![]() The "A XV" was to be re-introduced under the name "Extra First XV" with a third "Colts XV" also formed. 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 club underwent a significant restructure in the 1956/57 season. Tigers first televised game by the BBC was on 3 February 1951 when they beat London Scottish 14-0 at the Richmond Athletic Ground. 1936-37 was the worst season since 1889-90 for the club with only 14 wins from 39 matches. Gadney also became the club's second player to captain the British Lions on their tour to Argentina. Bernard Gadney became the club's first home-produced England captain in 1934 and was captain when four Leicester players were part of the first England side to beat the All Blacks. The first BBC radio broadcast of a Tigers game was against Waterloo on 29 November 1930 Tigers won 21-5. Lions captains, decline and club restructure (1928–1971) Ĭlub captain Doug Prentice captained the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. ![]() The visit of the Invincible All Blacks on 4 October 1924 saw a record attendance at Welford Road of 35,000 that stands to this day. ![]() Tigers won the Midlands Counties Cup three more times in four years to cement their place as the midland's premier side before the outbreak of war in 1914. The fixture became a vital feature in the club's calendar delivering large attendances until open professionalism and league rugby in the 1990s forced it to gradually be abandoned due to fixture congestion. December 1909 saw Tigers play the Barbarians for the first time, holding them to a 9-9 draw. Leicester's status as a premier club was confirmed in 1905 when a crowd of 20,000 was on hand to see the club face The Original All Blacks, losing 28-0. In 1903 Jack Miles became the first home-produced England international. Leicester's match against Racing club de France in February 1923 On their return to the competition in 1909 Tigers won the cup again. Having won the Midlands Counties Cup every year from 1898 to 1905, they dropped out "to give other teams a chance". Tigers first silverware was the Midlands Counties Cup won for the first time in 1898 against Moseley. He disbanded reserve and third teams making the First XV an invitation side and introducing players from all over the country. Crumbie has been credited with dragging the club to national prominence. Tom Crumbie was appointed secretary on 2 August 1895, a position he held for the next 33 years. On 10 September 1892 Leicester played their first game at Welford Road against a Leicestershire XV. The club's first game was a scoreless draw on 23 October against Moseley at the Belgrave Road Cycle and Cricket Ground. Leicester Football Club was formed on 3 August 1880 by the merger of three smaller teams: Leicester Athletic Society, Leicester Amateurs and Leicester Alert. Main article: History of Leicester Tigers Foundation and Tom Crumbie era (1880–1928) Leicester Tigers in 1894 ![]() In 2021 they played in the European Rugby Challenge Cup final.įive Leicester Tigers players were members of the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final winning England side including captain Martin Johnson. Leicester have appeared in five European finals, the joint-second most overall, as well as the two victories they have also lost finals three times, in 1997, 20. Leicester is one of only three teams never to have been relegated from the top division. Leicester most recently won the Premiership Rugby title in the 2022 season, and appeared in a record nine successive Premiership finals, from 2005 to 2013. They were European Champions twice, back-to-back in 20 have won a record 11 English Championships, five RFU Knockout Cups and three Anglo-Welsh Cups, most recently in 2017. The current head coach is Dan McKellar who took his role in the summer of 2023. In the 2022–23 Premiership Rugby season Tigers finished 3rd, this entitled them to compete in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. The club has been known by the nickname Tigers since at least 1885. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home matches at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in the south of the city. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. 100-0 v Liverpool St Helens, 11 April 1992
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