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LEICESTER TIGERS v CONNACHT RUGBY
– LAST TIME OUT – LEICESTER TIGERS 26-12 NEWCASTLE FALCONS Sunday March 28 2021 / Gallagher Premiership Round 15 Attendance: Closed doors / Referee: Mr Karl Dickson LEICESTER TIGERS 15 Freddie Steward 14 Harry Potter 13 Matías Moroni 12 Dan Kelly 11 Kini Murimurivalu 10 George Ford 2C / 4P 9 Richard Wigglesworth
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Ellis Genge Tom Youngs Dan Cole Harry Wells Calum Green Hanro Liebenberg Tommy Reffell Jasper Wiese
Tigers recorded an eighth win of the league season with tries from Hanro Liebenberg and Charlie Clare, plus 16 points from the boot of fly-half George Ford. Victory was built on 16 unanswered points and territorial dominance in the first half, with Liebenberg driving over the line following a typical charge from fellow back-rower Jasper Wiese. Dan Kelly produced a trysaving tackle on Ben Stevenson as the Newcastle wing dived for the corner, before Tigers pressure produced opportunities for Ford to keep the scoreboard ticking with three penalties before halftime, the last of which followed a yellow card for Falcons lock Darren Barry. But Falcons enjoyed more possession and opportunities in the second half, as penalties mounted up in their favour before Will Welch got their first try. Ford responded with a longrange penalty to make it 19-7 and Tigers had a Freddie Steward score disallowed before Clare finished off the pack’s drive for the line. Newcastle added their second try straight from kick-off, with
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Charlie Clare Luan de Bruin Joe Heyes Cameron Henderson George Martin Jack van Poortvliet Johnny McPhillips Guy Porter
scrum-half Sam Stuart using a tap penalty to dart over the line. NOTEBOOK… Ford, Genge and Martin back from England… Wiese back from ban… Van Wyk suspended… 10th hooker try of the season… Harry Potter’s first start since Round 2… Yellow cards for Wiese and Martin.
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NEWCASTLE: Tait, Wacokecoke, Lucock, Burrell, Stevenson, Hodgson, Schreuder; Brocklebank, Blamire, Welsh, Barry, Robinson, Welch, Wilson (c), Chick. Reps: McGuigan, Cooper, Tampin, Collett, Van der Walt, Stuart, Connon, Passman.
QUOTE... “It was a bit scrappy but you have to deal with different situations to get the win. At times we weren’t at our best but we still got the points.” Calum Green
