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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 3h

TIGERS v GLOUCESTER The Leicester v Gloucester rivalry goes back to October 1891 at the old Belgrave Cricket & Cycle Ground. Home and away games have featured in most seasons.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 11h

OTD: ANGLO-WELSH LEAGUE 1996 Tigers 60 (W Johnson 1t, Miller 1t, West 1t, Underwood 2t, Jelley 1t, Hackney 1t, Lloyd 1t, Austin 1t, J Liley 6c 1p) Bridgend 22 Welford Road, 8 October We’re still talking about Anglo-Welsh leagues. We had one previously in 1996-97, which was quietly abandoned.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 14h

OTD: 1964 Tigers 31 (Harrison 3t, Evans 1t, Stewart 1t, Willars 1t, Martin 5c 1p) A Combined Midlands XV 8 Welford Road, 8 October Floodlit rugby comes to Leicester, in a specially arranged fixture to mark the occasion.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 16h

OTD: COURAGE LEAGUE 1988 Tigers 15 (Hare 5p) Orrell 27 Welford Road, 8 October If Tigers had a bogey side in the 1980s - aside from everyone’s bogey side Bath - it was Orrell. It would take four attempts in the league before they finally beat them.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Alfred Hind was the second Tigers player to be capped in 1905. He made his club debut in an 11-0 Welford Road win over Exeter on this day in 1899. bsky.app/profile/hist...

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dan Cole made the first of 343 Leicester appearances at Bath in a 14-20 defeat on 7 October 2007. bsky.app/profile/hist...

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

WILLIAM JAMES FOREMAN Billy Foreman first played for Leicester against Gloucester on 7 October 1893. He would play 358 times, and is 16th on the all-time list.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

LOUIS PAUL DEACON Born on 7 October 1980 England international Louis Deacon played 274 times for Leicester over 14 years.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

SIDNEY HERBERT PENNY Born on 7 October 1875, Sid Penny is second on the all-time Leicester appearance list, playing 491 times for the club.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OTD: 1984 Coventry 6 Tigers 38 (Wells 2t, Dexter 1t, Foulkes-Arnold 1t, Williams 1t, Youngs 1t, Hare 4c 2p) Coundon Road, 6 October Tigers get revenge after a John Player Cup loss in the previous game. But don’t feel too smug, Cov knock them out again five months later.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OTD: 1982 Midlands 25 Fiji 16 Welford Road, 6 October Local rivals regularly combined in October and November against that season’s tourists. In the early 1980s Welford Road saw a hat-trick of wins for the Midlands over Australia, Fiji and New Zealand.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

LAST 10 v GLOUCESTER 28 Mar 26 (a) won 36-17 19 Dec 25 (h) won 45-14 25 Jan 25 (a) lost 31-38 20 Oct 24 (h) won 29-26 22 Mar 24 (h) lost 25-27 15 Mar 24 (a) lost 13-23* 25 Nov 23 (a) won 38-20 12 Mar 23 (a) won 26-5 24 Dec 22 (h) won 22-18 26 Feb 22 (h) won 35-23 *PREM Cup

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

HEYNEKE MEYER Born on 6 October 1967, Heyneke Meyer was Leicester head coach from June to December 2008.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OTD: 1973 Tigers 16 (Old 1t 1d, Wheeler 1t Ingleby 1c 1p) Coventry 22 Welford Road, 6 October Cov, and the legendary David Duckham, give Tigers their second defeat in their ninth fixture, after an opening day loss at Bedford.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

OTD: ZURICH PREMIERSHIP 2002 Tigers 22 (Corry 1t, West 1t, Back 1t, Stimpson 2c 1p) Bath 20 Welford Road, 5 October After four successive Premiership titles, a so-so start with two wins from four games. The Bath victory would start a winning streak of five matches.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

DORIAN EDWARD WEST Born on 5 October 1967, Leicester flanker turned hooker, turned England captain, turned World Cup winner, Dorian West.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OTD: JOHN SMITH’S MERIT TABLE 1986 Coventry 12 Tigers 13 (Cusworth 1t, Richards 1t, Hare 1c 1p) Coundon Road, 4 October Part of a run of seven Tigers wins. After 118 years the last senior game was in the 1998 Tetley’s Bitter Cup until the 2024-25 cup games.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OTD: 1924 Tigers 0 New Zealand 27 Welford Road, 4 October 35,000, still the record Welford Road attendance, watched the second All Blacks visit to Britain. The ‘Invincibles’ played 32 and won 32. The game generated a profit for the club of £1,000.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OTD: 1981 Tigers 28 (Barnwell 2t, Woodward 1t, Hare 2c 4p) Coventry 6 Welford Road, 3 October Coventry week continues. 4,472 saw an early appearance at Welford Road for future Tiger and England tourist Tim Buttimore (1985-91, 98 apps, 15 tries, 62 pts).

