Aviva Premiership - Salford, 27 December 2014, 14:00 local, 14:00 GMT
Sale Sharks (25) 30 - 32 (15) Leicester Tigers (FT)

Match coverage:  Report | Reaction

Timeline

Time Sale Sharks  Score  Leicester Tigers
0 start of first half start of first half
5 Cusiter - try 5 - 0
12 5 - 5 Baikeinuku - try
18 Cipriani - penalty goal 8 - 5
29 8 - 10 Tait - try
30 8 - 12 Burns - conversion
31 Addison - try
Cipriani - conversion		 15 - 12
33 15 - 15 Burns - penalty goal
37 Cipriani - penalty goal 18 - 15
39 Gibson - yellow card
40 Hines - try 23 - 15
40+1 Cipriani - conversion
end of first half		 25 - 15 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
44 Tuitupou - try 30 - 15
48 Rizzo - sub off
Ayerza - sub on
Ghiraldini - sub off
TN Youngs - sub on
Cole - sub off
Balmain - sub on
50 Thompstone - sub on
Bell - sub off
57 30 - 22 Benjamin - try
Burns - conversion
58 Barbieri - sub on
Crane - sub off
60 Lewis-Roberts - sub off
Harrison - sub on
Mills - sub off
Ostrikov - sub on
Cusiter - sub off
Cliff - sub on		 Burns - sub off
Williams - sub on
66 Harrison - sub on
BR Youngs - sub off
72 30 - 25 Williams - penalty goal
75 Addison - yellow card
76 Parling - sub off
Peterson - sub on
78 30 - 30 Salvi - try
79 30 - 32 Williams - conversion
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Leicester Tigers won by a margin of 2 points
Aviva Premiership points Leicester Tigers 5 (1 try bonus), Sale Sharks 2 (1 try bonus, 1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance 11247
 
Referee TJ Wigglesworth

Teams

Sale Sharks Leicester Tigers
Tries Cusiter (5), Addison (31), Hines (40), Tuitupou (44) Tries Baikeinuku (12), Tait (29), Benjamin (57), Salvi (78)
Cons Cipriani (31, 40) Cons Burns (30, 57), Williams (79)
Pens Cipriani (18, 37) Pens Burns (33), Williams (72)
    Team
15 FB
Mike Haley
14 W
Will Addison
75
13 C
Johnny Leota
12 C
Sam Tuitupou
11 W
Mark Cueto
10 FH
Danny Cipriani
9 SH
Chris Cusiter
1 P
Eifion Lewis-Roberts
2 H
Marc Jones
3 P
Vadim Cobilas
4 L
Jonathan Mills
5 L
Nathan Hines
6 F
Magnus Lund
7 F
David Seymour
8 N8
Dan Braid (c)
    Replacements
16
Shalva Mamukashvili
17
Alberto de Marchi
18 P
Ross Harrison
19 L
Andrei Ostrikov
20
Mark Easter
21 SH
Will Cliff
22
Joe Ford
23
Mark Jennings
    Team
15 FB
Tommy Bell
14 W
Mathew Tait
13 C
Vereniki Goneva
12 C
Seremaia Baikeinuku
11 W
Miles Benjamin
10 FH
Freddie Burns
9 SH
Ben Youngs (c)
1 P
Michele Rizzo
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Dan Cole
4 L
Sebastian de Chaves
5 L
Geoff Parling
6 F
Jamie Gibson
39
7 F
Julian Salvi
8 N8
Jordan Crane
    Replacements
16 H
Tom Youngs
17 P
Marcos Ayerza
18 P
Fraser Balmain
19 L
Greg Peterson
20 N8
Robert Barbieri
21 SH
Sam Harrison
22 FH
Owen Williams
23 FB
Adam Thompstone

Match stats

Sale Sharks   Leicester Tigers
4 Tries 4
2 from 4 Conversion goals 3 from 4
2 from 2 Penalty goals 2 from 3
67.0% Kick at goal success 71.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 26
151 Passes 159
157 Runs 138
602 Metres run with ball 437
Attacking
50% (60%/33%) Possession (1H/2H) 50% (40%/67%)
13 Clean breaks 5
17 Defenders beaten 20
11 Offloads 4
90 from 94 (95.7%) Rucks won 96 from 98 (98.0%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
9 Turnovers conceded 8
Defensive
136/20 Tackles made/missed 125/17
87.0% Tackling success rate 88.0%
Set pieces
2 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
15 Penalties conceded 5
1/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Sale stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Haley 0/0 0 5/8/20 186 2 3 4 1 2/1 2/0 0 0/0
W Addison 1/0 5 2/4/10 114 3 7 1 1 2/0 0/0 1 1/0
C Leota 0/1 0 0/5/8 34 1 1 2 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuitupou 1/0 5 2/10/16 67 2 4 1 2 7/2 0/0 1 0/0
W Cueto 0/0 0 3/7/12 44 1 1 1 0 3/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Cipriani 0/0 10 11/21/10 48 1 0 0 1 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Cusiter 1/0 5 3/59/9 34 1 0 2 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Lewis-Roberts 0/0 0 0/1/1 13 1 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Jones 0/0 0 0/1/13 22 1 0 0 0 14/0 0/0 4 0/0
P Cobilas 0/0 0 0/2/7 5 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Mills 0/0 0 0/2/10 9 0 0 0 1 10/3 1/0 1 0/0
L Hines 1/0 5 0/0/5 6 0 0 0 1 11/1 2/0 2 0/0
F Lund 0/0 0 1/4/11 5 0 0 0 0 14/3 6/0 1 0/0
F Seymour 0/0 0 0/1/10 11 0 1 0 0 9/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Braid 0/0 0 0/6/8 1 0 0 0 0 15/1 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Harrison 0/0 0 0/0/5 2 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Ostrikov 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cliff 0/0 0 0/20/0 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 Bell 0/0 0 4/2/5 18 0 1 0 0 2/4 0/0 0 0/0
W Tait 1/1 5 1/6/14 87 0 2 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Goneva 0/0 0 0/2/12 36 1 3 0 0 4/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Baikeinuku 1/0 5 0/6/9 20 1 1 1 1 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Benjamin 1/0 5 0/6/14 79 2 4 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Burns 0/0 7 11/21/6 31 0 4 0 1 5/4 0/0 0 0/0
SH BR Youngs 0/1 0 3/70/5 2 0 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Rizzo 0/0 0 0/2/5 6 0 1 0 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 1 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cole 0/0 0 0/0/3 6 0 1 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L de Chaves 0/0 0 0/1/5 0 0 1 1 0 11/0 5/0 0 0/0
L Parling 0/0 0 0/3/8 5 0 0 0 0 14/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Gibson 0/0 0 0/0/4 19 0 0 0 0 13/2 3/0 1 1/0
F Salvi 1/0 5 0/3/6 2 0 1 0 1 8/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Crane 0/1 0 1/4/20 70 1 0 0 1 8/0 1/0 1 0/0
(H) TN Youngs 0/0 0 0/1/5 12 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Ayerza 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Balmain 0/0 0 0/0/1 6 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Peterson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Barbieri 0/0 0 0/1/6 17 0 1 0 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Harrison 0/0 0 2/17/1 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Williams 0/0 5 3/12/3 5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Thompstone 0/0 0 1/0/1 12 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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