Leicester fight back to beat Gloucester
MATCH REPORT: Leicester defeated Gloucester 38-31 on Friday, with the Cherry and White suffering their first league defeat of the season.
Leicester were 0-14 down after just 10 minutes but hit back with 31 unanswered points in a match where eight of the nine tries were scored by forwards.
Leicester flyhalf Billy Searle was sin-binned just three minutes into the match, and Gloucester made their man advantage count when Wales flanker Jac Morgan powered over before the visitors’ driving maul saw them score a second try through Dian Bleuler.
But Leicester drew level through tries from Finn Carnduff and Joe Heyes before Jamie Blamire, from a driving maul, went over to give Leicester a 21-14 lead at half-time.
A penalty and Wales international Aaron Wainwright’s 50th-minute try, his first for Leicester, extended the Tigers’ advantage before teammate Ollie Hassell-Collins became the first back from either team to score when he went in at the corner.
Gloucester, however, claimed two bonus points late on as Jack Innard scored their fourth try before George Barton landed a penalty with the final kick of the game.
The scorers:
For Leicester:
Tries: Carnduff, Heyes, Blamire, Wainwright, Hassell-Collins
Cons: Searle 5
Pens: Searle
For Gloucester:
Tries: Morgan, Bleuler, Trenholm, Innard
Cons: Englefield 2, Barton 2
Pens: Barton
Teams:
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 13 Will Wand, 12 Orlando Bailey, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Jack van Poortvliet (captain), 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Cameron Henderson, 4 Finn Carnduff, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Archie van der Flier.
Replacements: 16 Samiuela Moli, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Will Hurd, 19 James Thompson, 20 Joaquin Moro, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Joseph Woodward, 23 Adam Radwan.
Gloucester: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Ollie Thorley, 13 Will Joseph, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Caolan Englefield, 8 Will Trenholm, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Freddie Thomas, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Dian Bleuler.
Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Harrison Bellamy, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Jack Clement, 20 Lewis Ludlow, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 George Barton.
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant referees: Joe James and John Meredith
TMO: Stuart Terheege
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