Leicester Tigers in cup finals

This article is about the results and history of Leicester Tigers in cup finals. Leicester Tigers are a prominent rugby union club in England and compete in major national and continental finals. Leicester have competed in 46 major finals winning 28 and losing 18.

Competition	Date	Opponent	Result	For	Against	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Midlands Counties Cup	23 March 1889	Moseley	L	0	6	The Butts, Coventry	4,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	4 April 1891	Coventry	L	0	8	Rugby Cricket Club		[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	31 March 1894	Coventry	L	0	11	Rugby Cricket Club		[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	6 April 1898	Moseley	W	5	3	The Butts, Coventry		[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	1 April 1899	Nuneaton	W	20	3	The Butts, Coventry	8,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	31 March 1900	Moseley	W	13	4	The Butts, Coventry	10,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	30 March 1901	Moseley	W	8	3	Rugby Cricket Club		[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	29 March 1902	Moseley	W	5	0	The Butts, Coventry	8,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	4 April 1903	Rugby	W	18	0	The Butts, Coventry	6,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	2 April 1904	Moseley	W	13	3	Burton-on-Trent	5,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	1 April 1905	Nottingham	W	31	0	The Butts, Coventry	10,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	3 April 1909	Coventry	W	8	3	Nottingham	4,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	2 April 1910	Coventry	W	8	6	Nuneaton	10,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	30 March 1912	Coventry	W	16	0	Rugby Cricket Club	3,000	[1]
Midlands Counties Cup	5 April 1913	Belgrave Premier Works	W	39	8	Welford Road, Leicester	2,853	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	15 April 1978	Gloucester	L	3	6	Twickenham, London	24,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	21 April 1979	Moseley	W	15	12	Twickenham, London	18,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	19 April 1980	London Irish	W	21	9	Twickenham, London	27,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	2 May 1981	Gosforth	W	22	15	Twickenham, London	24,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	30 April 1983	Bristol	L	22	28	Twickenham, London	34,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	29 April 1989	Bath	L	6	10	Twickenham, London	59,300	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	1 May 1993	Harlequins	W	23	16	Twickenham, London	54,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	7 May 1994	Bath	L	9	21	Twickenham, London	68,000	[1]
RFU Knock-out Cup	4 May 1996	Bath	L	15	16	Twickenham, London	75,000	[1]
Heineken Cup	25 January 1997	Brive	L	9	28	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	41,664	[2]
RFU Knock-out Cup	10 May 1997	Sale	W	9	3	Twickenham, London	75,000	[1]
Zurich Championship	13 May 2001	Bath	W	22	10	Twickenham, London	33,500	[3]
Heineken Cup	19 May 2001	Stade Français	W	34	30	Parc des Princes, Paris	44,000	[4]
Heineken Cup	25 May 2002	Munster	W	15	9	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,600	[5]
Premiership	14 May 2005	London Wasps	L	14	39	Twickenham, London	60,762	[6]
Premiership	27 May 2006	Sale Sharks	L	20	45	Twickenham, London	58,000	[7]
Anglo-Welsh Cup	15 April 2007	Ospreys	W	41	35	Twickenham, London	43,312	[8]
Premiership	12 May 2007	Gloucester	W	44	16	Twickenham, London	59,400	[9]
Heineken Cup	20 May 2007	London Wasps	L	9	25	Twickenham, London	81,076	[10]
Anglo-Welsh Cup	12 April 2008	Ospreys	L	6	23	Twickenham, London	65,756	[11]
Premiership	31 May 2008	London Wasps	L	16	26	Twickenham, London	81,600	[12]
Premiership	16 May 2009	London Irish	W	10	9	Twickenham, London	81,601	[13]
Heineken Cup	23 May 2009	Leinster	L	16	19	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	66,523	[14]
Premiership	29 May 2010	Saracens	W	33	27	Twickenham, London	81,600	[15]
Premiership	28 May 2011	Saracens	L	18	22	Twickenham, London	80,016	[16]
Anglo-Welsh Cup	18 March 2012	Northampton	W	26	14	Sixways, Worcester	11,895	[17]
Premiership	26 May 2012	Harlequins	L	23	30	Twickenham, London	81,779	[18]
Premiership	25 May 2013	Northampton	W	37	17	Twickenham, London	81,703	[19]
Anglo-Welsh Cup	19 March 2017	Exeter Chiefs	W	16	12	Twickenham Stoop, London	6,834	[20]
European Challenge Cup	21 May 2021	Montpellier	L	17	18	Twickenham, London	10,000	[21]
Premiership	18 June 2022	Saracens	W	15	12	Twickenham, London	72,784	[22]
Premiership Cup	15 March 2024	Gloucester	L	13	23	Kingsholm, Gloucester		[23]

