Meet the Welsh back-row trio starring for Leicester

Aaron Wainwright, Olly Cracknell and Tommy Reffell have starred in Leicester Tigers' encouraging start to the season. Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainright and Olly Cracknell have all played international rugby for Wales in 2026 Wainwright, Cracknell and Reffell. Not an accountancy firm, even if it sounds like one, but the trio of Welsh back-rowers whose numbers are stacking up at Leicester this season. To give them their full names, Aaron Wainwright, Olly Cracknell and Tommy Reffell have starred in Tigers' encouraging start to the Prem campaign. The trio had never played together before but have started all three of Leicester's league games, with victories against Newcastle and Gloucester, and a narrow defeat to Saracens.

Wainwright and Reffell have been employed as flankers with Cracknell at number eight. "I think we've complemented each other well and gone and out gone about our business, so it's been enjoyable to get stuck in," Wainwright told the Scrum V podcast. They form a well-rounded trio with Wainwright and Cracknell providing the ball-carrying grunt and defensive power, and Reffell proving the master poacher. "Both Crackers and Waino are physical, dynamic players, but their knowledge of the game is also excellent, being at the right place at the right time," said Reffell. "They know when to carry, so seeing them do that in the Premiership has been