Saracens ruin Tigers' home opener

PREMIERSHIP REPORT: Saracens beat Leicester Tigers 24-10 at Welford Road in what was the latter’s first home game of the Premiership campaign.

Noel Reid’s kick initially put the Tigers up by three. However, just ten minutes later Nick Tompkins scored the opening try for Saracens as he found a gap in the defence after making a slick move.

Although a comeback from the Tigers seemed likely as Adam Thompstone picked off Manu Vunipola’s pass to run unopposed from 70 metres, Ben Earl made sure that was not going to be the case.

He went on to score two tries in the second half for the reigning league champions; breaking Jake Kerr’s tackle and running the distance for the first try and picking up on a loose ball to score his second.

The scorers:

For Saracens:
Tries: Tompkins, Earl 2
Cons: Lozowski 2, Vunipola
Pen: Lozowski

For Tigers:
Try: Thompstone
Con: Reid
Pen: Reid

Teams:

Saracens: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Manu Vunipola, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Jackson Wray (captain), 7 Ben Earl, 6 Calum Clark, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Tom Woolstencroft, 1 Richard Barrigton.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Ralph Adams-Hale, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Joel Kpoku, 20 Callum Hunter-Hill, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Rotimi Segun.

Tigers: 15 George Worth, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 EW Viljoen, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Jonah Holmes, 10 Noel Reid, 9 Ben White, 8 Guy Thompson, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Calum Green, 4 Will Spencer, 3 Joel Heyes, 2 Jake Kerr, 1 Greg Bateman.
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Facundo Gigena, 18 Nephi Leatigaga, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Sione Kalamafoni, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Tom Hardwick, 23 Jordan Olowofela.

Referees: Tom Foley
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace & Simon McConnell
TMO: Stuart Terheege

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