Adam Whitty

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andrew Aloia |Adam Whitty

Montoya joins a high-profile list of Tigers that will be leaving at the end of the season. Head coach Michael Cheika and two-time World Cup-winning South African fly-half Handre Pollard are both moving on, while Tigers' five-time Premiership-winning scrum-half Ben Youngs is set to retire. Montoya says he will not let his imminent departure from a club that he considers "home away from home" overshadow what they still have to play for this season.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Andrew Aloia |Adam Whitty

With Youngs amassing a record amount of England caps over 13 years, Tigers boss Cheika spent a lot of time analysing the scrum-half's game as an opposition coach while at the helm of both Australia and Argentina. It was against Cheika's Argentina in 2023 that Youngs ended his international career, as England beat the Pumas in the third-place World Cup play-off in Paris.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Andrew Aloia |Adam Whitty

With Youngs amassing a record amount of England caps over 13 years, Tigers boss Cheika spent a lot of time analysing the scrum-half's game as an opposition coach while at the helm of both Australia and Argentina. It was against Cheika's Argentina in 2023 that Youngs ended his international career, as England beat the Pumas in the third-place World Cup play-off in Paris.

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Andrew Aloia |Adam Whitty

Heyes had come off the bench - as he had done for England in all four previous games in the tournament - to make his try-scoring contribution in the 68-14 thumping of Wales that gave England hope of snatching the championship title on the final day. Before the Six Nations, he had gone two years and three months without earning a cap despite being called up to the national team in that time.

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Andrew Aloia |Adam Whitty

Injuries have meant that Martin has played almost as often for England this season than he has for Tigers. The combative forward featured in five of their opening 11 Premiership games before the Six Nations, and also in two European Champions Cup group games in that time.