  Win   Loss

23 March 1889	Moseley	6–0	Leicester	The Butts, Coventry
		[1]		Attendance: 4,000

4 April 1891	Coventry	8–0	Leicester	Rugby Cricket Club
		[1]

31 March 1894	Coventry	11–0	Leicester	Rugby Cricket Club
		[1]

6 April 1898	Leicester	5–3	Moseley	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: P.Oscroft Con: F.Jones	[1]

1 April 1899	Leicester	20–3	Nuneaton	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: F.Jones (3) H.Wilkinson (2) Woodyatt Con: F.Jones	[1]		Attendance: 8,000

31 March 1900	Leicester	13–4	Moseley	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: F.Jones (2) Foreman Con: A.O.Jones F.Jones	[1]		Attendance: 10,000

30 March 1901	Leicester	8–3	Moseley	Rugby Cricket Club
	Try: Foreman H.Wilkinson Con: A.O.Jones	[1]

29 March 1902	Leicester	5–0	Moseley	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: A.Hind Con: Butlin	[1]		Attendance: 8,000

4 April 1903	Leicester	18–0	Rugby	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: A.Hind (2) Miles Dakin Con: A.O.Jones (3)	[1]		Attendance: 6,000

2 April 1904	Leicester	13–3	Moseley	Burton on Trent
	Try: Russell D.Atkins Sutton Con: A.O.Jones (2)	[1]		Attendance: 5,000

1 April 1905	Leicester	31–0	Nottingham	The Butts, Coventry
	Try: A.Hind (3) Parsons (3) Hills Con: J.Jackett A.O.Jones Matthews Drop: Braithwaite	[1]		Attendance: 10,000

3 April 1909	Leicester	8–3	Coventry	Nottingham
	Try: P.Lawrie (2) Con: Grimson	[1]		Attendance: 4,000

2 April 1910	Leicester	8–6	Coventry	Nuneaton
	Try: P.Wood Con: J. Jackett Mark: J. Jackett	[1]		Attendance: 10,000

30 March 1912	Leicester	16–0	Coventry	Rugby Cricket Club
	Try: P.Lawrie Hogarth Greasley Con: Bream (2) Pen: Bream	[1]		Attendance: 3,000

5 April 1913	Leicester	39–8	Belgrave Premier Works	Welford Road, Leicester
	Try: Dalby (3) Hunter (2) P.Lawrie (2) Farmer (2) Greasley T.Taylor Con: Hunter P.Lawrie Bream	[1]		Attendance: 2,853

Launched in 1971 the Cup was the first nationwide competition for rugby union clubs in England. It was a straight knock-out cup format, teams were not seeded however with the introduction of leagues the top division side such as Leicester joined the competition in later rounds, and ran until 2005 when it was replaced by the Anglo-Welsh Cup. Tigers played in 10 finals, winning 5.

  Win   Loss

15 April 1978	Gloucester	6–3	Leicester	Twickenham, London
	Try: Mogg Con: Butler		Pen: Hare	Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)

Team details

15 Peter Butler 14 Bob Clewes 13 Brian Vine 12 Richard Jardine 11 Richard Mogg 10 Christopher Williams 9 Paul Howell 8 Vivian Woodley 7 John Simonett 6 John Watkins (c) 5 John Fidler 4 Stephen Boyle 3 Mike Burton 2 Stephen Mills 1 Gordon Sargent Replacements: 16 Ron Etheridge 17 Dave Pointon 18 Peter Kingston 19 Mike Curran 20 Fred Reed 21 Eddie Pinkney Coach: O Dusty Hare N John Duggan M Paul Dodge L Brian Hall (c) K Bob Barker J Bleddyn Jones I Steve Kenney G Dave Forfar H Garry Adey F Steve Johnson E Arthur Hazelrigg D Nick Joyce C Steve Redfern B Peter Wheeler A Ray Needham Replacements: P Robin Money Q Bill Reichwald R T Walley S Angus Collington T John White U Dosser Smith Coach: Chalkie White

21 April 1979	Leicester	15–12	Moseley	Twickenham, London
	Try: Kenney Con: Hare Pen: Hare (2) Drop: Hare	"Report".	Try: Laird Con: Akenhead Pen: Akenhead Drop: Cooper	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alan Welsby (Lancashire)

Team details

O Dusty Hare N Mick Newton M Terry Burwell L Paul Dodge K Tim Barnwell J Les Cusworth I Steve Kenney G Garry Adey H Ian "Dosser" Smith F Steve Johnson E Arthur Hazelrigg D Nick Joyce C Steve Redfern B Peter Wheeler (c) A Robin Cowling Replacements: P Angus Collington Q Brian Hall R Jim Kempin S Jez Krych T Tim Walley U John White Coach: Chalkie White 15 Richard Akenhead 14 Alan Thomas 13 Malcolm Swain 12 Barrie Corless 11 Bob Laird 10 Martin Cooper (c) 9 Chris Gifford 8 Derek Nutt 7 Nick Jeavons 6 Russ Field 5 Barry Ayre 4 John Beale 3 Kevin Astley 2 Gary Cox 1 W H Greaves Replacements: 16 Andy Watson-Jones for Corless (30m) 17 Steve King for Nutt (50m) Coach:

