| Saracens (22) 34 |
| Tries: Woolstencroft 2, Lewington, Maitland, Koch Cons: Lozowski 3 Pens: Lozowski |
| Leicester (13) 27 |
| Tries: Snyman, Dolly, Chessum Cons: Ford 3 Pens: Ford 2 |
Saracens moved as much as second place within the Premiership after beating leaders Leicester 34-27 in a entertaining recreation.
Eli Snyman put Tigers forward early on, however tries from Tom Woolstencroft, Alex Lewington and Sean Maitland noticed Sarries take a 9-level half-time lead.
Vincent Koch crashed over a for a bonus level simply after half-time, however Nic Dolly was compelled over from a lineout.
Ollie Chessum went over from shut vary to carry the scores shut earlier than Woolstencroft obtained his second late on.
Leicester’s dropping bonus level sees them 12 factors above Sarries, who’re one away from Harlequins and with a recreation in hand.
Saracens have been dealt a blow when captain and England prop Mako Vunipola limped off with an ankle damage after getting his leg trapped in a ruck inside the primary three minutes.
Tigers noticed Kini Murimurivalu miss the prospect to attain quickly after as he did not get on the tip of a grubber kick, however Tigers didn’t have to attend lengthy for Snyman to be compelled over from shut vary.
Woolstencroft’s shut-vary attempt drew Sarries stage earlier than a George Ford penalty gave the guests a slim lead.
But Saracens took command as a beautiful passing transfer between Alex Goode and Elliot Daly noticed Lewington go over within the nook – and it value Tigers 10 factors as Murimurivalu unnecessarily crashed into the attempt scorer together with his shoulder after he had gone in to concede a penalty and be sin-binned.
Ford and Alex Lozowski exchanged penalties earlier than Snyman dropped Saracens’ kick-off and Nick Tompkins had the presence of thoughts to steal the ball and set Maitland away in the correct nook for his aspect’s third attempt.
Koch took benefit of fast palms from Goode to discover a hole within the Leicester defence simply after the break for the bonus-level rating, just for Dolly to strike again from a lineout maul quickly after.
The hosts had scrum-half Aled Davies sin-binned after a head-to-head conflict with Ford, however their 14-man defence was wonderful as they held out Leicester on numerous events.
But they have been lastly damaged when Chessum went in from shut vary after extra sustained stress, just for Woolstencroft to get his seventh attempt in his final 5 video games with two minutes to go to kill off any late Leicester ambition.
Saracens: Daly, Maitland, Lozowski, Tompkins, Lewington; Goode, Davies; Mako Vunipola (capt), Woolstencroft, Koch, Hunter-Hill, Swinson, Christie, Wray, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Segun, Taylor, De Haas, Earl, McFarland, Wainwright, Barrington, Lewis.
Sin-bin: Davies (60)
Leicester: Burns, Potter, Moroni, Scott, Murimurivalu; Ford (capt), Van Poortvliet; Whitcombe, Dolly, Heyes, Green, Snyman, Chessum, Reffell, Martin.
Replacements: Nadolo, Porter, Wigglesworth, Wiese, Robinson, Leatigaga, Van Wyk, Clare.
Sin-bin: Murimurivalu (29)
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (RFU).
