LEICESTER Tigers hooker Finn Theobald-Thomas has been forced to retire on medical grounds.
The 23-year-old joined ahead of the 2023-24 season and made 33 appearances for Tigers. The club did not disclose the nature of his injury.
“It’s difficult to put into words what rugby has meant to me,” Theobald-Thomas, right, wrote on Instagram. “This isn’t how I imagined my career ending, and having something I’ve worked towards and loved for so much of my life taken out of my hands is incredibly difficult to accept.

“But when I look back, a k...