Premiership: i Tigers passano nella capitale, London Irish ko 32-41

Il posticipo della 18a giornata del campionato inglese vede i Tigers espugnare il campo dei London Irish 41-32. Leicester ora sempre più terza in classifica.

For London Irish:
Tries: Evans, Homer
Cons: Homer 2
Pens: Homer 5
Drop: Bowden

For Leicester :
Tries: Flood, Salvi, Tuilagi, Croft
Cons: Flood 3
Pens: Flood 5

London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Marland Yarde; 13 Jonathan Joseph; 12 Steven Shingler, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Dan Bowden, 9, Darren Allinson, 8 Jamie Gibson. 7 Declan Danaher, 6 Matt Garvey, 5 Bryn Evans, 4 Nick Kennedy (c), 3, Faan Rautenbach, 2 David Paice, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 James Buckland; 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Paulica Ion, 19. Bob Casey, 20. Alex Gray, 21 Ofisa Treviranus, 22 Delon Armitage, 23. Paul Hodgson.

Leicester Tigers: 15 Geordan Murphy (c), 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Scott Hamilton, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Steve Mafi, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 George Skivington, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Logovi’i Mulipola, 19 Tom Croft, 20 Craig Newby, 21 James Grindal, 22 Anthony Allen, 23 Matt Smith.

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