OTD: COURAGE LEAGUE 1997 Leicester Tigers 53 (Greenwood 1t, Underwood 1t, Healey 1t, Stransky 1t, Penalty 1t, Lloyd 1t, Liley 4c 5p) Bristol 19 Welford Road, 18 January Martin Corry’s last game against Leicester doesn’t go to plan, as the Tigers briefly top the table.

OTD: 1985 Leicester Tigers 20 (Evans 2t, Cusworth 1t, Richards 1t, Hare 2c) Bedford 0 Welford Road, 19 January Tigers are three games into an 11 match unbeaten run, and complete a double over the Blues in a game switched to Leicester.

OTD: 1996 Leicester Tigers 38 (Tarbuck 2t, Hackney 1t, J Wingham 1t, West 1t, Liley 1t 4c) Bedford 13 Welford Road, 19 January The match is abandoned after 70 minutes due to floodlight failure, but the result stands.

Give ‘em the old Leicester Tigers razzle dazzle. #TOUvLEI

Streetwise to save yourselves for the knockout stage. Biggest European defeat: 0-43 v Glasgow in 2017 Biggest competitive defeat: 0-45 v Bath in 2014 Biggest all-time defeat: 10-85 v Barbarians in 2000

12-80. Memories made. Hopefully.

OTD: HEINEKEN CUP 2007 Munster 6 Leicester Tigers 13 (G Murphy 1t, Smith 1t, Humphreys 1p) Thormond Park, 20 January Many pints are drunk as the Tigers become the first European side to win at Thormond Park.

OTD: FIVE NATIONS 1923 England 7 (Price 1t, Smallwood 1d) Wales 3 (Michael 1t) Twickenham, 20 January Leicester Tigers Alastair Smallwood stars with a winning drop goal. Tries were worth three and drop goals four. Newspaper images courtesy of the ever vigilante @AberflyarfRFC