# List of Leicester Tigers players selected for international rugby

Since the founding of the Leicester Tigers rugby union club (as Leicester Football Club) in 1880, more than 150 players have represented their national teams while members of the club.
The "position" column lists the position at which the player played in his first international while a member of Leicester Tigers, not necessarily the position for which he is best known; where brackets are used, this indicates an appearance as a replacement. Ben Youngs, for instance, made his debut as a replacement wing but is best known as a scrum-half. The "date first cap obtained" column lists the date of their first cap obtained while at Leicester Tigers not their international debut. JP Pietersen for instance won many international caps for South Africa before joining Leicester.
Leicester's internationally capped players :
| Number | Name | Position | Nation | Date first cap obtained | Opposition |
| 1 | Jack Miles | Wing | England | 1903-01-10 | Wales |
| 2 | Jacky Braithwaite | Scrum-half | England | 1905-12-02 | New Zealand |
| 2 | Alfred Hind | Wing | England | 1905-12-02 | New Zealand |
| 2 | Richard Russell | Forward | England | 1905-12-02 | New Zealand |
| 2 | Edward Jackett | Full back | England | 1905-12-02 | New Zealand |
| 6 | Fred Jackson | Forward | Lions | 1908-06-06 | New Zealand |
| 7 | Tom Smith | Forward | Lions | 1908-06-27 | New Zealand |
| 8 | Sid Penny | Hooker | England | 1909-01-09 | Australia |
| 8 | Alf Kewney | Forward | England | 1909-01-09 | Australia |
| 10 | Percy Lawrie | Wing | England | 1910-03-19 | Scotland |
| 11 | Ken Wood | Centre | Lions | 1910-08-06 | South Africa |
| 12 | George Ward | Hooker | England | 1913-01-18 | Wales |
| 13 | Frank Tarr | Centre | England | 1913-03-15 | Scotland |
| 14 | Tim Taylor | Fly-half | England | 1914-01-17 | Wales |
| 14 | Pedlar Wood | Scrum-half | England | 1914-01-17 | Wales |
| 16 | Harold Day | Wing | England | 1920-01-17 | Wales |
| 17 | Sos Taylor | Prop | England | 1920-01-31 | France |
| 18 | Alastair Smallwood | Wing | England | 1921-01-15 | Wales |
| 19 | Leo Price | Flanker | England | 1923-01-20 | Wales |
| 20 | Wavell Wakefield | Flanker | England | 1924-01-19 | Wales |
| 21 | Jock Lawrie | Flanker | Scotland | 1924-02-02 | Wales |
| 22 | Edward Massey | Scrum-half | England | 1925-01-17 | Wales |
| 23 | Ralph Buckingham | Centre | England | 1927-04-02 | France |
| 24 | Harry Greenlees | Fly-half | Scotland | 1927-12-17 | Australia |
| 25 | George Beamish | No. 8 | Ireland | 1928-01-28 | France |
| 26 | Doug Prentice | No. 8 | England | 1928-02-11 | Ireland |
| 27 | Doug Norman | Hooker | England | 1932-01-02 | South Africa |
| 27 | Bobby Barr | Full back | England | 1932-01-02 | South Africa |
| 29 | Bernard Gadney | Scrum-half | England | 1932-02-13 | Ireland |
| 30 | Douglas Kendrew | Prop | England | 1933-02-11 | Ireland |
| 31 | Morgan Crowe | Centre | Ireland | 1933-03-11 | Wales |
| 32 | Paddy Coote | Centre | Ireland | 1933-04-01 | Scotland |
| 33 | Charles Beamish | Prop | Ireland | 1934-02-24 | Scotland |
| 34 | Charles Slow | Fly-half | England | 1934-03-17 | Scotland |