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OTD: 1973 Tigers 15 (B Jones 1t, Wheeler 2p, Money 1d, Ingleby 1c) Randwick 10 Welford Road, 3 October An early cross-hemisphere club fixture, as an early career place-kicking Peter Wheeler helps defeat the Sydney Premiership champions - the ‘Galloping Greens’.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OTD: 1891 Tigers 41 (Edmonds 2t, Nutt 2t, Sturges 2t, Ward 1t, Abraham 1t, Stewart 1t, W Watts 1t, 7c) Wolverton 0 Belgrave Cricket & Cycle Ground, 3 October The season opens with new jerseys. The Tigers really do earn their stripes (not hoops) which are worn until 1895.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TIGERS v NEWCASTLE Leicester first played Newcastle (then known as Gosforth) at Welford Road in September 1969, a 48-6 home victory. Gosforth matches were fairly irregular on the fixture list until competitive rugby brought them together.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OTD: 1982 Coventry 12 Tigers 14 (Kenney 1t, Whitcombe 1t, Hare 2p) Coundon Road, 2 October It was never the most high profile competition, but this was the narrowest victory as Tigers finished with a 100% record in the season’s Midland Merit Table.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OTD: 1998 Tigers 20 (Stransky 1t 1c 2p, Stuart 1t, Goode 1c) Cardiff 35 Welford Road, 2 October Rebel clubs Cardiff and Swansea spent a season playing English Premiership sides after being expelled from the Welsh League.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OTD: 1976 Coventry 18 Tigers 15 (Rose 1t 2c 1p, Jones 1t) Coundon Road, 2 October It’s the first season of the Midland Merit Table, primarily used as qualification for the John Player Cup. Leicester lose twice, at Coventry and at home to the winners Moseley.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

THE NEW STAND 106 years old today, ‘The New Stand’ was officially opened on 2 October 1920 by RFU President Ernest Prescott ahead of the Leicester versus Headingley fixture. It cost £21,000.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OTD: 1986 Leicestershire Centenary XV 33 Japan 22 Welford Road, 1 October As part of the county’s centenary celebrations a Tigers loaded side sees off the tourists. An England XV would go on to defeat Japan 39-12.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OTD: 1983 Tigers 39 (Dodge 1t, Cusworth 1t 1d, Dexter 1t, Dodson 1t, Tebbutt 1t, Youngs 1t, Dodge 3c 2p) Coventry 9 Welford Road, 1 October Coventry were the Tigers’ fifth ever opponents in 1880. They were one of their main rivals until the start of league rugby in 1987.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OTD: CHAMPIONSHIP NORTH 1 2022 Leicester Tigers 36 (Ugiagbe 1t, K Turner 1t, Gale 1t, Noon 1t, McBrien 1t, S Williams 1t, Childs 3c) Cheltenham Tigers 0 Mattioli Woods Welford Road, 1 October 1,000 attend Leicester’s first official home game against another set of Tigers.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OTD: 1961 Tigers 3 (Scotland 1p) Newport 9 Welford Road, 30 September It was the first of four consecutive defeats against Newport. There were no easy games against any Welsh club on the fixture list. This was before the WRU had their way, of course.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OTD: 1981 Midlands ? Lancashire ? Welford Road, 30 September An English regional division playing a county at a club ground. The game was used as a warm-up for facing the touring Australians.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LAST 10 v RED BULLS 12 Sep 26 (h) lost 24-36* 18 Apr 26 (h) won 62-3 6 Feb 26 (h) won 28-19* 28 Nov 25 (a) won 39-17 31 Oct 25 (a) won 10-8* 31 May 25 (h) won 42-20 5 Oct 24 (a) won 42-10 29 Mar 24 (a) won 19-13 3 Dec 23 (h) won 47-3 30 Sep 23 (h) won 60-7* *PREM Cup