19 April 1980	Leicester	21–9	London Irish	Twickenham, London
	Pen: Hare (4) Drop: Hare Cusworth (2)		Try: Smythe Con: Meanwell Pen: Meanwell	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Colin High (Manchester/Cumbria)

Team details

O Dusty Hare N Tim Barnwell M Clive Woodward L Paul Dodge K Terry Burwell J Les Cusworth I Steve Kenney G Garry Adey H Ian "Dosser" Smith F Steve Johnson E Nigel Gillingham D Nick Joyce C Steve Redfern B Peter Wheeler (c) A Robin Cowling Replacements: P Angus Collington Q Mark Duffelen R Brian Hall S Andy Key T Mick Merriman U Ray Needham Coach: Chalkie White 15 Duncan Leopold 14 Roger McKibbin 13 Alastair McKibbin 12 Paul O'Donnell 11 Clive Meanwell 10 Hugh Condon 9 Barry Murphy 8 K S Short 7 John O'Driscoll (c) 6 Jim Sheehan 5 Mike Smythe 4 Walter Jones 3 Les White 2 Guy Beringer 1 Alex Newberry Replacements: 16 David McCracken for Smythe (43m) Coach:

2 May 1981	Leicester	22–15	Gosforth	Twickenham, London
	Try: Kenney Barnwell Hare Con: Hare (2) Pen: Hare (3)		Try: Cunningham Con: Johnson Pen: Johnson (2) Patrick	Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (London & Sussex Societies)

Team details

O Dusty Hare N Kevin Williams L Clive Woodward M Paul Dodge K Tim Barnwell J Les Cusworth I Steve Kenney G Garry Adey H Ian "Dosser" Smith F Steve Johnson E Nick Jackson D Nick Joyce C Steve Redfern B Peter Wheeler (c) A Robin Cowling Replacements: P Angus Collington for Johnson (82m) Q Chris Tressler R Wayne Richardson S Mick Merriman T Andy Key U Brian Hall Coach: Chalkie White 15 Brian Patrick 14 Stuart Archer 13 Richard Breakey 12 Alan MacMillan 11 Neil McDowall 10 David Johnson 9 Malcolm Young 8 John Butler 7 Simon Smith 6 Terry Roberts 5 Steve Bainbridge 4 Bob Anderson 3 Jeff Bell 2 Bob Cunningham 1 Colin White (c) Replacements: 16 Steve Gustard 17 John Storey 18 Ian Ramage 19 Stuart Lewis 20 John Blissett 21 Paul Simpson Coach: David Robinson

30 April 1983	Bristol	28–22	Leicester	Twickenham, London
	Try: Carr (2) Hogg Hesford Con: Barnes (3) Pen: Barnes (2)		Try: Evans Smith Con: Cusworth Pen: Cusworth (4)	Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Roger Quittenton (London)

Team details

A Huw Duggan B Alan Morley C Ralph Knibbs D Simon Hogg E John Carr F Stuart Barnes G Richard Harding O John Doubleday N Kevin Bogira M Austin Sheppard L Pete Polledri K Nigel Pomphrey J Alf Troughton I Mike Rafter (c) H Bob Hesford Replacements: P Dave Palmer Q Phil Cue R Dave Sorrell S Lawrence Yandell T Mark Tomlin U Peter Stiff Coach: Dave Tyler O Ian Dodson N Barry Evans M Paul Dodge L Clive Woodward K Tim Barnwell J Les Cusworth I Nick Youngs A Stuart Redfern B Peter Wheeler C Steve Redfern D Nigel Gillingham E Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold F Steve Johnson (c) H Ian "Dosser" Smith G Dean Richards Replacements: P Ian Bates for Barnwell Q Nick Jackson R Steve Kenney S Mike Poulson T Wayne Richardson U Chris Tressler Coach:

29 April 1989	Bath	10–6	Leicester	Twickenham, London
	Try: Barnes Pen: Barnes (2)		Pen: Hare (2)	Attendance: 59,300 Referee: Fred Howard (Liverpool)