| 35 | Ernie Nicholson | Hooker | England | 1936-01-04 | New Zealand |
| 36 | Tom Berry | Flanker | England | 1939-01-21 | Wales |
| 37 | Bill Moore | Scrum-half | England | 1947-01-18 | Wales |
| 38 | Allan Towell | Centre | England | 1948-03-29 | France |
| 39 | Bob Stirling | Prop | England | 1951-01-20 | Wales |
| 40 | David Hazell | Prop | England | 1955-01-22 | Wales |
| 41 | Ian Swan | Wing | Scotland | 1958-01-11 | France |
| 42 | Phil Horrocks-Taylor | Fly-half | Lions | 1959-08-29 | New Zealand |
| 43 | Tony O'Reilly | Wing | Ireland | 1959-04-18 | France |
| 44 | Mike Gavins | Full back | England | 1961-01-21 | Wales |
| 45 | Ken Scotland | Full back | Scotland | 1962-01-13 | France |
| 46 | Mike Wade | Centre | England | 1962-01-20 | Wales |
| 47 | Nick Drake-Lee | Prop | England | 1963-01-19 | Wales |
| 48 | Bob Rowell | Lock | England | 1964-01-18 | Wales |
| 49 | Rodger Arneil | Flanker | Scotland | 1969-12-06 | South Africa |
| 50 | Alan Old | Fly-half | England | 1973-09-15 | New Zealand |
| 51 | Peter Wheeler | Hooker | England | 1975-02-01 | France |
| 52 | Garry Adey | No. 8 | England | 1976-03-06 | Ireland |
| 53 | Robin Cowling | Prop | England | 1977-01-15 | Scotland |
| 54 | Dusty Hare | Full back | England | 1978-01-21 | France |
| 55 | Paul Dodge | Centre | England | 1978-02-04 | Wales |
| 56 | Les Cusworth | Fly-half | England | 1979-11-24 | New Zealand |
| 57 | Clive Woodward | (Centre) | England | 1980-01-19 | Ireland |
| 58 | Nick Youngs | Scrum-half | England | 1983-03-19 | Ireland |
| 59 | Rory Underwood | Wing | England | 1984-02-18 | Ireland |
| 60 | Steve Redfern | (Prop) | England | 1984-02-18 | Ireland |
| 61 | Dean Richards | No. 8 | England | 1986-03-01 | Ireland |
| 62 | Barry Evans | Wing | England | 1988-06-12 | Australia |
| 63 | Brian Smith | Fly-half | Ireland | 1990-10-27 | Argentina |
| 64 | Tony Underwood | Wing | England | 1992-10-17 | Canada |
| 65 | Martin Johnson | Lock | England | 1993-01-16 | France |
| 66 | Neil Back | Flanker | England | 1994-02-05 | Scotland |
| 67 | Niall Malone | (Centre) | Ireland | 1994-11-05 | United States |
| 68 | Graham Rowntree | (Prop) | England | 1995-03-18 | Scotland |
| 69 | Craig Joiner | Wing | Scotland | 1996-06-15 | New Zealand |
| 70 | Eric Miller | Flanker | Ireland | 1997-01-04 | Italy |
| 71 | Austin Healey | (Scrum-half) | England | 1997-02-15 | Ireland |
| 72 | Darren Garforth | (Prop) | England | 1997-03-15 | Wales |
| 73 | Richard Cockerill | (Hooker) | England | 1997-05-31 | Argentina |
| 74 | Will Greenwood | Centre | England | 1997-11-15 | Australia |
| 75 | Dorian West | (Hooker) | England | 1998-02-07 | France |
| 76 | Tim Stimpson | Full back | England | 1998-06-06 | Australia |
| 77 | Stuart Potter | (Centre) | England | 1998-06-06 | Australia |
| 78 | Dave Lougheed | Wing | Canada | 1998-08-18 | United States |
| 79 | Martin Corry | No. 8 | England | 1998-11-14 | Netherlands |
| 80 | Fritz van Heerden | Lock | South Africa | 1999-10-10 | Spain |
| 81 | Geordan Murphy | Full back | Ireland | 2000-06-10 | United States |
| 82 | Leon Lloyd | (Centre) | England | 2000-06-17 | South Africa |
