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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.
Tigers first silverware was the Midlands Counties Cup, Tigers entered this competition from 1881 to 1914. There were then no competitions until 1971 when the RFU Knockout Cup started. Tigers won this for the first time in 1979, the competition continued until 2005 when it was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup which Tigers have won three times, a ...
This category contains players who have played for English rugby union team Leicester Football Club (Leicester Tigers) past and present. For a list of those selected for international rugby whilst at the club see List of Leicester Tigers players selected for International rugby .
Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet has signed a new deal with the Premiership club. The 23-year-old has made 81 first-team appearances since emerging from the club's ...
History of Leicester Tigers details the history of the rugby union club based in Leicester, England.Nicknamed the Tigers from 1885, Leicester have been a prominent club from the earliest days of organised English rugby dominating midlands rugby before the First World War; providing British Lions captains in 1930, 1936, 1997 and 2001; and winning 21 major titles since 1979 including a record 11 ...
Since the founding of the Leicester Tigers rugby union club (as Leicester Football Club) in 1880, more than 150 players have represented their national teams while members of the club.
The Slater Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between Gloucester Rugby and Leicester Tigers twice every season in Premiership Rugby, it is named after the former captain of both clubs Ed Slater. The inaugural edition was played in the 2022–23 season and was won by Leicester Tigers.
Chessum started playing rugby at Sleaford RFC when he was nine years-old. He joined Leicester Tigers rugby academy as a teenager in 2019. [3] Chessum plays in the second-row where he can utilise his 6'9" height. [4] He made his debut for Leicester in the 2021-22 season, after a loan at Championship Rugby side Nottingham. He signed a new contact ...