Team details

16 John Palmer 15 Tony Swift 14 Simon Halliday 12 Jeremy Guscott 11 Fred Sagoe 10 Stuart Barnes (c) 9 Richard Hill 8 Dave Egerton 7 Jon Hall 6 Damian Cronin 5 John Morrison 4 Andy Robinson 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Graham Dawe 1 Gareth Chilcott Replacements: 16 Steve Knight 17 Keith Hoskin 18 Jimmy Deane 19 Victor Ubogu 20 Nigel Redman 21 Paul Simpson for Egerton Coach: Jack Rowell O Dusty Hare N Barry Evans M Paul Dodge (c) L Ian Bates K Rory Underwood J Les Cusworth I Aadel Kardooni A Stuart Redfern B Troy Thacker C Steve Redfern D Malcolm Foulks-Arnold E Tom Smith F John Wells H Ian "Dosser" Smith G Dean Richards Replacements: P Tony Underwood Q Jez Harris R Steve Kenney S Dave Kitching T Chris Tressler U Adey Marriott Coach:

1 May 1993	Leicester	23–16	Harlequins	Twickenham, London
	Try: Potter Johnson Con: Liley (2) Pen: Liley (2) Drop: Harris		Try: Glenister Con: Challinor Pen: Challinor (3)	Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (Bath)

Team details

O John Liley N Tony Underwood M Ian Bates L Stuart Potter K Rory Underwood J Jez Harris I Aadel Kardooni G Dean Richards H Neil Back F John Wells (c) E Matt Poole D Martin Johnson C Darren Garforth B Richard Cockerill A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Laurence Boyle Q Darren Grewcock R Dave Hopper S Chris Johnson T Simon Povoas U Nigel Richardson Coach: Ian "Dosser" Smith 15 Kent Bray 14 Chris Madderson 13 Will Carling 12 Gavin Thompson 11 Jeff Alexander 10 Paul Challinor 9 Rob Glenister 8 Chris Sheasby 7 Peter Winterbottom (c) 6 Mark Russell 5 Richard Langhorn 4 Alex Snow 3 Andy Mullins 2 Brian Moore 1 Jason Leonard Replacements: 16 Richard Goodwin 17 Stuart Thresher 18 Mark Evans 19 Martin Hobley 20 Simon Dear 21 Nick Kilick Coach:

7 May 1994	Bath	21–9	Leicester	Twickenham, London
	Try: Swift Catt Con: Callard Pen: Callard (3)		Pen: Harris (3)	Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Ed Morrison (Bristol)

Team details

16 Jon Callard 15 Tony Swift 14 Phil de Glanville 12 Mike Catt 11 Adedayo Adebayo 10 Stuart Barnes 9 Richard Hill 8 Ben Clarke 7 Jon Hall (c) 6 Andy Robinson 5 Andy Reed 4 Nigel Redman 3 Victor Ubogu 2 Graham Dawe 1 Dave Hilton Replacements: 16 Ian Sanders 17 Tim Beddow 18 John Mallett 19 Steve Ojomoh for Robinson (49m) 20 Ed Rayner 21 Audley Lumsden Coach: Jack Rowell O Wayne Kilford N Tony Underwood M Stuart Potter L Laurence Boyle K Rory Underwood J Jez Harris I Aadel Kardooni G Dean Richards (c) H Neil Back F John Wells E Matt Poole D Martin Johnson C Darren Garforth B Richard Cockerill A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Niall Malone Q Jamie Hamilton R Derek Jelley S Chris Johnson T Chris Tarbuck U Bill Drake-Lee Coach: Ian "Dosser" Smith

4 May 1996	Bath	16–15	Leicester	Twickenham, London
	Try: Penalty try Con: Callard Pen: Callard (2) Drop: Catt		Try: Malone Poole Con: Liley Pen: Liley	Attendance: 75,000 (World Record) Referee: Steve Lander (Liverpool)

Team details

16 Jon Callard 15 Audley Lumsden 14 Phil de Glanville (c) 12 Adedayo Adebayo 11 Jon Sleightholme 10 Mike Catt 9 Andy Nicol 8 Eric Peters 7 Steve Ojomoh 6 Andy Robinson 5 Nigel Redman 4 Martin Haag 3 John Mallett 2 Graham Dawe 1 Dave Hilton Replacements: 16 Richard Butland 17 Ian Sanders 18 Darren Crompton 19 Neil McCarthy 20 Andy Reed 21 Ed Pearce Coach: Brian Ashton O John Liley N Steve Hackney M Stuart Potter L Richie Robinson K Rory Underwood J Niall Malone I Aadel Kardooni G Dean Richards (c) H Neil Back F John Wells E Matt Poole D Martin Johnson C Darren Garforth B Richard Cockerill A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Jez Harris Q Jamie Hamilton R Derek Jelley S Dorian West T Chris Tarbuck U Bill Drake-Lee Coach:

10 May 1997	Leicester	9–3	Sale	Twickenham, London
	Pen: Joel Stransky 3		Pen: Simon Mannix	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Brian Campsall (Yorkshire)

