On the day that Tigers moved to the top of the Guinness Premiership table thanks to victory over Bristol Rugby, the club's academy side crushed North Walsham 42-5 at Oval Park.

Tigers Academy scored six tries through six different scorers to back up their 47-3 defeat of Ricmond earlier in the month.

No.8 Dan Hemingway was joined on the scoresheet by fellow debutant Robert Bell, with Karl Pallas, Vavae Tuilagi, Aiden McNulty and captain Greg Sammons also crossing for Tigers.

McNulty converted all six tries for apersonal tally of 17 points.

Half-time: 35-5

Tigers Academy

15 Ben Youngs
14 Nathaniel Lowers
13 Chris Fletcher
12 Karl Pallas
11 Vavae Tuilagi
10 Aiden McNulty
9 Sam Harrison

1 Andy Brown
2 Greg Sammons (captain)
3 Ian Smith
4 Dan Hurst
5 Tom McGregor
 6 Ben Avent
7 Robert Bell
 8 Dan Hemingway

Replacements

Greig Tonks 
Spencer Eke 
Jack Cobden 
Joe Tate 
Tom Collett   
Adam Parkins 
Gregor Gillanders 
Chris Mundy 
 
Tries
   
Dan Hemingway  
Karl Pallas  
Vavae Tuilagi 
Greg Sammons 
Aiden McNulty 
Robert Bell 
   
Conversions

McNulty  6