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.

Pos Team Pl W D L Pts

1 Harlequins 18 14 1 3 62

2 Saracens 18 13 1 4 59

3 Leicester Tigers 18 11 1 6 55

4 Northampton Saints 18 11 0 7 52

5 Exeter Chiefs 18 10 0 8 49

6 Gloucester Rugby 18 8 1 9 42

7 Sale Sharks 18 8 0 10 40

8 Bath Rugby 18 8 0 10 39

9 London Irish 18 6 1 11 36

10 Worcester Warriors 18 7 1 10 35

11 London Wasps 18 5 0 13 27

12 Newcastle Falcons 18 3 2 13 19

Venue: Madejski Stadium
Referee: Dean Richards