England captain, Leicester Tigers legend, and a Rugby World Cup winner in 2003
RugbyMartin Corry came to the game late and left it a World Cup winner.
After early spells at Bristol and Newcastle he arrived at Leicester Tigers in 1997 and became the kind of back-row forward that modern professional rugby was almost designed for. Tall, rangy, brutal at the breakdown and remarkably clever with ball in hand. He captained Leicester through the most successful period in the club's history, winning five Premiership titles including four consecutive championships from 1999 to 2002, and lifting back-to-back Heineken Cups in 2001 and 2002. Welford Road audiences still talk about him in the present tense.
At international level the crowning moment was the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in Sydney. Corry came off the bench during the tournament, kept his place for the final against Australia, and was on the pitch when Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal went over. He captained England in the years that followed, winning 64 caps in total, and was on the British and Irish Lions tours to Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in 2005.
Post playing he has worked as a commentator, a coach, and has stayed closely connected to the clubs that made him. The speaking engagements lean on the 2003 story for obvious reasons, but the Leicester stories are often the better listen.
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