As Martin Johnson and Neil Back prepare to bring down the curtain on their distinguished Leicester Tigers playing careers, and John Wells ends his stint as head coach Leicester fans will be reminiscing over the achievements of the trio who have epitomised the success of the Tigers over the last 10 years.
Thirty-five-year-old Johnson, who captained England to World Cup glory in 2003, will take a break from the game after Saturday's Zurich Premiership Final against London Wasps at Twickenham, 36-year-old Back will take a coaching job at the club next season and Wells, who has been in charge for just over a year now, is taking a job at the RFU.
Second row Johnson, flanker Back and former back row Wells have played over 1,000 matches between them for Tigers, while Saturday will mark the 500th time that Martin has been named in a senior team to start a match
In addition, he has made a further 16 appearances coming off the replacements bench.
Johnno has scored 23 tries - 18 for Tigers, two for England, one for England A and two for the Midlands. The 515 matches he has been involved in have resulted in 377 wins (73 per cent won), 16 draws and just 122 losses.
He has been captain in over half of his matches started - 252 of 499. The teams he has skippered have won 188 (almost 75 per cent won), drawn 11 and lost 53 of those games.
Martin's 515 total appearances have been played on 107 different grounds, with 178 matches being played at Welford Road where he has an astonishing success record of 152 wins (85 per cent won), four draws and only 22 losses.
Johnno has appeared in 54 matches at Twickenham since his debut there for England against France in 1993, scoring five tries.
Martin Johnson's honours:
With Leicester Tigers:
Courage League winners 1994/95
Allied Dunbar Premiership champions 1998/99 (captain), 1999/2000 (captain)
Zurich Premiership champions 2000/01 (captain), 2001/02 (captain)
Heineken Cup winners 2000/01 (captain), 2001/02 (captain)
Zurich Championship winners 2000/01 (captain)
Pilkington Cup winners 1992/93, 1996/97 (captain)
With England:
Rugby World Cup winners 2003 (captain)
Grand Slam winners 1995, 2003 (captain)
Five Nations winners 1995, 1996
Six Nations winners 2001 (captain), 2003 (captain)
Neil Back's senior career adds up to 478 matches for all teams during which time he has scored an incredible 166 tries and a drop-goal.
He is the top try-scorer in the 18-year history of England's top division, with 77 tries in 216 appearances.
He has scored 59 Premiership tries, second only to Sale winger Mark Cueto, and is the tournament's top try-scoring forward - with over double the number of tries of his nearest pack rival, Pat Lam.
Neil is also Leicester's top try-scoring forward of all time, with 125 tries in 338 games for the Tigers' first XV.
Neil Back's honours:
With Leicester Tigers:
Courage League winners 1994/95
Allied Dunbar Premiership champions 1998/99, 1999/2000
Zurich Premiership champions 2000/01, 2001/02
Heineken Cup winners 2000/01, 2001/02
Zurich Championship winners 2000/01
Pilkington Cup winners 1992/93, 1996/97
With England:
Rugby World Cup winners 2003
Grand Slam winners 2003
Six Nations winners 2001, 2003
John Wells' 23-season association with Leicester began in 1982 and has gone full circle in that time, because his debut for the Tigers first XV came in a friendly against Harlequins at Twickenham on September 25, 1982 and he scored two tries. John went on to make 367 appearances for the first team, with Leicester gaining 275 wins (75 per cent won) in those matches.
He played in 114 League division one matches for the Tigers with Leicester winning over three-quarters of them, whilst it is interesting to note that when John was missing from the Leicester team during this time they won only 53 per cent of their league matches!
As a player Wells won two league titles and two cup victories, whereas as a coach he has added four further Premiership crowns as well as two Heineken Cup successes.
As head coach his record for Tigers is played 44 - won 31, drawn five, lost eight.
John Wells' honours:
With Leicester Tigers:
Courage League winners 1987/88, 1994/95
Allied Dunbar Premiership champions 1998/99 (coach), 1999/2000 (coach)
Zurich Premiership champions 2000/01 (coach), 2001/02 (coach)
Heineken Cup winners 2000/01 (coach), 2001/02 (coach)
Zurich Championship winners 2000/01 (coach)
Pilkington Cup winners 1992/93, 1996/97
