A third meeting (so far) this season with our friends turned rivals Nottingham awaits Mattioli Woods Welford Road, with Tigers having one eye on keeping hopes of advancing in the Premiership Cup, and another on the future. 

Indeed it's the beauty of the Cup that those who will become heroes down the track have their first opportunity to feel the energy at Mattioli Woods Welford Road, while others look to keep their irons sharpened with important games just over the horizon. 

It's a rugby-filled day for supporters to enjoy on Saturday with international action bookending the Premiership Rugby Cup clash with Nottingham Rugby.

As well as the action on the field, at 3.00pm, there are activities for youngsters to enjoy alongside food and beverage options for fans of all ages on Johno's Plaza and in The Final Whistle Bar. 

KEY TIMINGS

12.30pm: The Final Whistle Bar, Johno's Plaza and Junior Tigers Club OPENS
1.40pm: The Plaza Prowl
2.15pm - LIVE on SCREENS: Italy v Wales (Guinness Men's Six Nations)
3.00pm - Kick Off: Leicester Tigers v Nottingham Rugby (Premiership Rugby Cup)
4.45pm - LIVE on SCREENS: England v France (Guinness Men's Six Nations)

• At 19 years 82 days Tubuna Maka will become Leicester Tigers 4th youngest starting prop ever after Peter Thorneloe in 1945, Steve Redfern in 1976 and Joe Krych in 1974. In more modern times Graham Rowntree was 106 days older than Tibuna when he started v Oxford Uni in 1990.
• There have been just three younger captains than Finn Carnduff in Leicester Tigers history: Ben White in 2018, Jack van Poortvliet in 2021 and Thom Smith in 2020.
• The Tigers have won their last two Premiership Rugby Cup ties since their loss to Coventry in round two.
• Overall the two clubs have met on 44 previous occasions with Tigers winning 38 to 4 by Nottingham and two games drawn; sixteen of those games have been at Welford Road which have all been won by Leicester with Notts scoring only four tries at the venue across those encounters.
• Nottingham's only victory in their last thirty games with the Tigers since 1971 was 10-0 at Beeston in March 1990. 

Referee: Henry Pearson
Assistant Referees: Jamie Leahy and Ryan Collier