Matt Everard returned to Leicester Tigers - as Senior Academy Coach - midway through the 2022/23 season after five years as part of the Wasps coaching team.

Born in Leicester, Everard attended Loughborough Grammar School and enjoyed a decorated junior career at school and club, Lutterworth RFC, which included captaining Midlands Under-16 and Under-18s as well as England Under-18 and Under-19s.

A member of the 2011 England Under-20 squad, Everard featured in each of the Grand Slam winning matches and that season’s Junior World Championship.

Everard captained the Leicester Tigers Academy before making his senior debut in 2009 and achieved Premiership A-League success in 2010 and 2011 with the club.

In 2011, Everard joined Wasps before finishing his playing career at Nottingham Rugby before moving into coaching at the Championship club and, in 2017, returned to Wasps as Academy Coach before moving into the senior coaching team ahead of the 2019/20 campaign.