| 83 | Winston Stanley | Wing | Canada | 2000-11-11 | Italy |
| 84 | Freddie Tuilagi | Centre | Samoa | 2000-11-11 | Wales |
| 85 | Ben Kay | Lock | England | 2001-06-02 | Canada |
| 85 | Lewis Moody | Flanker | England | 2001-06-02 | Canada |
| 87 | Ollie Smith | (Centre) | England | 2003-03-09 | Italy |
| 88 | Ramiro Pez | Fly-half | Italy | 2003-08-23 | Scotland |
| 89 | Julian White | Prop | England | 2003-08-23 | Wales |
| 90 | Dan Lyle | No. 8 | United States | 2003-10-15 | Fiji |
| 91 | Jaco van der Westhuyzen | Fly-half | South Africa | 2004-06-12 | Ireland |
| 92 | Darren Morris | (Prop) | Wales | 2004-06-12 | Argentina |
| 93 | Seru Rabeni | (Centre) | Pacific Islanders | 2004-07-03 | Australia |
| 94 | Harry Ellis | (Scrum-half) | England | 2004-11-20 | South Africa |
| 95 | Andy Goode | (Fly-half) | England | 2005-03-12 | Italy |
| 96 | Alesana Tuilagi | Wing | Samoa | 2005-06-11 | Australia |
| 97 | Ephraim Taukafa | (Hooker) | Tonga | 2005-06-25 | Fiji |
| 98 | Anitelea Tuilagi | Centre | Samoa | 2005-07-02 | Tonga |
| 99 | Leo Cullen | Lock | Ireland | 2005-11-26 | Romania |
| 100 | Louis Deacon | Lock | England | 2005-11-26 | Samoa |
| 101 | Tom Varndell | (Wing) | England | 2005-11-26 | Samoa |
| 102 | George Chuter | (Hooker) | England | 2006-06-11 | Australia |
| 103 | Martin Castrogiovanni | Prop | Italy | 2006-10-07 | Portugal |
| 104 | Marcos Ayerza | Prop | Argentina | 2006-11-11 | England |
| 105 | Jim Hamilton | (Lock) | Scotland | 2006-11-11 | Romania |
| 106 | Shane Jennings | Flanker | Ireland | 2007-06-02 | Argentina |
| 107 | Dan Hipkiss | Centre | England | 2007-08-04 | Wales |
| 108 | Tom Croft | (Flanker) | England | 2008-02-23 | France |
| 109 | Benjamin Kayser | (Hooker) | France | 2008-06-28 | Australia |
| 110 | Alejandro Moreno | (Prop) | Italy | 2008-06-28 | Argentina |
| 111 | Toby Flood | (Fly-half) | England | 2008-11-08 | Pacific Islanders |
| 112 | Jordan Crane | (No. 8) | England | 2008-11-22 | South Africa |
| 113 | Sam Vesty | (Centre) | England | 2009-06-06 | Argentina |
| 114 | Julien Dupuy | Scrum-half | France | 2009-06-13 | New Zealand |
| 115 | Dan Cole | (Prop) | England | 2010-02-06 | Wales |
| 116 | Ben Youngs | (Wing) | England | 2010-03-13 | Scotland |
| 117 | Lucas González Amorosino | (Wing) | Argentina | 2010-06-12 | Scotland |
| 118 | Horacio Agulla | Wing | Argentina | 2010-11-28 | Ireland |
| 119 | Manu Tuilagi | Centre | England | 2011-08-06 | Wales |
| 120 | Geoff Parling | (Lock) | England | 2012-02-04 | Scotland |
| 121 | Logovi'i Mulipola | Prop | Samoa | 2012-06-05 | Tonga |
| 121 | Steve Mafi | Flanker | Tonga | 2012-06-05 | Samoa |
| 123 | Thomas Waldrom | (No. 8) | England | 2012-06-16 | South Africa |
| 124 | Tom Youngs | Hooker | England | 2012-11-10 | Fiji |
| 124 | Vereniki Goneva | Centre | Fiji | 2012-11-10 | England |
| 126 | Gonzalo Camacho | Wing | Argentina | 2013-08-17 | South Africa |
| 127 | Blaine Scully | Wing | United States | 2013-08-17 | Canada |
| 128 | Pablo Matera | Flanker | Argentina | 2013-11-09 | England |
| 129 | Leonardo Ghiraldini | Hooker | Italy | 2014-11-08 | Samoa |
| 130 | Robert Barbieri | (Flanker) | Italy | 2014-11-08 | Samoa |
