OTD: 2013 Australia 16 (O’Connor 1t, Lealiifano 1c 3p) British & Irish Lions 41 (Corbisiero 1t, Sexton 1t, North 1t, Roberts 1t, Halfpenny 3c 5p) ANZ Stadium, Sydney 6 July Geoff Parling was joined from the bench by Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Manu Tuilagi. James O’Connor was the Wallabies fly-half.

EDWARD JOHN JACKETT John Jackett was born on 4 July 1878. A renowned ‘colourful character’, he played 183 times for Leicester and won an Olympic medal at rugby union, also dragging the club into accusations of professionalism with his links to rugby league.

LESLIE CUSWORTH Les Cusworth was born on 3 July 1954 and was first choice Leicester fly-half between 1978 and 1990.

These summer internationals are an awful business trying to work out the club’s international honours board. George Martin played for Leicester three weeks ago, but is he representing Saracens? Is Aaron Wainwright a Welsh international Tiger? It mattered in 1926, perhaps not so much in 2026.

EDWARD JOHN MASSEY England scrum-half Edward Massey was born on 2 July 1900. He played 31 games over three seasons for Leicester.

JAMES GARTH HAMILTON Jamie Hamilton was born on 1 July 1970. He played in 12 seasons with Leicester, and in the perennially competitive position of scrum-half represented the club on 184 occasions.

OTD: 1990 Australia U21 21 New Zealand U21 24 Concord Oval, Sydney, 30 June No, it’s not AI. With future Leicester and international timelines dangerously in flux, Martin Johnson played for the New Zealand Colts team during the first of his two seasons with the King Country side.

FREDERICK JOHANNES VAN HEERDEN Fritz van Heerden was born on 29 June 1970. Capped 14 times by South Africa, he played 67 times for Leicester over three seasons.

EUROPEAN LAUNCHES Ahead of this week’s draw here are some classic faces and kits from media launches going back to the Heineken Cup days. We begin with the holders represented by Geordan Murphy in 2002. In fact the camera must love Geordan, as he pops up regularly until 2012.

YEARBOOK 2003-04 After a six year gap, what was going to be an annual yearbook returns Although with a foreword pretending the 1997-98 book didn’t exist.

YEARBOOK 1997-98 Yearbooks have probably gone the same way as physical programmes. In the 1990s and 2000s the club produced a few, sometimes for you to purchase and sometimes with your season ticket.

RODNEY BRUCE KAFER Rod Kafer was born on 25 June 1971 and played with Leicester for two seasons.

LINE OF SUCCESSION XV We can cover the entire 146 history of Leicester Tigers, going back from the most recent game versus Northampton in 2026 to the first against Moseley in 1880, by overlapping the careers of 15 players.

CHARLES ERIC ST JOHN BEAMISH Charles Beamish was born on 23 June 1908 in Cork. Beamish followed the path of brother George to Leicester, arriving via spells with North of Ireland and Harlequins.

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OTD: ARGENTINA TOUR 2002 Argentina 18 (Quesada 6p) England 26 (Christophers 1t, Kay 1t, Hodgson 2c 3p, Stimpson 1p) José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires, 22 June Tigers Tim Stimpson, Ben Kay and Lewis Moody start. Adam Balding is an unused replacement.

HERBERT LEO PRICE Born on 21 June 1899, Leo Price was a sporting polymath, including playing for Leicester and England.

MAJOR TROPHIES UPDATE No ‘The’ Treble for anyone this year. So both Northampton and Leicester add to their silverware tally.

JOSHUA ADRIAN KRONFELD Born on 20 June 1971, Josh Kronfeld was the first modern All Black to play for Leicester.

RORY UNDERWOOD Born on 19 June 1963, Rory Underwood is England’s leading try scorer, and he dotted down 134 times in Leicester colours over 14 seasons.

GEORGE FREDERICK MARTIN Born on 18 June 2001, George Martin played for Leicester 80 times over seven seasons.

OTD: GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 2022 Leicester Tigers 15 (Liebenberg 1t, Weise 1t, Burns 1c 1d) Saracens 12 (Farrell 3p, Daly 1p) Twickenham, 18 June Thirty seconds are left; the unbearable tension, a sense the torture of extra time is inevitable, but then…

OTD: SECOND TEST 2006 Australia 43 (Larkham 1t, Smith 1t, Tuqiri 1t, Chisholm 1t, Gerrard 2t, Mortlock 1t) England 18 (Chuter 1t. Varndell 1t, Goode 1c 1p 1d) Melbourne, 17 June

DANIEL KELLY Dan Kelly was born on 16 June 2001. He is an England international who played with Leicester over five seasons.

OTD: TETLEY’S SUPER LEAGUE 2001 London Broncos 0 Bradford Bulls 42 Welford Road, 16 June There have been three rugby league games held at Welford Road. This was the second of the Broncos’ three visits to Leicester. They lost the lot.

STUART BERNARD REDFERN Born on 16 June 1961, newly capped England prop Stuart Redfern played 324 games over the course of a decade for Leicester.