Team details

O Niall Malone N Craig Joiner M Will Greenwood L Stuart Potter K Leon Lloyd J Joel Stransky I Austin Healey G Eric Miller H Neil Back F John Wells E Matt Poole D Martin Johnson (c) C Darren Garforth B Richard Cockerill A Graham Rowntree Replacements: P Rob Liley Q Aadel Kardooni R Bill Drake-Lee S Dean Richards T Dorian West U Steve Hackney Dir of Rugby: Bob Dwyer 15 Jim Mallinder (c) 14 David Rees 13 Jos Baxendell 12 Adrian Hadley 11 Tom Beim 10 Simon Mannix 9 Dewi Morris 8 John Mitchell 7 Dylan O'Grady 6 Neil Ashurst 5 Dave Baldwin 4 Dave Erskine 3 Paul Smith 2 Steve Diamond 1 Paul Winstanley Replacements: 16 John O'Reilly 17 Chris Yates 18 Andy Morris 19 Sean Fletcher 20 Luke Hewson 21 Murray Driver Coach:

Launched in 2005 to replace the knock-out cup the Anglo-Welsh Cup is played with a group stage consisting of the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the 4 Welsh regions from the Pro12 then a knock out round between the group winners. Tigers have played in 4 finals, winning 3.

  Win   Loss

15 April 2007	Leicester Tigers	41–35	Ospreys	Twickenham, London
14:30	Try: Varndell (2) 13' c, 63' c Croft 15' c Kay 26' c Tuilagi 30' c Con: Burke (4) 13', 15', 26', 30' Goode 63' Pen: Goode 54', 70'	"Report".	Try: Byrne 44' c S. Williams (2) 49' m, 57' c Walker 74' c Con: Hook (3) 44', 57', 74' Pen: Hook (3) 2', 11', 37'	Attendance: 43,312 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Team details

15 Sam Vesty 14 Tom Varndell 13 Dan Hipkiss 12 Daryl Gibson 11 Alesana Tuilagi 10 Paul Burke 9 Harry Ellis 8 Martin Corry (c) 7 Shane Jennings 6 Tom Croft 5 Ben Kay 4 Leo Cullen 3 Julian White 2 George Chuter 1 Martin Castrogiovanni Replacements: 16 Gavin Hickie 17 Alex Moreno 18 Louis Deacon 19 Brett Deacon 20 Frank Murphy 21 Andy Goode 22 Geordan Murphy Coach: Pat Howard 15 Lee Byrne 14 Shane Williams 13 Sonny Parker 12 Andrew Bishop 11 Nikki Walker 10 James Hook 9 Justin Marshall 8 Filo Tiatia 7 Jonathan Thomas 6 Ryan Jones 5 Alun Wyn Jones 4 Brent Cockbain 3 Adam R Jones 2 Huw Bennett 1 Duncan Jones Replacements: 16 Barry Williams 17 Paul James 18 Mike Powell 19 Richie Pugh 20 Jason Spice 21 Shaun Connor 22 Stefan Terblanche Coach: Lyn Jones

12 April 2008	Leicester Tigers	6–23	Ospreys	Twickenham, London
14:30	Pen: Goode (1/3) 6' Drop: Goode 17'	"Report".	Try: A. Bishop 23' c A. W. Jones 48' c Con: Hook (2) 23', 48' Pen: Hook (3/5) 58', 73', 76'	Attendance: 65,756 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Team details

FB 15 Johne Murphy RW 14 Ollie Smith OC 13 Dan Hipkiss IC 12 Aaron Mauger LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Harry Ellis N8 8 Jordan Crane OF 7 Ben Herring BF 6 Martin Corry (c) RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Louis Deacon TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni HK 2 George Chuter LP 1 Boris Stankovich Replacements: HK 16 Benjamin Kayser PR 17 Julian White LK 18 Richard Blaze FL 19 Tom Croft SH 20 Christophe Laussucq FH 21 Sam Vesty WG 22 Tom Varndell Coach: Marcelo Loffreda FB 15 Lee Byrne RW 14 Jonny Vaughton OC 13 Sonny Parker IC 12 Andrew Bishop LW 11 Shane Williams FH 10 James Hook SH 9 Justin Marshall N8 8 Filo Tiatia OF 7 Marty Holah BF 6 Ryan Jones (c) RL 5 Ian Evans LL 4 Alun Wyn Jones TP 3 Adam R Jones HK 2 Richard Hibbard LP 1 Paul James Replacements: HK 16 Huw Bennett PR 17 Duncan Jones LK 18 Ian Gough FL 19 Jonathan Thomas FH 20 Gareth Owen CE 21 Jonathan Spratt WG 22 Aled Brew Coach: Lyn Jones

18 March 2012	Leicester Tigers	26–14	Northampton Saints	Sixways Stadium, Worcester
15:00	Try: Mafi 25' c Hamilton 49' c Con: Ford (2/2) 25', 49' Pen: Ford (4/4) 14', 18', 24', 45'	"Report".	Try: Day 74' m Pen: Myler (3/3) 5', 11', 21'	Attendance: 11,895 Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Team details

