Aviva Premiership - Twickenham, 26 May 2012, 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT
Harlequins (14) 30 - 23 (13) Leicester Tigers (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
2 3 - 0

Nick Evans gives Quins the lead from in front - good start from the Harlequins

9 8 - 0

Fantastic try from Quins as Easter adn Robson make ground before Evans and Brown to send Williams over in the corner

14 8 - 3

George Ford kicks a simple penalty to get him up and going and Leicester on the scoreboard

22 11 - 3

Terrific kick from Evans from the left touchline. That's 250 points he's passed now

27 11 - 6

Ford smashes it through the posts from straight in front to reduce the deficit

30 11 - 11

Dan Cole picked off Quins' throw at the back of the lineout before releasing Steve Mafi, whose huge stride helped him race away to score.

31 11 - 13

George Ford converts to take Tigers into the lead

38 14 - 13

Evans - penalty goal

39

Nick Evans nails a penalty to nudge Quins back in front

44 17 - 13

Evans stretches Quins lead with a confident kick

47 20 - 13

Evans capitalises again on Quins' supremacy as he lands another penalty

56 25 - 13

Guess who.. Robshaw! The Quins leader bursts over to score after a fantastic line off Care

57 27 - 13

Evans - conversion

65 30 - 13

By the thinnest of margins, Evans slots another kick over the posts. Another nail hammered home

66 30 - 20

Great try from Leicester. Anthony Allen is over after a great break from Ben Youngs

69 30 - 23

George Ford reduces the deficit even further

Timeline

Time Harlequins  Score  Leicester Tigers
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Evans - penalty goal 3 - 0
9 Williams - try 8 - 0
14 8 - 3 Ford - penalty goal
22 Evans - penalty goal 11 - 3
27 11 - 6 Ford - penalty goal
30 11 - 11 Mafi - try
31 11 - 13 Ford - conversion
38 Evans - penalty goal 14 - 13 Waldrom - yellow card
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Evans - penalty goal 17 - 13
47 Evans - penalty goal 20 - 13
55 Cole - sub off
Castrogiovanni - sub on
56 Robshaw - try 25 - 13
57 Evans - conversion 27 - 13
61 Chuter - sub off
TN Youngs - sub on
65 Evans - penalty goal 30 - 13
66 30 - 20 Allen - try
Ford - conversion
69 30 - 23 Ford - penalty goal
72 Fa'asavalu - sub off
Guest - sub on
73 Agulla - sub off
Mulipola - sub on
Ford - sub off
Twelvetrees - sub on
Ayerza - sub off
Hamilton - sub on
Skivington - sub off
Kitchener - sub on
76 Clegg - sub on
Evans - sub off
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Harlequins won by a margin of 7 points
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London (neutral venue)
Attendance 81779
 
Referee W Barnes

Teams

Harlequins Leicester Tigers
Tries Williams (9), Robshaw (56) Tries Mafi (30), Allen (66)
Cons Evans (57) Cons Ford (31, 66)
Pens Evans (2, 22, 38, 44, 47, 65) Pens Ford (14, 27, 69)

Match stats

Harlequins   Leicester Tigers
2 Tries 2
1 from 2 Conversion goals 2 from 2
6 from 7 Penalty goals 3 from 4
77.8% Kick at goal success 83.3%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
11 Kicks from hand 18
143 Passes 70
114 Runs 51
404 Metres run with ball 360
Attacking
50% Possession 50%
7 Clean breaks 7
19 Defenders beaten 10
19 Offloads 7
77 from 82 (93.9%) Rucks won 28 from 31 (90.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
10 Turnovers conceded 8
Defensive
47/10 Tackles made/missed 111/19
82.5% Tackling success rate 85.4%
Set pieces
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
7 won, 2 lost (77.8%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 4 lost (71.4%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 14
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Hquin stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Brown 0/1 0 3/5/11 43 0 1 1 3 1/2 0/0 2 0/0
W Williams 1/0 5 1/8/7 33 1 1 5 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Lowe 0/0 0 0/3/8 25 1 2 0 0 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Turner-Hall 0/0 0 0/1/4 17 1 0 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Monye 0/0 0 0/5/9 70 0 1 2 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Evans 0/0 20 7/21/5 16 1 0 0 1 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Care 0/1 0 0/62/8 76 3 2 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Marler 0/0 0 0/3/11 26 0 4 1 0 5/0 1/1 2 0/0
H Gray 0/0 0 0/3/4 13 0 1 1 0 4/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Johnston 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
L Kohn 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Robson 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 1 3/1 1/1 2 0/0
F Fa'asavalu 0/0 0 0/2/9 19 0 3 2 0 5/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Robshaw 1/0 5 0/15/14 30 0 3 2 0 5/0 2/1 1 0/0
N8 Easter 0/0 0 0/12/15 29 0 0 3 0 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Guest 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Clegg 0/0 0 0/0/0 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

Leics stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Murphy 0/0 0 2/3/4 37 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Agulla 0/0 0 3/1/5 31 1 2 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C EM Tuilagi 0/0 0 0/2/5 27 0 3 1 2 7/0 0/0 3 0/0
C Allen 1/0 5 0/4/8 53 1 3 1 1 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
W AT Tuilagi 0/0 0 1/2/2 3 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Ford 0/0 13 4/14/3 0 0 0 1 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH BR Youngs 0/1 0 6/29/3 70 2 2 1 0 1/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Ayerza 0/0 0 0/1/2 19 1 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 3 0/0
H Chuter 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/1 0 0/3/1 9 1 0 0 1 7/1 0/1 1 0/0
L Skivington 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 2/1 0 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/1/3 0 0 0 0 0 13/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Mafi 1/0 5 0/2/2 50 1 0 1 0 6/1 6/0 1 0/0
F Salvi 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Waldrom 0/0 0 2/4/9 58 0 0 2 2 11/0 0/0 1 1/0
(H) TN Youngs 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mulipola 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Castrogiovanni 0/0 0 0/1/2 3 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kitchener 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Twelvetrees 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
(W) Hamilton 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 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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