Stu Farmer

The last time Leicester Tigers had a place kick rate of none from five in a men's first-team game was at home to Sale on 27 March 1976. Bob Barker missed four conversions and a penalty shot!

Tigers first professional game, Bob Dwyer's first match in charge and the first time that a coach was allowed onto the field at half time.

The only time since 1993 that the Lions have been held scoreless at the break in a test was at Christchurch in 2005, 0-11 at 40 mins and 3-21 by the end.

The last time the Lions won a test in which they had scored NO first half points was at the SCG in 1966, 0-5 down at the break to win 11-8.

Before today the biggest ever Lions comeback to win a test match was just TEN points, trailing 3-13 at half time against the Springboks in 1938 to win 21-16. Today's was an 18 point turnaround. Remarkable...

Dan Sheehan scored the fastest ever debut Lions try yesterday in just 95 seconds, beating Josh Lewsey’s one in 1:47 v Bay of Plenty in 2005.

Until tonight, the last time there were a dozen penalty goals kicked in a Top-14 playoff game was in the 2005 final between Biarritz and Stade Francais.

The Lions have only ever won three games where they have trailed by 11 or more at the break! 0-11 v WP Universities in 1962, 0-20 v Maori in 1993 and 10-22 v Brumbies in 2001.

Here you go!

1524 Leicester Tigers caps in the starting lineup tomorrow. That's the most since there were 1588 against the Saints in December 2014.
It's a LONG WAY behind the record though... A whopping 3084 caps v Headingley in January 1989.

I know this because it’s my own research in conjunction with the RFU.

Pip Spivey also scored two tries!

Let's hope Leicester Tigers break trheir duck at Bristol today. They have only ever played twice before on Easter Sunday and lost them both! At Wasps in 2002 and at Leeds in 2005.

That's a try in his last seven tests for Louis Bielle-Biarry, only four mens players have ever scored a try in eight successive tests: John Kirwan (NZ), Christian Cullen (NZ), Daisuke Ohata (Japan) and Nemani Nadolo (Fiji).

On Saturday Scotland will have held the Calcutta Cup for 1477 days since taking it from England in 2021. It is the Scots longest tenure in possession of the famous trophy ever, beating the 1470 days they held it between 1893-1897.

So the 4968th game in Super League history ends uniquely in a nil-nil draw and Leigh Leopards eventually win with a golden point drop goal in the 83rd minute. An unusual way to start the 30th new season of the tournament.

That's 50 points in two successive matches for only the tenth time in Leicester Tigers 145 year history. The previous one was last year against Ampthill and Newcastle - the first one since 1997!

There have been just three younger captains than Finn Carnduff in Leicester Tigers history: Ben White in 2018, Jack van Poortvliet in 2021 and Thom Smith in 2020.

At 19 years 82 days Tubuna Maka will become Leicester Tigers
4th youngest starting prop ever after Peter Thorneloe in 1945, Steve Redfern in 1976 and Joe Krych in 1974. In more modern times Graham Rowntree was 106 days older than Tibuna when he started v Oxford Uni in 1990.

The last time that Welford Road witnessed 13 more more tries in a Leicester Tigers game was against the Barbarians in November 2014!

That's almost 11 years between Six Nations caps for Rhodri Williams, a new 4/5/6 Nations record beating Yann Delaigue's mark set between 1995-2005.

We should have known that Adam Radwan would score a try on his Leicester Tigers debut. He had, afterall scored on his debut for Newcastle U18, 2nd team, sevens team, 1st team and England!

A new EPCR Champions Cup record for Bordeaux's Damien Penaud. Six tries in a game, being the five scored by Tom Beim in 2000 and Matt Cardey in 2001.

We were lucky to get nought.

Not forgetting the other Ulster Branch opponents - North of Ireland.

Ollie Hassell-Collins grabs a try for a 4th successive Leicester Tigers match, the 72nd individual in the history of the men's team to do this. The most recent achievers are Jonny May (2017), Manu Tuilagi (2018), Hosea Saumaki (2022) and Julian Montoya (2022).

Bristol Bears have now played 394 home leage games since leagues began in 1987 and have been held scoreless just twice, both in Premiership Rugby at Ashton Gate by Saracens in 2016 and Sale last night.

Bristol Bears racked up a ninth successive try bonus point in Premiership Rugby at Leicester, tying Exeter Chiefs record, set in 2017.

Friday's Gloucester v Harlequins match was only the 4th time in Premiership Rugby history, and the first since 2007, where there has been an hour's play with no points scored. The final scoring action was a Santi Carreras conversion in 29:43.

Steven Luatua must love playing at Mattioli Woods Welford Road! He has played in two of three biggest points totals conceded by the club at the venue in Tigers history: for the Barbarians in a 24-54 defeat on 4 November 2014 and now today for Bristol.