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
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