Six Leicester Tigers players were members of the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final winning England side including captain Martin Johnson.

1970/71 saw Peter Wheeler emerge as first-choice hooker having made his debut the year before, he ended the season on England's tour to the Far East.

Based around traditional fixtures Tigers finished second to Moseley in the Midlands Merit Table with a record of played 8 won 6.

[citation needed] Prestige fixtures staged at Welford Road to mark the centenary were the visit of the Irish Wolfhounds, Romania, and Queensland.

[28] During the late 1980s and early 1990s several key members of the Leicester pack came through the youth ranks and became key first-team contributors, most notably lock Martin Johnson who debuted in 1989 and later became club captain; flanker Neil Back who joined in 1990; and the front row trio of Graham Rowntree, Richard Cockerill, and Darren Garforth who started 166 games together between 1992 and 2002.

[31] The advent of the 1995–96 season brought two important changes: rugby union (and consequently the Tigers) became professional, and European club competition began in the form of the Heineken cup.

In Martin Johnson and Neil Back's last game for Leicester they lost the Premiership Final to London Wasps.

In the 2009 Premiership final Leicester beat London Irish 10–9,[48] and Tigers retained their title the following year as they defeated Saracens 33–27.

[50] Domestic success continued with Tigers reaching Premiership finals but losing in 2011 and 2012, against Saracens and Harlequins respectively, and winning the 2012 LV Cup.

[57] Aaron Mauger was placed in temporary charge of the team,[58] winning the 2017 Anglo-Welsh Cup, until Matt O'Connor was announced as the new head coach.

[73] On 4 June 2020 it was revealed that Tigers were set to lose up to £5m of revenue during the coronavirus enforced shutdown,[74] eventually making 31 employees redundant.

[75] The completion of the delayed 2019-20 Premiership Rugby season between August and October saw another 11th-place finish for Leicester, saved from relegation only by a points deduction from Saracens for breaching the salary cap.

[83] A week later Leicester overcame an 18-point deficit in the second half to beat Connacht, a Hosea Saumaki try sealing the win on the final play of the game, and secure progress to their first Champions Cup knock out stages since 2016.

[84] In Europe, Leicester progressed past Clermont Auvergne over two legs, despite getting red cards in both matches,[85][86] but lost at home to Leinster 23–14, after falling behind 20–0 in the first half to the Irish side.

[88] Tigers' winger Chris Ashton broke the Premiership Rugby all-time try scoring record in this match, his hat-trick taking him to 95 career league tries.

[88] In the semi-final they faced local rivals Northampton Saints, but much of the build up was focused on recently retired former captain Tom Youngs whose wife, Tiffany, died from cancer in week preceding the match.

His brother Ben Youngs started the match, and it was his half back partner George Ford who inspired the victory scoring a "full house" with a try, conversion, penalty & drop goal for 22 points in a 27–13 win.

With the matching tied 12-12 it was Burns who scored the 80th minute drop goal to win Leicester their 11th English title, only two seasons after finishing in 11th place.

On 22 February 2023, it was announced that Dan McKellar would take the role on a full time basis from 1 July 2023, previously having been Australia's forwards coach.

[92] On 27 June 2024, Tigers appointed fellow Australian Michael Cheika as the new head coach on an initial one-year deal.

Leicester finished first in 2004–05 going directly to the final; in Martin Johnson & Neil Back's last game for the club they lost 39–14 to Wasps.

The first known use of the name was after a game against Bedford School in February 1885, the Leicester Daily Post reporting that "the Tiger stripes were keeping well together".

[104] This tradition lasted until 1998 when Premiership Rugby rules forced Leicester to abandon lettering and Tigers first wore numbers on 5 September 1998 against Harlequins at Welford Road.

[108] It was not until 1895 that the now-traditional scarlet, green and white horizontal stripes were introduced to the jersey, paired with black shorts and socks until 1906.

Tigers have also played two Heineken Cup Semi-final games at the King Power Stadium, against Toulose and Llanelli Scarlets in 2005 and 2007 respectively, but the ground was designated as a neutral venue for both.

On 27 February 2015 Tigers announced plans to continue the redevelopment of Welford Road by replacing the clubhouse and temporary West Stand with a new permanent building with a 3,100 capacity.

[119] The Leicester Tigers senior squad for the 2024–25 season is:[120][121] Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules.

The club's first non-British or Irish player selected for international duty was Canada's Dave Lougheed when he played against USA in August 1998.

2013: Ben Youngs†, Tom Youngs, Manu Tuilagi, Geoff Parling 2009: Harry Ellis 2005: Julian White, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Geordan Murphy, Ollie Smith 2001: Dorian West 1997: Will Greenwood, Eric Miller 1993: Tony Underwood 1983: Dusty Hare 1980: Paul Dodge 1974: Alan Old 1971: Rodger Arneil 1959: Tony O'Reilly, Phil Horrocks-Taylor 1936: Bernard Gadney, Alexander Obolensky, Charles Beamish 1930: Doug Prentice, George Beamish, Joe Kendrew 1910: Ken Wood 1908: F.S.

Jackson, John Jackett, Tom Smith 1903: Alfred Hind †Ben Youngs was selected to tour for a second time in 2017, but turned down the offer for family reasons.