Leicester Lions RFC

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Leicester Lions
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Full nameLeicester Lions Rugby Football Club
UnionLeicestershire RU
Founded1998; 24 years ago (1998)
LocationBlaby, Leicestershire, England
Ground(s)Westleigh Park (Capacity: 2,000[1])
League(s)National League 2 South
2019–207th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/leicesterlions/

Leicester Lions are a rugby union club who currently play in National League 2 South – at tier 4 of the English rugby union system – following a level transfer at the end of the 2018–19 season. The Lions are a leading amateur club in Leicester and along with Loughborough University and Hinckley are the senior clubs in Leicestershire after Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers . The club was formed as a result of an amalgamation between two local clubs in 1998, these being (established in 1904) and (established in 1946).[2][3]

Leicester Lions boast several high-profile names amongst their former and current players and coaching staff. Jason Aldwinckle, the former Leicester Tigers' hooker is the forwards coach, while the former club captain and England Counties outside back Gareth Collins has taken over as head coach. Notable former Lions, Westleigh and Wigston players include England World Cup winning captain Martin Johnson, England lock Louis Deacon, Tigers back-rower Brett Deacon and Gloucester and England centre Billy Twelvetrees.

Honours[]

Leicester Lions (1998–present)

Westleigh (Parent club)

Wigston (Parent club)

Current standings[]

2021–22 National League 2 South Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Clifton 18 14 0 4 679 379 300 10 2 68
2 Esher 16 13 1 2 591 342 249 13 1 68
3 Redruth 17 13 1 3 482 255 227 9 1 64
4 Worthing Raiders 17 12 0 5 489 345 144 12 3 63
5 Henley Hawks 17 10 2 5 444 359 85 8 3 55
6 Leicester Lions 16 10 0 6 427 354 73 8 3 51
7 Guernsey Raiders 15 10 0 5 407 341 66 6 1 47
8 Barnes 17 7 4 6 446 431 15 7 2 45
9 Old Albanian 17 9 0 8 495 373 122 8 4 43
10 Bury St Edmunds 16 8 0 8 430 390 40 5 4 41
11 Dings Crusaders 18 5 1 12 435 502 −67 10 6 38
12 Hinckley 16 6 0 10 426 437 −11 7 5 36
13 Canterbury 17 6 1 10 363 364 −1 5 3 34
14 Rochford Hundred 17 4 0 13 280 473 −193 3 5 24
15 Barnstaple 17 2 0 15 255 594 −339 0 2 10
16 Westcliff 17 0 0 17 194 904 −710 0 1 1
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 22 January 2022
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby.


Notes[]

  1. ^ If you count the wins by parent clubs Westleigh RFC (5) and Wigston (1) then Leicester Lions have won the Leicestershire County Cup nine times.

References[]

  1. ^ "Leicester Lions RFC Fixtures History and Club Information".
  2. ^ "History". Leicester Lions RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Leicester Lions (Team History)". Rugby Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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