Aviva Premiership - Leicester, 10 October 2014, 19:45 local, 18:45 GMT
Leicester Tigers (16) 22 - 16 (6) Harlequins (FT)

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Summary

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Manu Tuilagi returns to the Leicester Tigers line-up for Friday's must-win home game against Harlequins. Centre Tuilagi played in the opening two games of the season but has sat out the last three weeks with a groin injury. Michele Rizzo and Brad Thorn are in line for their home debuts for Tigers after coming through their first game a week ago and loosehead prop Marcos Ayerza returns to the squad for the first time this season after playing for Argentina in the Rugby Championship. Mathew Tait has recovered from the knock he took at Gloucester last weekend and starts at fullback, while Tuilagi's return allows top try-scorer Vereniki Goneva to revert to the wing. Harlequins make on change to the starting team which beat London Welsh last week as Will Collier starts in the front row. Following 50 minutes in the Aviva 'A' League on Monday night, centre George Lowe is named among the replacements and will look to make his first senior appearance for the club since September 2013.

3 5 - 0

Scully - try

4 7 - 0

Williams - conversion

9 7 - 3

Evans - penalty goal

13 10 - 3

Williams - penalty goal

15 10 - 6

Evans - penalty goal

17 13 - 6

Williams - penalty goal

35 16 - 6

Williams - penalty goal

45 16 - 9

Evans - penalty goal

47 19 - 9

Williams - penalty goal

66 22 - 9

Williams - penalty goal

70 22 - 14

Dickson - try

71 22 - 16

Evans - conversion

Timeline

Time Leicester Tigers  Score  Harlequins
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Scully - try 5 - 0
4 Williams - conversion 7 - 0
9 7 - 3 Evans - penalty goal
13 Williams - penalty goal 10 - 3
15 10 - 6 Evans - penalty goal
16 Ward - sub on
Gray - sub off
17 Williams - penalty goal 13 - 6
35 Williams - penalty goal 16 - 6
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
Lowe - sub on
Casson - sub off
45 16 - 9 Evans - penalty goal
46 Rizzo - sub off
Ayerza - sub on
47 Williams - penalty goal 19 - 9
66 Williams - penalty goal 22 - 9 Sinckler - sub on
Collier - sub off
70 22 - 14 Dickson - try
71 Mele - sub on
Youngs - sub off		 22 - 16 Evans - conversion
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Leicester Tigers won by a margin of 6 points
Aviva Premiership points Leicester Tigers 4, Harlequins 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance 21510
 
Referee TJ Wigglesworth

Teams

Leicester Tigers Harlequins
Tries Scully (3) Tries Dickson (70)
Cons Williams (4) Cons Evans (71)
Pens Williams (13, 17, 35, 47, 66) Pens Evans (9, 15, 45)
    Team
15 FB
Mathew Tait
14 W
Blaine Scully
13 C
Manu Tuilagi
12 C
Owen Williams
11 W
Vereniki Goneva
10 FH
Freddie Burns
9 SH
Ben Youngs (c)
1 P
Michele Rizzo
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Fraser Balmain
4 L
Brad Thorn
5 L
Graham Kitchener
6 F
Jamie Gibson
7 F
Julian Salvi
8 N8
Jordan Crane
    Replacements
16
Neil Briggs
17 P
Marcos Ayerza
18
Tiziano Pasquali
19
Sebastian de Chaves
20
Robert Barbieri
21 SH
David Mele
22
Sam Harrison
23
Miles Benjamin
    Team
15 FB
Mike Brown
14 W
Marland Yarde
13 C
Matt Hopper
12 C
Tom Casson
11 W
Aseli Tikoirotuma
10 FH
Nick Evans
9 SH
Karl Dickson
1 P
Joe Marler (c)
2 H
Joe Gray
3 P
Will Collier
4 L
Charlie Matthews
5 L
George Robson
6 F
Luke Wallace
7 F
Chris Robshaw
8 N8
Nick Easter
    Replacements
16 H
Dave Ward
17
Darryl Marfo
18 P
Kyle Sinckler
19
Sam Twomey
20
Joe Trayfoot
21
Sam Stuart
22 C
George Lowe
23
Ollie Lindsay-Hague

Match stats

Leicester Tigers   Harlequins
1 Tries 1
1 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 1
5 from 9 Penalty goals 3 from 4
60.0% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 (2 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
33 Kicks from hand 29
76 Passes 98
80 Runs 86
310 Metres run with ball 207
Attacking
45% (48%/43%) Possession (1H/2H) 55% (52%/57%)
47% (51%/44%) Territory (1H/2H) 53% (49%/56%)
5 Clean breaks 1
10 Defenders beaten 9
5 Offloads 2
62 from 64 (96.9%) Rucks won 72 from 74 (97.3%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 5 from 6 (83.3%)
6 Turnovers conceded 12
Defensive
110/9 Tackles made/missed 85/10
92.0% Tackling success rate 89.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 2 lost (66.7%)
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 4 lost (77.8%)
Discipline
9 (2) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 11 (0)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Leics stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tait 0/0 0 5/3/11 71 0 1 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Scully 1/0 5 0/0/4 63 3 3 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/3/7 15 0 1 1 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Williams 0/0 17 2/0/3 6 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Goneva 0/0 0 0/0/5 39 1 2 0 2 0/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Burns 0/0 0 21/6/5 20 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Youngs 0/0 0 5/41/3 11 0 0 2 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Rizzo 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/2/4 21 1 2 0 0 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Balmain 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Thorn 0/0 0 0/1/6 1 0 0 1 0 11/0 1/0 1 0/0
L Kitchener 0/0 0 0/2/2 5 0 0 0 0 13/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Gibson 0/1 0 0/2/4 19 0 0 0 0 10/2 0/1 1 0/0
F Salvi 0/0 0 0/0/8 10 0 1 0 0 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Crane 0/0 0 0/2/15 24 0 0 0 1 12/0 1/0 0 0/0
(P) Ayerza 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Mele 0/0 0 0/13/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Hquin stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Brown 0/0 0 7/2/9 16 0 1 1 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Yarde 0/0 0 3/1/8 55 0 2 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Hopper 0/0 0 0/1/3 13 0 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Casson 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Tikoirotuma 0/0 0 2/2/8 28 0 2 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Evans 0/0 11 10/20/3 3 0 0 1 1 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH Dickson 1/0 5 7/56/6 28 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Marler 0/0 0 0/1/8 7 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Gray 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Collier 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 4 0/0
L Matthews 0/0 0 0/2/4 2 0 0 0 1 13/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Robson 0/0 0 0/2/3 4 0 1 0 0 8/1 8/0 1 0/0
F Wallace 0/0 0 0/1/5 11 0 0 0 1 8/3 2/0 1 0/0
F Robshaw 0/0 0 0/3/9 7 0 1 0 1 14/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Easter 0/0 0 0/5/7 12 0 0 0 1 5/1 1/0 0 0/0
(H) Ward 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Sinckler 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Lowe 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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