FB 15 Geordan Murphy (c) RW 14 Horacio Agulla OC 13 Matt Smith IC 12 Billy Twelvetrees LW 11 Scott Hamilton FH 10 George Ford SH 9 James Grindal N8 8 Thomas Waldrom OF 7 Craig Newby BF 6 Steve Mafi RL 5 Graham Kitchener LL 4 George Skivington TP 3 Logovi'i Mulipola HK 2 Rob Hawkins LP 1 Boris Stankovich Replacements: HK 16 Tom Youngs PR 17 Marcos Ayerza PR 18 Julian White LK 19 Calum Green FL 20 Julian Salvi SH 21 Scott Steele FH 22 Toby Flood CE 23 Andy Forsyth Coach: Richard Cockerill FB 15 Paul Diggin RW 14 Vasily Artemyev OC 13 George Pisi IC 12 James Downey LW 11 Scott Armstrong FH 10 Stephen Myler SH 9 Martin Roberts N8 8 Roger Wilson OF 7 Tom Wood BF 6 Calum Clark (c) RL 5 Christian Day LL 4 James Craig TP 3 Paul Doran-Jones HK 2 Andy Long LP 1 Soane Tongaʻuiha Replacements: HK 16 Ross McMillan PR 17 Alex Waller PR 18 Brian Mujati LK 19 Mark Sorenson FL 20 Ben Nutley SH 21 Ryan Glynn FH 22 Ryan Lamb CE 23 Tom May Coach: Jim Mallinder

19 March 2017	Exeter Chiefs	12–16	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham Stoop, London
15:00	Try: Short 15' m S. Simmonds 77' c Con: Hooley 77'	"Report".	Try: Brady 18' c Con: Burns (1/1) 19' Pen: Freddie Burns 12', 25', 40+1'	Attendance: 6,834 Referee: Tom Foley

Team details

FB 15 Lachlan Turner RW 14 Matt Jess OC 13 Max Bodilly IC 12 Sam Hill LW 11 James Short FH 10 Joe Simmonds SH 9 Jack Maunder N8 8 Sam Simmonds OF 7 Julian Salvi (c) BF 6 Dave Ewers RL 5 Ollie Atkins LL 4 Damian Welch TP 3 Greg Holmes HK 2 Shaun Malton LP 1 Carl Rimmer Replacements: HK 16 Elvis Taione PR 17 Billy Keast PR 18 Jack Owlett FL 19 Sam Skinner N8 20 Tom Johnson SH 21 Haydn Thomas FH 22 Will Hooley CE 23 Tom Hendrickson Coach: Rob Baxter FB 15 George Worth RW 14 Peter Betham OC 13 Mathew Tait (c) IC 12 Jack Roberts LW 11 Tom Brady FH 10 Freddie Burns SH 9 Jono Kitto N8 8 Lachlan McCaffrey OF 7 Harry Thacker BF 6 Mike Williams RL 5 Graham Kitchener LL 4 Harry Wells TP 3 Fraser Balmain HK 2 George McGuigan LP 1 Ellis Genge Replacements: HK 16 Tom Youngs PR 17 Michele Rizzo PR 18 Greg Bateman LK 19 Dominic Barrow FL 20 Luke Hamilton SH 21 Ben White FH 22 Owen Williams CE 23 Matt Smith Coach: Aaron Mauger

Created in 2018 the Premiership Rugby Cup replaced the Anglo-Welsh Cup when the Welsh sides withdrew. Contested as a group stage followed by a knockout rounds Tigers have contested one final, losing to Gloucester.

  Win   Loss

15 March 2024	Gloucester	23–13	Leicester Tigers	Kingsholm, Gloucester
19:45	Try: S.Atkinson 47', Jordan 50' Con: Barton 48', 51' Pen: Evans 41', Barton 55', 65'	"Report".	Try: Liebenberg 74' Con: Pollard 75' Pen: Pollard (2) 24', 30'	Referee: Jack Makepeace

