# Leicester Tigers Women

Leicester Tigers Women is a women's rugby union club based in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. They are the women's team of Leicester Tigers. They were founded in 2021 and as of 2023, play in Premiership Women's Rugby.

## History

The team was formed on 15 July 2021, launched in partnership with Lichfield Ladies under the name of "Lichfield Leicester Tigers", in their initial season they played a season of friendlies before entering Women's Championship North 1 for the 2022–23 season, taking the place of Lichfield. The club confirmed its intention to bid for a place in the 2023-24 Premier 15s season, on 16 December 2022 the RFU announced that they had been successful and would join the Premier 15, which became Premiership Women's Rugby, beginning in 2023–24.
On 5 November 2022 the local derby with Loughborough RFC saw a record crowd for a 2nd division game as 3,523 attended.
The team's first ever top flight victory came against Sale Sharks Women on 21 January 2024.

## Current squad

The Leicester Tigers squad for the 2023–24 season is:
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Player | Position | Union |
| Leah Bartlett | Prop | Scotland |
| Caitlin Clark | Prop | England |
| Lisa Cockburn | Prop | Scotland |
| Georgie Grimes | Prop | England |
| Jade Jones | Prop | England |
| Churchy Knight | Prop | England |
| Keia Mae Sagapolu | Prop | United States |
| Ofure Ugiagbe | Prop | England |
| Alana Bainbridge | Hooker | England |
| Amy Cokayne | Hooker | England |
| Elis Martin | Hooker | Scotland |
| Samantha Williams | Hooker | England |
| Eva Donaldson | Second row | Scotland |
| Ella-Mae Fereday | Second row | England |
| Charlotte Fray | Second row | England |
| Ali Gale | Second row | England |
| Catha Jacobs | Second row | South Africa |
| Maddie Massey | Second row | England |
| Georgia Westwood | Second row | England |
| Tanya Bird | Back row | Philippines |
| Tahlia Brody | Back row | United States |
| Roisin McBrien | Back row | England |
| Sydney Mead | Back row | England |
| Leilah Mills | Back row | England |
| Becky Noon | Back row | England |
| Julia Omokhuale | Back row | Canada |
| Amy Orrow | Back row | England |
| Morgan Richardson | Back row | England |
| Kat Turner | Back row | England |
| Zoe Warrington | Back row | England |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Lucy Nye | Scrum-half | England |
| Amy Relf | Scrum-half | England |
| Claire Gallagher | Fly-half | Canada |
| Meg Jones | Fly-half | England |
| Ellie Turner | Fly-half | England |
| Holly Williams | Fly-half | England |
| Katie Childs | Centre | Sweden |
| Rebecca De Filippo | Centre | Wales |
| Abi Gordon | Centre | England |
| Natasha Jones | Centre | England |
| Francesca McGhie | Centre | Scotland |
| Linzi Taylor | Centre | |
| Evie Wills | Centre | Scotland |
| Tami Agboola | Back | England |
| Lottie Bozon | Back | England |
| Louisa Burgham | Back | England |
| Bryany Chalk | Back | England |
| Caz Collie | Back | Scotland |
| Charlotte Daley | Back | England |
| Molly Draycott | Back | England |
| Zoë Evans | Back | England |
| Tess Feury | Back | United States |
| Lucrezia Iavarone | Back | Italy |
| Celia Quansah | Back | England |
| Harriet Roberts | Back | England |
| Amanda Swartz | Back | Sweden |
| Amelia Tutt | Back | Wales |

## Season summaries

| | League | League | League | League | Cup | Cup |
| Season | Competition | Final position | Points | Play-offs | Competition | Performance |
| 2022—23 | Women's Championship North 1 | 1st | 90 | Finalist | No competition | N/A |
| 2023—24 | Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby | | | | Allianz Cup | 9th |
Gold background denotes champions Silver background denotes runners-up Pink background denotes relegated