Nickname: Lions
Ground: Westleigh Park (Capacity 2,000)
This season: 12th (P10 W2 D0 L8 TB6 LB1 Pts 15)
Last season: 12th (P26 W7 D0 L19 TB11LB8 Pts 47)
Previous games Vs. Rams
Leicester Lions 19-36 Rams (January, 2025)
Rams 54-29 Leicester Lions (October, 2024)
Rams 33-12 Leicester Lions (February, 2024)
Leicester Lions 26-24 Rams (October, 2023)
Recent Form:
Despite defeats in their past two games, Lions have found form in recent weeks.
They led 19-0 at Bishop’s Stortford before going down 48-29 last time out, narrowly beaten 29-26 via a late Clifton score the week before.
Prior to that Leicester picked up much-needed victories at Leeds Tykes (24-19) and impressively against visitors Sale FC (35-31).
Winless in the first six weeks, Lions nonetheless picked up useful bonus-points while going down to Sedgley Park (52-29) and Plymouth Albion (45-22), a 45-21 reverse against Rotherham Titans sandwiching those results in Round Five.
A tough opening saw losses to Blackheath (47-12), Birmingham Moseley (49-21) despite leading 21-9 at the interval, and Tonbridge Juddians (46-14).
Players to Watch:
Ben Park – Hooker has made an instant impact since joining from Warringah in Sydney, New South Wales at the end of the summer.
Ever-present with five tries in 10 games, he was selected for Australia Schoolboys to tour Japan in 2022.
Luke Bouchier – Former England Counties Under 18s and 20s ace is a key figure at fly-half for Leicester.
Joined ahead of the 2022/23 campaign and has since gone onto score more than 250 points in 76 appearances, including 139 last term and a club-leading 65 this term.
Freddie St John – On-loan from Northampton Saints, the centre has made a fast start to life in National One with four tries in seven games.
A talented multi-sportsman, he played age-group cricket for Leicestershire and moved from Oakham School to Clifton College on a two-sport scholarship for Sixth Form.
