Background
Youngs is the son of former Leicester and England scrum-half Nick Youngs, and the elder brother of current Leicester and England scrum-half Ben Youngs.
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Originally a centre he changed to play at hooker after advice from then Tigers coach Heyneke Meyer. Youngs played for Gresham"s School and for England Schools, and also for Holt as a junior. He made his Tigers debut against London Irish on Boxing Day 2006, broke his leg after five minutes and came off after thirteen.
In the 2008/09 season, Youngs was used in the Leicester "A" team as a hooker, where he was trained by current Leicester head coach and former Tigers and England hooker Richard Cockerill.
On England"s summer tour to South Africa in 2012, Youngs was taken as part of the main touring squad for experience. He played in the midweek games and his performances led to him being touted as a future England starting hooker.
Due to an injury to England"s first-choice hooker Dylan Hartley and the earlier retirement of second-choice Lee Mears, Youngs was awarded the number 2 shirt for England"s first 2012 Autumn International match against Fiji, and was joined on the pitch by substitute brother Ben. An impressive performance meant that he retained the shirt for the second test.
He was named as part of the victorious Lions squad for the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia.
Youngs was named in Stuart Lancaster"s 31- man squad in August 2015 for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and went on to start all 4 games as hooker.
Membership
In 2007-2008, he was a member of the England squad at Rugby sevens.