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OTD: 1905 Tigers 0 New Zealand 28 Welford Road, 30 September 20,000 saw the the fifth game of the first New Zealand tour outside Australasia. The Tigers held ‘The Originals’ pointless for 25 minutes, the longest they went without scoring at that point of the tour.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MATTHEW SCOTT Scottish international centre Matt Scott was born on 30 September 1990. He played for Leicester between 2020 and 2024.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OTD: ZURICH PREMIERSHIP 2002 Bristol Shoguns 25 Tigers 20 (Kafer 1t, Ellis 1t, Stimpson 2c 2p) Memorial Stadium, 29 September The referee observing Julian White greeting his future colleagues with a third minute head-butt wouldn’t ultimately hinder his then current colleagues.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OTD: 1984 England 10 President’s XV 27 Twickenham, 29 September Stuart Redfern, Clive Woodward and Rory Underwood represent Leicester in a non-capped match marking Twickenham’s 75th anniversary.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On 29 September 1984 Jez Harris played the first of 225 games for Leicester in a 22-15 win over Saracens. bsky.app/profile/hist...

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OTD: 1906 Midland Counties 0 South Africa 29 Welford Road, 29 September The second game of the first South African tour of Europe, which originated the Springboks nickname.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

GRAHAM PAUL KITCHENER Born on 29 September 1989, Graham Kitchener played 175 times for Leicester.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OTD: HEINEKEN CUP 2001 Tigers 12 (Stimpson 4p) Llanelli 9 Welford Road, 29 September 15,170 see the first of three European meetings between the sides. 1-1 in the pool games, Tigers would take the Nottingham semi-final off the woodwork.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HENRY RONALD WELLS Born on 29 September 1993, Harry Wells played for Leicester 234 times.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OTD GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP 2025 Bristol Bears 42 Tigers 24 (Radwan 2t, van Poortvliet 1t, Bailey 1t 2c) Ashton Gate, 28 September Adam Radwan carries his try scoring streak into the new season. But it’s an otherwise tough start under the new management of Geoff Parling.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OTD: COURAGE LEAGUE 1996 Tigers 32 (Hackney 1t, Cockerill 1t, Penalty 1t, Underwood 1t, J Liley 3c 2p) Gloucester 14 Welford Road, 28 September A mixed start with three wins from five. Tigers challenge strongly in all competitions, but just take the Pilkington Cup.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TIGERS v SARACENS Carbing up with 745+ calories to support the two important games today. First Game: 23 Mar 1963 (a) won 25-6 Most Recent: 25 Apr 2026 (a) lost 15-19 Overall: P105 W65 D6 L34 League: P69 W35 D4 L30 Domestic Cups: P10 W6 D0 L4 Europe: None

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

OTD: HEINEKEN CUP 1997 Tigers 47 (Barlow 1t, Healey 1t 1d, Malone 1t, Rowntree 1t, Greenwood 1t, Serevi 2c 2p, Stransky 3p) Leinster 22 Welford Road, 27 September Tigers would progress from a group of future European giants behind first place Toulouse.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TIGERS v SARACENS The first Leicester and Saracens meeting was a late affair compared with most club fixtures. The game was a 25-6 away win for the Tigers on 23 March 1963.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TIGERS WOMEN v EXETER The Chiefs are twice PWR runners-up in 2022 and 2023. First Game: 28 Oct 2023 (h) lost 7-61 Most Recent: 21 Mar 2026 (h) lost 0-43 Overall: P7 W0 D0 L7 League: P6 W0 D0 L6 Domestic Cups: P1 W0 D0 L1

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OTD: COURAGE LEAGUE 1992 Tigers 22 (Hackney 1t, Kardooni 1t, Richardson 1t, Liley 2c 1p) Gloucester 21 Welford Road, 26 September Tigers would only lose three times in the 1992-93 league season. Unfortunately there were only 12 games, so would finish third.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OTD: 1931 Tigers 25 (Barlow 1t, Constantine 1t, Gadney 1t, Hardwicke 1t, Vallance 1t, Herbert 1d, Norman 2c, Barr 1c) Nuneaton 0 Welford Road, 26 September 3,000 watch the stripeless Tigers in alternate kit defeat their local rivals. Ralph Buckingham is pictured.

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PERCY WILLIAM LAWRIE Born in Lutterworth on 26 September 1888, Percy Lawrie remains the leading Leicester try scorer with 206 from 318 games more than a century after his last appearance.

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