TIGERS INTERNATIONAL HONOURS BOARD: No. 6 What we know for sure is Fred Jackson was the sixth Leicester player to play international rugby whilst with the club.

ROBERT STEVEN TEBBUTT Rob Tebbutt was born on 14 June 1962, and as a tenacious flanker played for Leicester in two spells for nearly a decade.

OTD: GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP FINAL 2025 Bath 23 (Du Truit 1t, Ojomoh 1t, Russell 2c 3p) Tigers 21 (van Poortvfliet, 1t Kata 1t, Illione 1t, Pollard 3t) Twickenham, 14 June It was a return to the old days as Leicester fell to their final nemesis four a fourth time.

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STEPHEN THOMAS HACKNEY Steve Hackney, born 13 June 1968, scored 85 tries for Leicester in 152 appearances across six seasons after joining from Nottingham in 1991.

GARRY JOHN ADEY Leicester and England international Garry Adey was born on 13 June 1945. He spent 14 years playing at Welford Road, and another couple of decades providing off-field support.

TIGERS v NORTHAMPTON The Saints were also formed in 1880, and Leicester first played ‘Northampton’ in their third game during their debut season. It was however a different side to the club originally known as ‘Northampton St. James’.

Flying wing Barry Evans won the first of two England caps on 12 June 1988 in an 8-28 defeat against Australia in Sydney. bsky.app/profile/hist...

DOUGLAS JAMES NORMAN England and Leicester hooker Doug Norman was born on 12 June 1897. He would play 483 times for the club.

LEWIS WALTON MOODY Born on 12 June 1978, Lewis Moody played for Leicester for nearly 14 years, winning domestic and European honours. A career that also incorporated Lions caps and a World Cup winning appearance.

TIGERS v NORTHAMPTON The Saints were also formed in 1880, and Leicester first played ‘Northampton’ in their third game during their debut season. It was however a different side to the club originally known as ‘Northampton St. James’.

Congratulations to Leicester’s two new international cap winners: #1512 Stuart Redfern played versus a President’s XV, 1984 #1520 John Wells played versus Italy, 1990 Awarded retrospectively by the RFU for what were considered uncapped internationals at the time.

OTD: GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP 2022 Tigers 27 (Ford 1t 1c 1d 4p, Steward 1t) Northampton Saints 14 Semi-final Mattioli Woods Welford Road, 11 June Ford’s full house, as the Tigers’ first Premiership play-off in five years leads to a first final in nine.

SEASON 1886-87 Captain: Jack Parsons Most Appearances: 16 Parsons, Dickie Snowden Most Tries: 8 Sherrard Coleman Most Points: 37 Parsons P17 W8 D5 L4 F89 A35 Competitions: Midland Counties Cup semi-final Largest Win: 17-0 Moseley Woodstock Largest Defeat: 0-15 Moseley

LAST 10 v SAINTS 9 May 26 (h) won 41-17 31 Jan 26 (a) lost 22-40* 21 Nov 25 (h) won 34-22* 11 Oct 25 (a) lost 26-32 21 Mar 25 (a) won 33-0 1 Feb 25 (h) won 54-33* 1 Nov 24 (a) lost 12-31* 12 Oct 24 (h) won 24-8 20 Apr 24 (a) lost 17-40 18 Nov 23 (h) won 26-17 *PREM Cup

RICHARD ERIC PETER WIGGLESWORTH Born on 9 June 1983, Premiership Hall of Fame inductee Richard Wigglesworth joined Leicester as a veteran scrum-half. He would leave as a head coach and a Premiership champion for a seventh time.

TOM BLEASDALE Born on 9 June 1930, former Leicester captain Tom Bleasdale played 340 times for the club.

FERETI TUILAGI ‘Freddie’ Tuilagi, born 9 June 1971, was the first member of the Tuilagis to make a home at Leicester, and was the catalyst for the huge impact his family would make on the club.

SEMI-FINAL MEMORIES: AVIVA PREMIERSHIP 2014 Northampton Saints 21 Tigers 20 (Tuilagi 1t, B Youngs 1t, Flood 2c 1p, Williams 1p) Semi-final Franklin’s Gardens, 16 May The semi-final location had changed, but the fixture was as feisty as ever between the previous season’s finalists.

SEMI-FINAL MEMORIES: AVIVA PREMIERSHIP 2011 Tigers 11 (A Tuilagi 1t, Flood 2p) Northampton Saints 3 Semi-final Welford Road, 14 May The first Premiership play-off match between the sides was a punchy local semi-final for local people.

SEMI-FINAL MEMORIES: PILKINGTON CUP 1993 Tigers 28 (Richards 1t, Back 1t, Boyle 1t, Liley 2c 2p, Harris 1d) Northampton 6 Semi-final Welford Road, 10 April The first semi-final meeting between the clubs was a treat for BBC Grandstand casual viewers.

TIGERS INTERNATIONAL HONOURS BOARD: No. 2 Four Tigers: Jacky Braithwaite, along with Alfred Hind, John Jackett and Richard Russell were jointly the second players to win international caps whilst representing the club.

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