| 131 | Michele Rizzo | Prop | Italy | 2015-03-21 | Wales |
| 132 | Opeti Fonua | (Flanker) | Tonga | 2015-09-29 | Namibia |
| 133 | Ellis Genge | (Prop) | England | 2016-05-29 | Wales |
| 134 | Seremaia Bai | Centre | Fiji | 2016-06-11 | Tonga |
| 135 | JP Pietersen | Wing | South Africa | 2016-11-12 | England |
| 136 | Telusa Veainu | Full back | Tonga | 2016-11-19 | United States |
| 137 | Owen Williams | (Centre) | Wales | 2017-06-16 | Tonga |
| 138 | George Ford | Fly-half | England | 2017-11-11 | Argentina |
| 139 | Jonny May | Wing | England | 2017-11-18 | Australia |
| 140 | Atieli Pakalani | Full back | Tonga | 2017-11-18 | Japan |
| 141 | Luke Hamilton | (Flanker) | Scotland | 2017-11-18 | New Zealand |
| 142 | Chris Baumann | Prop | United States | 2018-02-24 | Brazil |
| 143 | Valentino Mapapalangi | (Flanker) | Tonga | 2018-06-09 | Georgia |
| 144 | Tatafu Polota-Nau | Hooker | Australia | 2018-08-18 | New Zealand |
| 145 | Matt To'omua | (Centre) | Australia | 2018-08-18 | New Zealand |
| 146 | Gaston Cortes | (Prop) | Argentina | 2018-09-18 | New Zealand |
| 147 | Campese Ma'afu | Prop | Fiji | 2018-11-10 | Scotland |
| 148 | Jonah Holmes | Full back | Wales | 2018-11-17 | Tonga |
| 149 | Jake Kerr | (Hooker) | Scotland | 2019-02-02 | Italy |
| 150 | Sione Kalamafoni | (Flanker) | Tonga | 2019-08-31 | Fiji |
| 151 | Shalva Mamukashvili | (Hooker) | Georgia | 2020-10-23 | Scotland |
| 152 | Kini Murimurivalu | Full back | Fiji | 2020-12-05 | Georgia |
| 153 | Nemani Nadolo | Wing | Fiji | 2020-12-05 | Georgia |
| 154 | George Martin | (Number 8) | England | 2021-03-20 | Ireland |
| 155 | Jasper Wiese | (Number 8) | South Africa | 2021-07-02 | Georgia |
| 156 | Julián Montoya | Hooker | Argentina | 2021-07-03 | Romania |
| 156 | Matías Moroni | Centre | Argentina | 2021-07-03 | Romania |
| 158 | Joe Heyes | Prop | England | 2021-07-04 | United States |
| 158 | Freddie Steward | Full back | England | 2021-07-04 | United States |
| 160 | Harry Wells | Lock | England | 2021-07-10 | Canada |
| 160 | Dan Kelly | Centre | England | 2021-07-10 | Canada |
| 162 | Marco van Staden | (Flanker) | South Africa | 2021-07-31 | Lions |
| 163 | Matt Scott | Centre | Scotland | 2021-11-13 | South Africa |
| 164 | Nic Dolly | (Hooker) | England | 2021-11-20 | South Africa |
| 165 | Ollie Chessum | (Lock) | England | 2022-02-13 | Italy |
| 166 | Jack van Poortvliet | (Scrum half) | England | 2022-07-02 | Australia |
| 167 | Tommy Reffell | Flanker | Wales | 2022-07-02 | South Africa |
| 168 | Guy Porter | Centre | England | 2022-07-09 | Australia |
| 169 | Handre Pollard | Fly half | South Africa | 2022-07-09 | Wales |
| 170 | Nephi Leatigaga | (Prop) | Samoa | 2022-11-05 | Italy |
| 171 | Anthony Watson | (Wing) | England | 2023-02-04 | Scotland |
| 172 | Solomone Kata | Wing | Tonga | 2023-07-22 | Fiji |
| 173 | Cameron Henderson | (Lock) | Scotland | 2023-07-29 | Italy |
| 174 | Will Hurd | (Prop) | Scotland | 2023-07-06 | Canada |
| 175 | Nicky Smith | (Prop) | Wales | 2024-11-10 | Fiji |

## Sources

* Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers: Official History of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.