Joe Heyes agrees new deal with Tigers

Leicester Tigers have announced that Joe Heyes has agreed new contract terms with the club.

Heyes, who made his senior club debut during the 2018/19 campaign as a replacement for Dan Cole in a Gallagher Premiership fixture at Wasps, came through the Tigers’ Notts Lincs and Derby development programme before joining the club’s academy in 2015.

As an academy player, Heyes represented England Under-18s and 20s before gaining promotion the Tigers development squad ahead of last season. He went on to make 22 senior appearances in his debut senior season and is currently in Argentina at his second World Rugby Under-20s Championship.