Aviva Premiership - Leicester, 2 March 2013, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Leicester Tigers (27) 48 - 10 (3) Sale Sharks (FT)

Match coverage:  Report | Reaction

Timeline

Time Leicester Tigers  Score  Sale Sharks
0 start of first half start of first half
1 Ford - penalty goal 3 - 0
25 Slater - try 8 - 0
27 Ford - conversion 10 - 0
30 Mulipola - sub off
Balmain - sub on
31 10 - 3 Macleod - penalty goal
32 Ford - penalty goal 13 - 3
35 penalty try 18 - 3 Brady - yellow card
36 Ford - conversion 20 - 3
40 Slater - try 25 - 3
40+1 Ford - conversion
end of first half		 27 - 3 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Vernon - sub off
Powell - sub on
Gray - sub on
McKenzie - sub off
48 Smith - try 32 - 3
49 Ford - conversion 34 - 3
50 Waldrom - sub off
Crane - sub on		 Jones - sub off
Taylor - sub on
Fowles - sub on
Willis - sub off
Macleod - sub off
Cipriani - sub on
53 Smith - try
Ford - conversion
Young - sub on
Harrison - sub off		 41 - 3
57 Deacon - sub on
Salvi - sub off
58 Cobilas - sub on
Harrison - sub off
Thomas - sub off
Buckley - sub on
60 Davies - sub on
Tuitupou - sub off
67 Tait - try 46 - 3
68 Ford - conversion
Brookes - sub on
Ayerza - sub off
Chuter - sub on
Hawkins - sub off
Bowden - sub off
Cornwell - sub on
Tait - sub off
Hamilton - sub on		 48 - 3
78 48 - 8 Powell - try
79 48 - 10 Cipriani - conversion
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Leicester Tigers won by a margin of 38 points
Aviva Premiership points Leicester Tigers 5 (1 try bonus), Sale Sharks 0
 
Ground name Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance 20585
 
Referee W Barnes

Teams

Leicester Tigers Sale Sharks
Tries Slater (25, 40), Penalty try (35), Smith (48, 53), Tait (67) Tries Powell (78)
Cons Ford (27, 36, 40, 49, 53, 68) Cons Cipriani (79)
Pens Ford (1, 32) Pens Macleod (31)
    Team
15 FB
Mathew Tait
14 W
Niall Morris
13 C
Matt Smith
12 C
Dan Bowden
11 W
Adam Thompstone
10 FH
George Ford
9 SH
Sam Harrison
1 P
Marcos Ayerza
2 H
Rob Hawkins
3 P
Logovi'i Mulipola
4 L
Ed Slater
5 L
Graham Kitchener
6 F
Tom Croft (c)
7 F
Julian Salvi
8 N8
Thomas Waldrom
    Replacements
16 H
George Chuter
17 P
Kieran Brookes
18 P
Fraser Balmain
19 F
Brett Deacon
20 N8
Jordan Crane
21 SH
Michael Young
22 C
Matt Cornwell
23 FB
Scott Hamilton
    Team
15 FB
Cameron Shepherd
14 W
Tom Brady
35
13 C
Johnny Leota
12 C
Sam Tuitupou
11 W
Mark Jennings
10 FH
Nick Macleod
9 SH
Cillian Willis
1 P
Ross Harrison
2 H
Marc Jones
3 P
Henry Thomas
4 L
James Gaskell
5 L
Fraser McKenzie
6 F
Dan Braid
7 F
David Seymour (c)
8 N8
Richie Vernon
    Replacements
16 H
Tommy Taylor
17 P
Vadim Cobilas
18 P
Tony Buckley
19 L
Richie Gray
20 N8
Andy Powell
21 SH
Nathan Fowles
22 FH
Danny Cipriani
23 C
Jordan Davies

Match stats

Leicester Tigers   Sale Sharks
6 (1 penalty try) Tries 1
6 from 6 Conversion goals 1 from 1
2 from 2 Penalty goals 1 from 1
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
30 Kicks from hand 15
150 Passes 180
88 Runs 131
385 Metres run with ball 386
Attacking
86% (100%/75%) Possession (1H/2H) 14% (0%/25%)
4 Clean breaks 2
9 Defenders beaten 8
9 Offloads 8
60 from 62 (96.8%) Rucks won 104 from 110 (94.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
8 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
137/8 Tackles made/missed 74/9
94.0% Tackling success rate 89.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 3 lost (66.7%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 18 won, 3 lost (85.7%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Leics stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tait 1/0 5 1/8/8 34 1 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Morris 0/0 0 2/3/8 35 1 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Smith 2/0 10 1/8/6 45 1 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Bowden 0/2 0 3/8/5 6 0 2 1 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Thompstone 0/0 0 1/4/8 47 0 1 1 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Ford 0/3 18 17/34/4 24 0 1 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Harrison 0/0 0 3/51/2 1 0 0 1 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ayerza 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Hawkins 0/0 0 0/0/5 9 0 0 0 1 6/3 0/0 2 0/0
P Mulipola 0/0 0 0/0/3 14 0 1 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Slater 2/0 10 0/1/6 55 1 2 0 0 7/1 2/0 1 0/0
L Kitchener 0/0 0 0/5/2 6 0 0 1 0 13/0 2/0 0 0/0
F Croft 0/0 0 0/2/7 27 0 1 0 2 9/1 7/0 3 0/0
F Salvi 0/0 0 1/7/3 12 0 0 2 0 12/1 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Waldrom 0/0 0 0/2/9 31 0 0 1 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Chuter 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Brookes 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Balmain 0/0 0 0/0/3 9 0 1 0 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Deacon 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Crane 0/0 0 0/3/4 14 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Young 0/0 0 1/10/1 6 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Cornwell 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
(FB) Hamilton 0/0 0 0/0/1 9 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

Sale stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Shepherd 0/0 0 4/5/8 45 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Brady 0/0 0 1/1/7 27 0 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 2 1/0
C Leota 0/0 0 0/7/12 37 0 0 1 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuitupou 0/0 0 0/6/6 17 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Jennings 0/0 0 2/1/10 57 1 1 0 2 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Macleod 0/0 3 3/16/2 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Willis 0/0 0 2/58/5 14 0 0 0 1 3/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Harrison 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Jones 0/0 0 0/4/6 0 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Thomas 0/0 0 0/2/9 15 0 0 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Gaskell 0/0 0 0/7/9 17 0 0 0 0 5/0 8/0 3 0/0
L McKenzie 0/0 0 0/1/4 7 0 0 1 0 6/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Braid 0/0 0 0/4/13 29 0 1 0 2 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Seymour 0/0 0 0/5/5 44 1 2 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Vernon 0/0 0 0/4/4 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 3/0 0 0/0
(H) Taylor 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Cobilas 0/0 0 0/1/3 7 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Buckley 0/0 0 0/0/7 12 0 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Gray 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 1 0 2 0/0 3/0 0 0/0
(N8) Powell 1/0 5 0/3/7 17 0 1 1 1 1/0 1/0 1 0/0
(SH) Fowles 0/0 0 0/33/3 5 0 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Cipriani 0/0 2 2/18/3 19 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Davies 0/0 0 1/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 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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