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Leicester Tigers 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 ...

, including information on honours, player appearances, points and tries, matches, sequences, internationals, season records, opponents and attendances.

Honours

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 record since the re-launch and addition of Welsh sides. The league started in 1987 and Tigers were the inaugural champions of England, a play off for the title was introduced in 2003. Leicester hold the record for most Premiership titles (11), the most consecutive Premiership Final appearances (9) and the most Play off appearances (14). On 18 May 2008 against Gloucester at Kingsholm they were the first team to achieve an away semi-final victory in the Premiership play-offs. They were the first side to retain the

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

after winning the competition in 2001 and 2002. 1st XV * Premiership : Champions (11):

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: Runners-up (8):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robi ...

: Champions (2):

: Runners-up (3):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

RFU Knockout Cup The RFU Knockout Cup was an English rugby union competition open to any member of the Rugby Football Union. First contested in 1971, it was the premier competition in English club rugby before the establishment of the English league structure in 1 ...

: Champions (5):

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: Runners-up (5):

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

: Champions (3):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Runners-up (1):

European Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception ...

: Runners-up (1) 2020-21 * Midland Counties Cup : Champions (12) 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913 : Runners-up (3) 1889, 1891, 1894 Leicester A *

Leicestershire County Cup The Leicestershire County Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Leicestershire Rugby Union. It was first introduced in 1890 with the inaugural winners being South Wigston RFC, South Wigston. The competition wa ...

: Champions (5) 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902 * Premiership A League : Champions (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 : Runners-up (1) 2007

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances * All-time most appearances Current players in bold. * Most appearances: 502 – David Matthews (29 April 1955 – 23 August 1974) * Most league appearances: 254 – Dan Cole (13 September 2008 – 14 June 2025) * Most cup appearances: 51 –

Paul Dodge Paul William Dodge (born 26 February 1958 in Leicester, England) 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. Dodge s ...

(14 November 1975 – 26 January 1991) * Most European appearances: 87 –

Ben Youngs Benjamin Ryder Youngs (born 5 September 1989) is a former English professional rugby union player who played as a Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half for Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers, and is the List of England national rugby union ...

(17 November 2007 – 5 April 2025) * Most appearances in a single season: 45 – Teddy Haselmere in 1922/23 * Most successive appearances: 109 – David Matthews (14 January 1961 – 7 December 1963) * Most appearances in cup finals: 13 –

Geordan Murphy Geordan Edward Andrew Murphy (born 19 April 1978) is an Irish rugby union rugby coach and player who retired from the professional game as the most-decorated man in Premiership Rugby history. He played as fullback or wing for the Irish interna ...

* Most appearances as captain: Youngest and oldest appearances * Longest spell at club: 27 years 169 days – Graham Willars (17 October 1959 – 4 April 1987) * Youngest first-team player: 16 years 52 days – Martinus Swain (v Harlequins, 28 December 1895) * Youngest player in competitive game: 16 years 237 days – George Ford (v

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, 8 November 2009) * Oldest first-team player: 47 years 135 days – Graham Willars (v

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, 4 April 1987) * Oldest player in competitive game: 40 years 109 days –

Brad Thorn Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a New Zealand Australian rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union footballer. Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a t ...

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, 23 May 2015) * Oldest debutant: 39 years 243 days –

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, 4 October 2014)

Try and points scorers

Top try scorers * Top 10 all-time top tryscorers Current players in bold. * Most tries: 206 – Percy Lawrie * Most league tries: 75 –

Neil Back Neil Antony Back Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 16 January 1969) is a former international rugby union footballer for England national rugby union team, England and the British & Irish Lions who also played ...

* Most cup tries: 31 – Harry Wilkinson * Most European tries: 25 –

* Most tries in a game by a player: 7 – Alastair Smallwood (versus Manchester R.F.C. on 30 December 1922) * Most tries scored in a single season: 59 – Teddy Haselmere in 1919–20 * Most tries scored in a season of

or National League Division 1: 16 –

( 1998–99) * Most tries scored in a calendar year: 46 – Teddy Haselmere in 1920 * Most tries scored on debut: 3 – 7 players, most recently

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(versus Loughborough Students, on 14 November 1997) Other try-scoring records * Most consecutive games with a try scored: 8 – Percy Lawrie (19 November 1911 – 28 December 1911) * Most hat-tricks (or better): 17 – Teddy Haselmere * Youngest try-scorer: 17 years, 1 month – Charles Wynne (v

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, 26 December 1913) * Youngest try-scorer in a competitive match: 18 years, 89 days – Ollie Smith (v

in 2000–01 Tetley's Bitter Cup, 11 November 2000) * Oldest try-scorer: 42 years + – Jesse Ball (v Wortley, 4 April 1896) * Oldest try-scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days –

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in 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014) * Quickest try: 14 seconds – John Duggan (v

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, 22 April 1978) * Quickest hat-trick: 8 minutes – Peter Sandford (v

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, 20 February 1993) Top points scorers ''Note: Points recorded at contemporary values. See History of rugby union#Method of scoring and points for history of how points values have changed.'' * Top 10 all-time points scorers Current players in bold. * Most points: 4,507 –

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* Most league points: 1,180 –

Tim Stimpson Timothy Richard George Stimpson (born 10 September 1973 in Liverpool) is a former rugby union international full back (and occasional wing). During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpi ...

