Djustice Sears-Duru – Canada U17 and U20 National Team Rugby Player, former member of the professional UK club, Leicester Tigers Academy.
Clayton West is the home town of up-and-coming young rugby star Andy Forsyth, who plays for Leicester Tigers and has represented England at Under 18 and Under 16 level.
Leicester City Council prevented Leicester Football Club, a rugby club, from using the ground after some club members took part in a tournament in apartheid South Africa.
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Leicester City Council banned a rugby club, Leicester Football Club, from using one of its recreation grounds because some members of the club had taken part in a tournament in South Africa.
Wallhead works his strength and conditioning with Ollie Richardson at the Leicester Tigers Rugby Union training ground.
In 2003, the Leicester Tigers star Freddie Tuilagi opened a new library building, one of the largest primary school libraries in the county.
A former group chairman and chief executive of Aggregate Industries, he made 130 appearances for Leicester Tigers as a lock forward between 1963 and 1968, though he was never capped internationally.
He also played rugby for played rugby union for Harlequins, Leicester, Hants, Royal Air Force and Irish Trials for several years.
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Weighill played club rugby for Birkenhead Park, Waterloo R.F.C., Harlequins and Leicester while at representative level he captained the RAF rugby team from 1945 to 1952 and captained the Combined Services side and the Notts, Lincs and Derbys county team.
Chinnor's youth setup is widely thought of as one of the best in the country having produced top Premiership players such as Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Dave Seymour (Saracens) and Paul Volley (Harlequins).
Varley joined English club side London Wasps on a one-year contract on 26 September 2008, and scored a try for his new club less than a day later in a late win against Leicester Tigers.
He played with Leicester Tigers for the 2010–2011 season and was part of the team that won the Aviva A League.
He then joined Leicester in the summer of 2009 where he proved a very successful signing and helped to win two further Aviva Premiership titles for the club as well as the LV Cup in March 2012 shortly before his retirement.
In 2000 he moved back from Tigers to 'Quins after succumbing to poor form, not helped by the arrival of Australian Pat Howard that prevented him from getting first team rugby.
Tony Diprose (Saracens), Steve Ojomoh (Bath), Richard Pool-Jones (Stade Francais Paris), Ben Sturnham (Saracens), Ben Clarke (Richmond), Pat Sanderson (Sale Sharks), Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers).
He returned to Welford Road in April 2012 for the match against Leicester Tigers but was sent off in the first half after hitting his old team Tom Croft high and late with his arm.
During the tournament Daniel made four appearances scoring four tries, finishing joint fourth in the try scoring list (one behind current Leicester Tigers and England International) Tom Varndell.
Worcester Warriors 7s and Gloucester 7s qualified from Group A, played at Kingsholm on Thursday 1 August; Newcastle Falcons 7s and Leicester Tigers 7s qualified from Group B, played at Franklin's Gardens on Friday 2 August; and Harlequins 7s and Saracens 7s qualified from Group C, played at Allianz Park on Saturday 3 August.
Notable former rugby players from RAF North Luffenham include Sir Augustus Walker (RAF & England), Peter Larter (Northampton & England) and Martin Whitcombe (Leicester Tigers & England 'B' international).