Aviva Premiership - Leicester, 23 February 2013, 20:00 local, 20:00 GMT
Leicester Tigers (17) 27 - 32 (6) Saracens (FT)

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Timeline

Time Leicester Tigers  Score  Saracens
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 Hodgson - penalty goal
19 Ford - penalty goal 3 - 3
28 Salvi - try
Ford - conversion		 10 - 3
31 Bowden - try 15 - 3
32 Ford - conversion 17 - 3
34 17 - 6 Hodgson - penalty goal
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
50 Wigglesworth - sub off
de Kock - sub on
51 17 - 11 Strettle - try
52 17 - 13 Hodgson - conversion
Kruis - sub on
Hargreaves - sub off
54 Taylor - sub on
- sub off
55 17 - 18 Short - try
56 Brits - sub off
Smit - sub on
60 Melck - sub on
Joubert - sub off
61 Gill - sub off
Auterac - sub on
64 17 - 23 Strettle - try
65 17 - 25 Hodgson - conversion
72 Ford - penalty goal 20 - 25
73 20 - 30 Wyles - try
75 Young - sub on
Harrison - sub off
Tait - sub on
Murphy - sub off		 20 - 32 Hodgson - conversion
Stevens - sub off
du Plessis - sub on
78 Mordt - sub on
Wyles - sub off
80+1 Taylor - yellow card
80+2 Strettle - yellow card
80+3 penalty try
Ford - conversion
end of second half		 27 - 32 end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 5 points
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 5 (1 try bonus), Leicester Tigers 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance 20728
 
Referee JP Doyle

Teams

Leicester Tigers Saracens
Tries Salvi (28), Bowden (31), Penalty try (80) Tries Strettle (51, 64), Short (55), Wyles (73)
Cons Ford (28, 32, 80) Cons Hodgson (52, 65, 75)
Pens Ford (19, 72) Pens Hodgson (3, 34)
    Team
15 FB
Geordan Murphy (c)
14 W
Scott Hamilton
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
7 F
Julian Salvi
8 N8
Jordan Crane
    Replacements
16
George Chuter
17
Kieran Brookes
18
Fraser Balmain
19
Brett Deacon
20
Richard Thorpe
21 SH
Michael Young
22
Matt Cornwell
23 FB
Mathew Tait
    Team
15 FB
Chris Wyles
14 W
James Short
13 C
Joel Tomkins
12 C
Adam Powell
11 W
David Strettle
80
10 FH
Charlie Hodgson
9 SH
Richard Wigglesworth
1 P
Rhys Gill
2 H
Schalk Brits
3 P
Matt Stevens
4 L
Steve Borthwick (c)
5 L
Alistair Hargreaves
6 F
Jackson Wray
7 F
Will Fraser
8 N8
Ernst Joubert
    Replacements
16 H
John Smit
17 P
Nick Auterac
18 P
Petrus du Plessis
19 L
George Kruis
20 N8
Justin Melck
21 SH
Neil de Kock
22 FB
Nils Mordt
23 C
Duncan Taylor
80

Match stats

Leicester Tigers   Saracens
3 (1 penalty try) Tries 4
3 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 4
2 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 3
71.0% Kick at goal success 71.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 21
188 Passes 112
127 Runs 90
392 Metres run with ball 351
Attacking
43% (100%/20%) Possession (1H/2H) 57% (0%/80%)
13 Clean breaks 11
27 Defenders beaten 17
7 Offloads 9
109 from 114 (95.6%) Rucks won 65 from 69 (94.2%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
6 Turnovers conceded 10
Defensive
105/17 Tackles made/missed 159/27
86.0% Tackling success rate 85.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
11 won, 1 lost (91.7%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 1 lost (93.8%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Leics stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Murphy 0/0 0 2/4/11 81 4 5 0 0 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Hamilton 0/0 0 1/5/10 45 1 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Smith 0/0 0 0/3/6 23 1 0 0 0 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Bowden 1/0 5 0/13/3 2 0 1 0 1 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Thompstone 0/0 0 0/0/5 45 1 1 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Ford 0/1 12 20/42/13 36 2 6 1 2 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Harrison 0/0 0 2/76/2 5 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Ayerza 0/0 0 0/4/7 0 0 0 3 0 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
H Hawkins 0/0 0 1/2/9 23 1 0 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Mulipola 0/1 0 0/2/11 35 1 2 2 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Slater 0/0 0 0/3/10 6 0 2 0 0 9/2 1/0 0 0/0
L Kitchener 0/0 0 0/0/3 8 0 0 0 0 9/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Croft 0/0 0 0/1/7 42 2 7 0 1 9/0 7/0 2 0/0
F Salvi 1/0 5 0/8/8 9 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Crane 0/0 0 0/9/17 24 0 0 1 1 12/1 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Young 0/0 0 0/16/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Tait 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 1 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

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Wyles 1/0 5 3/2/10 59 3 4 1 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Short 1/0 5 1/1/3 32 1 1 0 0 3/3 1/0 1 0/0
C Tomkins 0/2 0 0/8/7 31 1 1 2 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Strettle 2/0 10 1/3/7 40 2 2 1 0 11/0 0/0 1 1/0
FH Hodgson 0/0 12 6/19/3 20 0 0 0 0 6/4 0/0 0 0/0
SH Wigglesworth 0/0 0 6/40/1 0 0 0 0 2 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Brits 0/0 0 1/2/6 33 1 2 1 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Stevens 0/0 0 0/3/6 5 0 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Borthwick 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 4/0 1 0/0
L Hargreaves 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 9/2 1/0 1 0/0
F Wray 0/0 0 0/0/8 40 0 1 0 1 15/3 2/0 2 0/0
F Fraser 0/0 0 0/1/6 28 1 3 0 1 22/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Joubert 0/0 0 1/3/8 12 0 0 2 1 3/2 5/1 1 0/0
(H) Smit 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Auterac 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kruis 0/0 0 0/2/4 15 0 1 1 0 9/2 2/0 0 0/0
(N8) Melck 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) de Kock 0/1 0 2/26/2 8 0 0 1 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Mordt 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Taylor 0/1 0 0/1/2 13 1 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 1/0
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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