* Most cup points: 531 –

* Most European points: 406 –

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* Most points in a game by a player: 43 –

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on 17 September 1986 * Most points in a

game: 32 –

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on 21 September 2001) * Most points scored in a single season: 486 (9t, 57c, 109p) –

in 2000–01 * Most points scored in a season of

or National League Division 1: 321 –

( 1999–2000) * Most points scored in a calendar year: 451 –

in 2001 * Most points scored on debut: 27 –

Rob Liley Robert James Liley (born 3 April 1970) is an English former rugby union player. A fly half he played professionally for Sale Sharks, Sale, Leicester Tigers, Harlequin F.C., Harlequins, Wakefield RFC, Wakefield and Doncaster Knights, Doncaster. ...

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on 25 August 1996) Other point-scoring records * Youngest points scorer: 16 years, 237 days – George Ford (v

, 8 November 2009) * Oldest points scorer: 46 years + – Jesse Ball (v Belgrave St Peters, 11 March 1899) * Oldest points scorer in a competitive match: 39 years, 307 days –

, 2014–15 Champions Cup, 7 December 2014) * Quickest points scorer: 12 seconds –

Jez Harris Jeremy Charles Harris (born 22 February 1965) is a retired rugby union fly-half who played 225 games for Leicester Tigers in both the amateur and professional eras. He also played for Coventry and was player/coach at Nuneaton. Career Harris ...

(drop goal, v

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, 1993–94 Courage League, 8 January 1994) * Most times scoring all of Leicester's points: 41 games –

* Most successive points scoring games: 118 games –

(17 December 1983 – 4 August 1987)

Internationals

''Italics'' denotes also national record. * Most international caps won while at Leicester: 129 –

(''127 '', 2

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) * Most international caps won while at Leicester: ''127'' –

* Most international caps won while at Leicester: 16 – Jim Hamilton * Most international caps won while at Leicester: 27 –

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* Most international caps won while at Leicester: 72 –

* Most

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international caps won while at Leicester: 8 – Martin Johnson * Most international caps won while at Leicester for a non-British or Irish nation: 63 –

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for * Most international tries scored while at Leicester: 50 –

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)

Awards

World Rugby Hall of Fame The World Rugby Hall of Fame (formerly the IRB Hall of Fame) recognises special achievement and contribution to the sport of rugby union. The World Rugby Hall of Fame covers players, coaches, administrators, match officials, institutions and othe ...

The following people associated with club have been inducted into the

. *

Tony O'Reilly Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly (7 May 1936 – 18 May 2024) was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from ...

– inducted in 2009 * Martin Johnson – inducted in 2011 *

Clive Woodward Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach (sport), coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 Britis ...

– inducted in 2011 *

Bob Dwyer Bob Dwyer AM (born 29 November 1940) is an Australian rugby union coach. Early life Educated at Sydney Boys High School, from which he graduated in 1957, Dwyer played 2nd XV rugby for the school, lining up alongside former Canterbury-Bankstow ...

– inducted in 2011 *

Waisale Serevi Waisale Tikoisolomoni Serevi (born 20 May 1968) is a Fijian former rugby union football player and coach, and is a member of the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Serevi is renowned for his achievements in rugby sevens, while also enjoying a long car ...

– inducted in 2013 *

Wavell Wakefield William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (10 March 1898 – 12 August 1983), known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player for Harlequins (rugby), Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and England ...

– inducted in 2015

World Rugby Junior Player of the Year The World Rugby Junior Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by the World Rugby. It is awarded to the player of the tournament in that year's World Rugby Under 20 Championship. It replaces the now defunct IRB International U21 Player o ...

* George Ford – 2011

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Awards

The following players and coaches have received awards at the end of the

season, or its predecessor. Player of the Season * Martin Johnson – 1996–97, 1998–99 *

– 1997–98 *

Austin Healey Austin Sean Healey (born 26 October 1973 in Wallasey (now part of Merseyside, formerly Cheshire), is an English former rugby union player who played as a utility back for Leicester Tigers, and represented both England and the British & Irish L ...

– 1999–2000 *

Pat Howard Patrick William Howard (born 14 November 1973) is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. He was the General Manager, Team Performance – for the Australia nationa ...