Team details

Gloucester Leicester FB 15 Lloyd Evans RW 14 Alex Hearle OC 13 Max Llewellyn IC 12 Seb Atkinson LW 11 Ollie Thorley FH 10 George Barton SH 9 Caolan Englefield N8 8 Zach Mercer OF 7 Lewis Ludlow (C) BF 6 Ruan Ackermann RL 5 Cam Jordan LL 4 Freddie Clarke TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev HK 2 George McGuigan LP 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin Substitutions: HK 16 Seb Blake PR 17 Harry Elrington PR 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson LK 19 Arthur Clark FL 20 Jack Clement SH 21 Charlie Chapman CE 22 Louis Hillman-Cooper WG 23 Josh Hathaway Coach: George Skivington FB 15 Mike Brown RW 14 Josh Bassett OC 13 Matt Scott IC 12 Dan Kelly LW 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins FH 10 Handré Pollard SH 9 Tom Whiteley N8 8 Kyle Hatherell OF 7 Matt Rogerson BF 6 Hanro Liebenberg RL 5 Sam Carter LL 4 Harry Wells TP 3 Joe Heyes HK 2 Finn Theobald-Thomas LP 1 Francois van Wyk Substitutions: HK 16 Archie Vanes PR 17 James Whitcombe PR 18 Dan Richardson LK 19 Olly Cracknell FL 20 Emeka Ilione SH 21 Sam Edwards CE 22 Jamie Shillcock WG 23 Phil Cokanasiga Coach: Dan McKellar Player of the Match: Cam Jordan (Gloucester) Assistant referees: Harry Walbaum John Meredith Television match official: Dan Jones

A precursor to the Premiership playoffs it was contested as a stand-alone tournament in 2001 and 2002.

  Win   Loss

13 May 2001	Leicester Tigers	22–10	Bath	Twickenham, London
	Try: M.Johnson, Healey, Stanley Con: Stimpson (2) Pen: Stimpson	Report 1	Try: Thirlby Con: Perry Pen: Perry	Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Steve Lander

Since 2003 the Champion of Premiership Rugby has been decided by a playoff system between the top sides after the 22 games regular season. Tigers have played in 10 finals, winning 5.

14 May 2005	Leicester Tigers	14–39	London Wasps	Twickenham, London
15:30	Try: Bemand Pen: Goode (3)	Report 1 Report 2	Try: Hoadley Van Gisbergen Voyce Con: Van Gisbergen (3) Pen: Van Gisbergen (5) Drop: King	Attendance: 60,762 Referee: Chris White

Team details

FB 15 Sam Vesty RW 14 Geordan Murphy OC 13 Ollie Smith IC 12 Daryl Gibson LW 11 Leon Lloyd FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Harry Ellis N8 8 Martin Corry OF 7 Neil Back BF 6 Louis Deacon RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Martin Johnson (c) TP 3 Julian White HK 2 George Chuter LP 1 Darren Morris Replacements: HK 16 James Buckland PR 17 Graham Rowntree FL 18 Lewis Moody FL 19 Will Johnson SH 20 Scott Bemand WG 21 Austin Healey WG 22 Alesana Tuilagi Coach: John Wells FB 15 Mark van Gisbergen RW 14 Paul Sackey OC 13 Ayoola Erinle IC 12 Josh Lewsey LW 11 Tom Voyce FH 10 Alex King SH 9 Matt Dawson N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c) OF 7 Joe Worsley BF 6 John Hart RL 5 Richard Birkett LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Will Green HK 2 Phil Greening LP 1 Tim Payne Replacements: HK 16 Trevor Leota PR 17 Craig Dowd LK 18 Mark Lock FL 19 Martin Purdy SH 20 Warren Fury FH 21 James Brookes FB 22 Rob Hoadley Coach: Warren Gatland

27 May 2006	Sale Sharks	45–20	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham, London
16:00	Tries: Cueto 8' m Lund 17' m Oriol Ripol 40' c Mayor 80' c Con: Hodgson (1/3) Courrent (1/1) Pen: Hodgson (6) 3', 31', 45', 49', 64', 78' DG: Hodgson 71'	Report 1 Report 2	Tries: Moody 10' c Hamilton 70' c Con: Goode (2/2) Pen: Goode (2) 35', 43'	Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Dave Pearson

Team details

FB 15 Jason Robinson (c) RW 14 Mark Cueto OC 13 Mark Taylor  67' IC 12 Elvis Seveali'i LW 11 Oriol Ripol  78' FH 10 Charlie Hodgson SH 9 Richard Wigglesworth  74' N8 8 Sébastien Chabal OF 7 Magnus Lund BF 6 Jason White RL 5 Chris Jones  75' LL 4 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe  40' TP 3 Stuart Turner HK 2 Andy Titterell  52' LP 1 Lionel Faure  54' Replacements: HK 16 Sébastien Bruno  52' PR 17 Barry Stewart  54' LK 18 Dean Schofield  40' LK 19 Christian Day  75' SH 20 Ben Foden  74' FH 21 Valentin Courrent  78' CE 22 Chris Mayor  67' Coach: Philippe Saint-André FB 15 Geordan Murphy RW 14 Alesana Tuilagi  46' OC 13 Ollie Smith IC 12 Daryl Gibson LW 11 Tom Varndell FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Harry Ellis  52' N8 8 Martin Corry (c) OF 7 Shane Jennings  51' BF 6 Lewis Moody RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Leo Cullen  55' TP 3 Julian White HK 2 George Chuter  63' LP 1 Graham Rowntree  60' Replacements: HK 16 James Buckland  63' PR 17 Michael Holford  60' LK 18 Jim Hamilton  55' FL 19 Louis Deacon  51' SH 20 Austin Healey  52' WG 21 Leon Lloyd FB 22 Sam Vesty  46' Coach: Pat Howard

