	2016-17 Anglo-Welsh Cup
Matt O'Connor	Australia	26 March 2017	3 September 2018	38	19	0	19	50.00
Geordan Murphy	Ireland	3 September 2018	13 November 2020	64	21	1	42	32.81
Steve Borthwick	England	13 November 2020	19 December 2022	78	53	1	24	67.94	2021–22 Premiership
Richard Wigglesworth (Caretaker)	England	19 December 2022	14 May 2023	16	9	0	7	56.25
Dan McKellar	Australia	1 July 2023		27	15	0	12	55.55

Sources

• Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation.
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