– 2000–01 * Martin Corry – 2004–05 *

– 2006–07 *

Tom Youngs Thomas Nicholas Youngs (born 28 January 1987) is a retired rugby union player who played as a hooker for Leicester Tigers and England. Between 2012–2015 he won 28 caps for , including selection for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and was select ...

– 2012–13 Discovery of the Season Awarded to those players under 23 years old *

Lewis Moody Lewis Walton Moody MBE (born 12 June 1978 in Ascot) is an English retired rugby union player. He played for Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. Moody is known for the enthusiasm with which he pl ...

– 2001–02 * Ollie Smith – 2004–05 *

Tom Varndell Tom Varndell (born 16 September 1985) is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing as a player-coach for Bury St Edmunds. Varndell also has caps for England and England Sevens, as well as having represented other Premiership Rugby si ...

– 2005–06 *

– 2009–10 *

Manu Tuilagi Etuale Manusamoa Tuilagi (born 18 May 1991) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Top 14 club Bayonne. Born in Samoa, he represented England at international level after qualifying on residency grounds. Early life Tu ...

– 2010–11 *

Ellis Genge Ellis Genge (born 16 February 1995) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Bristol Bears and the England national team. Before moving to Leicester Tigers, Genge had a brief professional ca ...

– 2016–17 Director of Rugby of the Season * Dean Richards – 2000–01 * John Wells – 2004–05 *

– 2006–07 *

Richard Cockerill Richard Cockerill (born 16 December 1970) is an English rugby union coach and former player and since January 2024 has been the Head Coach of the Georgian National Rugby Team. Prior to this he was the manager of Top 14 side Montpellier and wa ...

– 2008–09 *

Steve Borthwick Stephen William Borthwick (born 12 October 1979) is an English rugby union coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the England national team. As a player, he played as a lock for Bath and Saracens. At international level, he ...

— 2021–22

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Awards

Players' Player of the Season *

– 1998–99 * Martin Corry – 2004–05 *

Thomas Waldrom Thomas Waldrom (born 28 April 1983) is a former rugby union player who played for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership and represented England from 2012 to 2014. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, he qualified for England through his grandmoth ...

– 2010–11 *

Vereniki Goneva Vereniki Goneva (born 5 April 1984) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer who plays for Mont-de-Marsan in France's Pro D2, the second division. He plays as a centre or wing. Goneva made his debut in English rugby for Rotherham against Nor ...

– 2013–14 *

Telusa Veainu Koloti Telusa Pelaki Veainu (born 26 December 1990) is a rugby union player. He plays at fullback or on the wing for Doncaster Knights. He was born and raised in New Zealand, but he represents internationally. He is known for his speed, elus ...

– 2017–18 *

Jasper Wiese Jasper van der Westhuizen Wiese (born 21 October 1995) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for Urayasu D-Rocks in Japan's Rugby League One and internationally. He can play as a number 8 or a flanker. Rugby career 20 ...

– 2022–23 Players' Young Player of the Season *

Harry Ellis Harry Alistair Ellis (born 17 May 1982) is an English former rugby union footballer who played scrum half for Leicester Tigers, England and the British & Irish Lions. In July 2010, Ellis announced his retirement from the game as a result of ...

– 2004–05 *

– 2005–06 *

– 2009–10 *

– 2010–11 *

Freddie Steward Freddie Nicholas Overbury Steward (born 5 December 2000) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a Fullback (rugby union), fullback for Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers and the England national rugby union team, Englan ...

– 2021–22

Team records

Matches

* First match: Leicester 0–0

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, 28 October 1880 * First competitive match: Edgbaston Crusaders 1 goal, 2 tries to 0 Leicester, Edgbaston, 22 October 1881 in the Midlands Counties Cup * First RFU Knock-out Cup match:

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10–3 Leicester, Ireland Avenue, 21 November 1971 * First

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match: Leicester 24–13

, Welford Road, 12 September 1987 * First

match:

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10–27 Leicester,

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, 16 October 1996

Record wins

* Biggest win: 100–0 (v

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, 11 April 1992) * Biggest league win: 83–10 (v

, 19 February 2005) * Biggest cup win: 76–0 (v

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quarter-final, 27 February 1993) * Biggest European Cup win: 90–19 (v

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quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997)

Record defeats

* Biggest defeat: 10–85 (v

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, 4 June 2000) * Biggest league defeat: 0–45 (v

, 20 September 2014) * Biggest cup defeat: 7–47 (v

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, 1999–2000 Tetley's Bitter Cup Round 5, 29 January 2000) * Biggest European Cup defeat: 12–80 (v

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, 19 January 2025)

Other match records

* Highest scoring draw: 41–41 (v

, 2010–11 Premiership, 16 April 2011) * Highest scoring European Cup draw: 32–32 (v

Ospreys The osprey (; ''Pandion haliaetus''), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and a wingspan of . It is ...

