Aviva Premiership - Leicester, 9 January 2016, 15:15 local, 15:15 GMT
Leicester Tigers (21) 30 - 27 (10) Northampton Saints (FT)

Match coverage:  Report | Reaction

Timeline

Time Leicester Tigers  Score  Northampton Saints
0 start of first half start of first half
1 Smith - try 5 - 0
3 Williams - conversion 7 - 0
5 Croft - sub on
O'Connor - sub off
19 McCaffrey - try 12 - 0
20 Williams - conversion 14 - 0
22 Williams - try 19 - 0
23 Williams - conversion 21 - 0
25 Wood - sub on
Dickinson - sub off
29 21 - 3 Hanrahan - penalty goal
32 Williams - sub off
Burns - sub on
37 21 - 8 Harrison - try
38 21 - 10 Hanrahan - conversion
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
43 21 - 15 North - try
44 21 - 17 Hanrahan - conversion
51 Smith - sub off
Tuilagi - sub on
53 Burns - penalty goal 24 - 17
57 Burns - penalty goal 27 - 17
58 Cole - yellow card
65 27 - 22 AM Waller - sub off
ECA Waller - sub on
Myler - sub on
Hanrahan - sub off
Gibson - try
Day - sub on
Harrison - sub off
66 27 - 24 Myler - conversion
69 Ayerza - sub off
Mulipola - sub on
71 Harrison - sub on
Veainu - sub off
75 27 - 27 Myler - penalty goal
77 Pearce - sub on
de Chaves - sub off
78 Haywood - sub off
Williams - sub on
80 Burns - penalty goal
end of second half
end of half		 30 - 27 end of second half
end of half
0
80 Burns - penalty goal 30 - 27

Notes

 
Result Leicester Tigers won by a margin of 3 points
Aviva Premiership points Leicester Tigers 4, Northampton Saints 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance 25849
 
Referee W Barnes

Teams

Leicester Tigers Northampton Saints
Tries Smith (1), McCaffrey (19), Williams (22) Tries Harrison (37), North (43), Gibson (65)
Cons Williams (3, 20, 23) Cons Hanrahan (38, 44), Myler (66)
Pens Burns (53, 57, 80) Pens Hanrahan (29), Myler (75)
    Team
15 FB
Telusa Veainu
14 W
Peter Betham
13 C
Mathew Tait
12 C
Matt Smith
11 W
Adam Thompstone
10 FH
Owen Williams
9 SH
Ben Youngs
1 P
Marcos Ayerza
2 H
Tom Youngs (c)
3 P
Dan Cole
58
4 L
Sebastian de Chaves
5 L
Graham Kitchener
6 F
Mike Fitzgerald
7 F
Brendon O'Connor
8 N8
Lachlan McCaffrey
    Replacements
16
Harry Thacker
17 P
Logovi'i Mulipola
18
Fraser Balmain
19 F
Tom Croft
20 L
Laurence Pearce
21 FB
Sam Harrison
22 FH
Freddie Burns
23 C
Manu Tuilagi
    Team
15 FB
Ben Foden
14 W
Jamie Elliott
13 C
George North
12 C
Luther Burrell
11 W
Tom Collins
10 FH
JJ Hanrahan
9 SH
Lee Dickson (c)
1 P
Alex Waller
2 H
Mike Haywood
3 P
Paul Hill
4 L
Courtney Lawes
5 L
Victor Matfield
6 F
Jamie Gibson
7 F
Teimana Harrison
8 N8
Sam Dickinson
    Replacements
16 H
Matti Williams
17 P
Ethan Waller
18
Gareth Denman
19 F
Christian Day
20 N8
Tom Wood
21
Tom Kessell
22 FH
Stephen Myler
23
Harry Mallinder

Match stats

Leicester Tigers   Northampton Saints
3 Tries 3
3 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 3
3 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 83.0%
0 (1 missed) Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 30
163 Passes 102
114 Runs 81
403 Metres run with ball 355
Attacking
60% (53%/66%) Possession (1H/2H) 40% (47%/34%)
58% (51%/64%) Territory (1H/2H) 42% (49%/36%)
4 Clean breaks 5
23 Defenders beaten 13
4 Offloads 6
92 from 94 (97.9%) Rucks won 58 from 66 (87.9%)
8 from 8 (100.0%) Mauls won 12 from 14 (85.7%)
12 Turnovers conceded 7
Defensive
80/13 Tackles made/missed 112/23
86.0% Tackling success rate 83.0%
Set pieces
1 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 1 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
24 won, 2 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 17 won, 1 lost (94.4%)
Discipline
10 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 14 (0)
1/0 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 Veainu 0/0 0 1/9/16 86 0 1 0 3 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Betham 0/1 0 0/5/4 4 0 2 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tait 0/0 0 3/5/9 35 0 3 0 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 1/0 5 1/8/7 29 1 2 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Thompstone 0/0 0 0/0/4 20 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Williams 1/0 11 4/11/2 22 1 1 0 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH BR Youngs 0/1 0 10/81/4 32 2 4 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ayerza 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
H TN Youngs 0/0 0 0/4/12 11 0 1 1 0 7/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/3/5 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 2 1/0
L de Chaves 0/0 0 0/2/5 2 0 0 0 1 4/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Kitchener 0/0 0 0/1/6 12 0 0 0 0 9/2 5/0 1 0/0
F Fitzgerald 0/0 0 0/1/8 33 0 1 0 0 11/1 0/0 3 0/0
F O'Connor 0/0 0 0/1/1 9 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 McCaffrey 1/0 5 2/5/15 47 0 3 2 0 4/1 1/0 1 0/0
(P) Mulipola 0/0 0 0/0/3 8 0 1 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Croft 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 0 5/1 12/0 1 0/0
(L) Pearce 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Harrison 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Burns 0/0 9 5/22/2 41 0 2 0 2 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/2/4 7 0 1 0 0 3/0 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

Nthmp stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Foden 0/0 0 6/7/10 64 0 2 3 0 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Elliott 0/0 0 1/3/6 34 1 3 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
C North 1/0 5 0/2/6 87 1 0 1 1 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Burrell 0/0 0 0/2/2 4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Collins 0/0 0 4/5/5 37 1 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 2 0/0
FH Hanrahan 0/0 7 12/13/5 29 1 2 0 0 7/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Dickson 0/0 0 5/53/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P AM Waller 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
H Haywood 0/1 0 0/5/5 20 0 2 1 0 14/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Hill 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 0 0 0 12/4 0/0 0 0/0
L Lawes 0/0 0 0/1/7 8 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Matfield 0/0 0 0/2/3 1 0 1 0 2 12/1 9/1 3 0/0
F Gibson 1/0 5 0/0/6 30 1 2 0 0 8/2 7/0 0 0/0
F Harrison 1/0 5 0/2/15 22 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Dickinson 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 0 0 1 5/2 1/0 1 0/0
(H) Williams 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) ECA Waller 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Day 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Wood 0/0 0 0/1/4 9 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Myler 0/0 5 2/2/1 1 0 1 0 0 1/0 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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