Former Leicester Tigers flanker Will Skinner has announced his retirement due to injury.

Tigers Academy graduate Skinner scored a try on his senior debut for the club against Leeds Tykes in April 2003 and went on to make 37 first-team appearances as well as gaining England Under-21 and Sevens recognition in his time at Welford Road.

He moved on to Harlequins in the summer of 2006 and made 149 first-team appearances for the Londoners, collecting an Amlin Challenge Cup winner’s medal in 2011 and being part of the Aviva Premiership-winning squad in 2011/12 as well as captaining Quins during two seasons.

Skinner, 29, has not played first-team rugby for a year due to a neck injury picked up in the early part of the 2012-13 season and has now been advised against playing again.

Quins have also announced that second-row forward Olly Kohn, 32, is retiring after battling against a shoulder injury.

Skinner said: “I'm looking forward to whatever is next for me in the ‘real world’. All I hope is that I enjoy it as much as I have my rugby career.”