12 May 2007	Gloucester	16 – 44	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham, London
14:30	Try: Lamb c Con: Walker (1/1) Pen: Walker (3)	Report 1 Report 2	Try: F.Murphy Tuilagi (2) Corry Goode Jennings Moody Con: Goode (3/7) Pen: Goode	Attendance: 59,400 Referee: Dave Pearson

Team details

FB 15 Willie Walker RW 14 Iain Balshaw OC 13 James Simpson-Daniel IC 12 Anthony Allen LW 11 Mark Foster FH 10 Ryan Lamb SH 9 Peter Richards  53' N8 8 Luke Narraway OF 7 Andy Hazell BF 6 Peter Buxton (c)  15' RL 5 Alex Brown LL 4 Will James  78' TP 3 Carlos Nieto HK 2 Olivier Azam  48' LP 1 Nick Wood  54' Replacements: HK 16 Mefin Davies  48' PR 17 Christian Califano  54' LK 18 Adam Eustace  78' FL 19 Jake Boer  15' SH 20 Rory Lawson  53' CE 21 Jake Adams FB 22 Jon Goodridge Coach: Dean Ryan FB 15 Geordan Murphy RW 14 Seru Rabeni  62' OC 13 Dan Hipkiss IC 12 Ollie Smith  57' LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Frank Murphy  67' N8 8 Martin Corry (c) OF 7 Shane Jennings  70' BF 6 Lewis Moody RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Louis Deacon  56' TP 3 Julian White  67' HK 2 George Chuter  70' LP 1 Marcos Ayerza Replacements: HK 16 James Buckland  70' PR 17 Alejandro Moreno  67' LK 18 Leo Cullen  56' FL 19 Brett Deacon  70' SH 20 Ben Youngs  67' FH 21 Sam Vesty  57' CE 22 Tom Varndell  62' Coach: Pat Howard

31 May 2008	London Wasps	26–16	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham, London
15:00	Try: Rees 12' c Lewsey 37' c Con: Van Gisbergen (2/2) Pen: Van Gisbergen (4) 6', 24', 35', 72'	Report 1 Report 2	Try: Varndell 56' Ellis 62' Pen: Goode (2) 9', 29'	Attendance: 81,600 Referee: Wayne Barnes

Team details

FB 15 Mark van Gisbergen RW 14 Paul Sackey OC 13 Fraser Waters IC 12 Dominic Waldouck  79' LW 11 Josh Lewsey FH 10 Riki Flutey SH 9 Eoin Reddan  79' N8 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (c)  67' OF 7 Tom Rees BF 6 James Haskell RL 5 Tom Palmer  79' LL 4 Simon Shaw TP 3 Phil Vickery  41' HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez  61' LP 1 Tim Payne  61' Replacements: HK 16 Joe Ward  61' PR 17 Pat Barnard  41' LK 18 Richard Birkett  79' FL 19 Joe Worsley  61' SH 20 Mark McMillan  79' FH 21 Jeremy Staunton  79' N8 22 John Hart  67' Coach: Ian McGeechan FB 15 Geordan Murphy RW 14 Tom Varndell OC 13 Dan Hipkiss  41' IC 12 Aaron Mauger  23'  26' LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi FH 10 Andy Goode SH 9 Harry Ellis  80' N8 8 Jordan Crane OF 7 Ben Herring  56' BF 6 Martin Corry (c) RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 Marco Wentzel  54' TP 3 Julian White HK 2 Mefin Davies  46' LP 1 Boris Stankovich  56' Replacements: HK 16 Benjamin Kayser  46' PR 17 Marcos Ayerza  56' LK 18 Richard Blaze  54' FL 19 Tom Croft  56' SH 20 Christophe Laussucq  80' FH 21 Sam Vesty CE 22 Ayoola Erinle  23'  26'  41' Coach: Marcelo Loffreda

16 May 2009	Leicester Tigers	10–9	London Irish	Twickenham, London
17:30	Try: Crane 61' c Con: Dupuy (1/1) Pen: Dupuy 17'	Report Report 2	Pen: D. Armitage 48', 71' Drop: Hewat 1'	Attendance: 81,601 Referee: Wayne Barnes

Team details
FB 15 Geordan Murphy (c) RW 14 Scott Hamilton OC 13 Ayoola Erinle IC 12 Dan Hipkiss LW 11 Johne Murphy  20' FH 10 Sam Vesty SH 9 Julien Dupuy N8 8 Jordan Crane OF 7 Ben Woods  59' BF 6 Craig Newby RL 5 Ben Kay LL 4 To