, 2009–10 Heineken Cup pool stage, 11 October 2009) * Highest scoring cup draw: 28–28 (v Sale, 2003-04 Powergen Cup round 6, 15 November 2003, lost 28-43 in extra time) High scores and bonus points * Most points scored ** In a win: 100 (v

, 11 April 1992) ** In a defeat: 42 (v

, 17 March 2006) * Most points conceded ** In a win: 37 ( v

West Hartlepool West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland. The former town was originally formed ...

, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999) ** In a defeat: 85 (v

, 4 June 2000) * Highest combined points: 109 (72–37 win v

, 1998–99 Premiership, 16 May 1999; and 90–19 v

quarter-final play off, 1 November 1997) * Most tries scored: 19 (v

Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...

, 15 February 1919 and v

, 11 April 1992) * Most tries conceded: 13 (v

, 4 June 2000) * Quickest bonus point try scored: 15 minutes 54 seconds by Harry Simmons (v

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, Welford Road, 24 September 2023)

Sequences

Longest unbeaten run * Overall: 22 (all wins, 17 November 1995 to 17 April 1996) ** Home: 42 (all wins, 22 January 2000 to 15 May 2002) ** Away: 10 (all wins, 17 February 1995 to 11 November 1995) Longest losing run * Overall: 9 (27 September 1947 to 15 November 1947) ** Home: 6 (28 January 1937 to 6 March 1937) ** Away: 13 (27 October 1926 to 16 April 1927) and (3 October 1970 to 10 April 1971) Longest winless run * Overall: 13 (6 October 1888 to 22 December 1888) ** Home: 7 (24 December 1892 to 11 February 1893) ** Away: 15 (14 January 1928 to 8 December 1928)

Individual Seasons

* Most games played in a season: 46 (in 1923–24, 1966–67, 1972–73 and 1996–97) * Most wins in a season: 35 (in 46 games, 1996–97 season) * Most league wins in a season: 22 (in 26 games, 1998–99 season) * Fewest wins in a season: 5 (in 27 games, 1889–90 season) * Fewest league wins in a season: 7 (in 22 games, 2018–19 season) * Most defeats in a season: 24 (in 32 games, 2018–19 season) * Most league defeats in a season: 15 (in 22 games, 2018–19 season)

Opponents and Familiarity

All stats correct up to 15 June 2025 * Club played most often: 257 v

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

(won 145, drawn 19, lost 93) * Club played most often in the league: 75 v

* Club played most often in domestic cup: 15 v

* Club played most often in European Cup: 15 v

* Non-home ground Leicester have played on most often: 122 at

Franklin's Gardens Franklin's Gardens (currently known for sponsorship purposes as cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens) is a purpose-built rugby stadium in Northampton, England. It is the home stadium of Northampton Saints and Loughborough Lightning. The stadiu ...

, Northampton * Player who has played the most games against one opponent for Leicester: 31 by Sid Penny against

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* Player who has played the most games against Leicester: 38 by

Simon Shaw Simon Dalton Shaw MBE (born 1 September 1973) is a former English rugby union player who played as a lock. He played for Bristol, London Wasps and Toulon. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011, and 2 for the British & Irish Lions, ...

for

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

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and

Home attendances

''Note: Records relate to Welford Road unless otherwise stated'' * Highest home attendance: 35,000 v the All Blacks on 4 October 1924 * Highest home league attendance: 25,849 (first occasion v

, 9 January 2016) * Highest home European Cup attendance: 32,500 v

(at

Walkers Stadium King Power Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Leicester, East Midlands, England, and the home of Leicester City. The stadium opened in 2002 as the Walkers Stadium and has a capacity of 32,259. The club attracted worldwide attentio ...

2005–06 Heineken Cup The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday October 21, 2005. Munster won the tournament, beating Biarritz ...

quarter-final, 1 April 2006) * Highest home cup attendance: 25,849 v

(

2016–17 Anglo-Welsh Cup The 2016–17 Anglo-Welsh Cup was the 45th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the 11th to follow the Anglo-Welsh Cup format. The competition returned after a one-year hiatus due to being dropped due to the 2015 Rugby Wo ...

pool stage, 28 January 2017) * Highest average attendance for a league season: 22,889 ( 2016–17 Premiership)

Notes and references

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Try and points scorers

Internationals

Awards

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Matches

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Other match records

Sequences

Individual Seasons

Opponents and Familiarity

Home attendances

Notes and references

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Awards

Rugby Players' Association The Rugby Players' Association (RPA) is a trade union representing elite rugby rugby union players in England. The RPA is the representative body and collective voice of elite rugby players in England and represents more than 600 male and female c ...
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