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Tigers gear up for National Academy Sevens

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Leicester Tigers are set to take on teams from across the country in the National Academy Sevens.

The tournament takes place on Saturday at Newbury RFC and will see 16 under-19s teams taking part.

Jim McKay, assistant Academy manager, said: “It will be good experience for them to play sevens against national academy teams.

“We are looking forward to it and it should be a good test.”

Tigers warmed up for the tournament at the North Walsham Sevens last weekend where they were knocked out in the semi-finals by eventual winners Bedford.

McKay said: “Bedford had a good side and were the better team on the day.

“There were plenty of positives for the tournament. A lot of our players had never played sevens and were playing against men, so that was good experience for them.”

Tigers squad (for the National Academy Sevens)
Rickie Aley
Tom Armes
Finlay Barnham
Gareth Clarke
Matt Everard
George Ford
Calum Green
Will Hurrell
Will Lawson
Alex Lewington
Connor Smith
Manu Tuilagi