Rugby great Rory Underwood has been named in the Leicester Tigers Walk of Legends. Former Tigers and England star Underwood is reunited with former team-mate Dusty Hare as the first two names in the club's Walk of Legends after winning the supporters' vote.

Underwood scored 134 tries for Tigers between 1983 and 1993, and is England's leading try-scorer with 49 in 85 internationals.

Now a Leicester Tigers director, he said: "I am very honoured and very proud that the Tigers fans have inducted me into the Walk of Legends team.

"Looking at the work on the stadium, I am really excited about the new Caterpillar Stand and to have your name out on the front is going to be fantastic."

Underwood and Hare will be added to the Tigers Walk of Legends on the approach to the new Caterpillar Stand, which opens next season and will take capacity in the stadium up to 24,500.

The Walk of Legends is being filled week by week with voting available through the Leicester Mercury newspaper and website. This week supporters will find Tigers' legendary outside centre from a shortlist of Ralph Buckingham, Brian Hall, Leon Lloyd and Clive Woodward.

Supporters can secure their place in the history and future of Leicester Tigers by buying a brick in the Walk of Legends, complete with a personalised message, and see it laid alongside the club's heroes.

Add a name, celebrate a birthday or buy a place in the Walk of Legends for a friend or relative as a perfect Christmas gift for a Tigers supporter. You can also buy a replica to keep at home. For more details see the club website at www.leicestertigers.com

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