Leicester Tigers are delighted to announce a new partnership with didi rugby to provide activity for early years age-groups.

didi rugby deliver fun sessions for children aged from 18 months to six years, providing the first step in a pathway from the very youngest to Leicester Tigers senior rugby for girls and boys.

This exciting development will run alongside Tigers+, the club’s expansive new programme to encourage more children to play rugby, and we will include pilot schemes to help local clubs with under-7s age-groups as a key source of recruitment of both players and coaches.

The new partnership will also be able to explore opportunities around matchday and schools provisions together and Tigers look forward to working across the whole country to get more children involved in the game of rugby.

Vicky Macqueen, founder of didi rugby and head of the new women’s rugby programme at Tigers, said: “We are thrilled to be able to announce this partnership with Leicester Tigers and I am excited to work alongside the club to inspire children and their families to become involved in the wider rugby family.

“Leicester Tigers share didi’s values in increasing participation in rugby and physical activity, and we want to give opportunities to engage in rugby to as many children and families as possible.”

Tigers chief executive Andrea Pinchen added: “This is another great initiative for the club to be involved in. We are taking a lead in getting people playing rugby as well as watching it, and partnering with a great organisation like didi will help us do this with our Tiger Cubs right across the country.”