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Derby defeat in Premiership 'A' League

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Leicester Tigers Development XV were beaten 49-24 by Northampton Wanderers in the Premiership ‘A’ League at Loughborough University on Monday evening.

Northampton maintained their 100 per cent winning record in the competition, scoring seven tries in a clinical display against a youthful Tigers team. The visitors led 32-3 at the break after scoring four first-half tries to a penalty by Tom Hardwick.

Tigers rallied in the second-half period to score tries through fly-half Tom Hardwick and hooker Harry Mahoney and reduce the deficit to 32-17.

But Northampton ended any prospect of a comeback with three tries in the space of 10 minutes to maintain their position at the top of the Northern Conference.

Fred Tuilagi crossed for a consolation score on full-time for the Tigers to complete the scoring.

Will Evans captained the side, with further senior experience provided by the likes of Brendon O’Connor, Harry Wells and George Worth.

Northampton put down a marker by overturning possession at the first scrum while Evans led Tigers’ first meaningful attack with a charge from his own 22 and a kick deep into Wanderers’ territory that was well fielded by George Furbank.

The game was 12 minutes old when Northampton had the first scoring opportunity. Tigers were offside on their 22 and James Grayson landed a simple penalty to give the visitors a 3-0 lead. Grayson doubled the Northampton lead five minutes later after Tigers pulled down a maul on their 22.

Northampton stretched their lead further with the first try in the 18th minute. Rory Hutchinson’s break was finished off by Juan Pablo Estelles at the left corner. Grayson converted to give Wanderers a 13-0 lead.

Wanderers scored a second try on 20 minutes. Their forwards sucked in the Tigers defence under the posts and Nafi Tuitavake was in space on the right to dot down.

Tigers responded with a penalty of their own, Tom Hardwick landing his kick after Saints infringed at a ruck.

Northampton scored their third after 25 minutes, Tuitavake offloading brilliantly out of the tackle for Ben Nutley to charge over. Grayson’s conversion put them 25-3 ahead.

Holmes pounced on loose ball and hacked ahead. He led the chase with Jordan Olowofela but Furbank managed to get back. However, Furbank spilled the ball as he slid over his own line and then played it on the floor to deny the chasing Tigers possession and was shown a yellow card.

But despite being a man down, Northampton continued to press and scored a fourth try on 33 minutes. Lock Api Ratuniyarawa broke away from a maul and barrelled his way to the line as the visitors led 32-3 at the break.

Tigers steadied the ship in the early stages of the second period and claimed their opening try on 54 minutes.

Holmes made a lovely break from his own 22 into the Northampton 22 where Hardwick punched a line to score next to the posts. Hardwick converted his try to leave Tigers 32-10 down.

Tigers claimed a second try four minutes later. Hooker Mahoney tidied up scrappy lineout ball on the Northampton 22 and the gap opened up for him to dart through untouched to score. Hardwick’s conversion left Tigers 32-17 behind.

Wanderers remained a threat and they scored a fifth try of the evening in the 64th minute. Tuitavake made the most of space on the right to score at the corner

They crossed at the same corner 10 minutes from time, replacement full-back Tom Emery scorching a line to score. Estelles made it three tries in the space of 10 minutes when he raced onto Tuitavake’s pass to score.

Tigers finished the game on the attack and they grabbed a consolation try with the last attack as Tuilagi forced his way over from close range. Hardwick converted for the final points of the game.

Match Details

HT ScoreHalf Time Score

LEI 3-32 NOR

FT ScoreFull Time Score

LEI 24-49 NOR

Attendance

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Referee

Daniel Collins

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Northampton Wanderers
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Commentary

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Tigers Support

Thank you to all the supporters for joining us this evening at Loughborough University for our 'A' League fixture against Northampton Saints

Conversion Tigers

Tom Hardwick adds the conversion from the touchline to make the final score Tigers 24 Northampton 49 

Try Tigers

Tigers are awarded a number of penalties and move up the field, building phases unitl Fred Tuilagi gets the ball out on the wing to score Tigers third try of the match 

Conversion Northampton

Grayson gets the conversion to make it 17-49 as the clock hits 74 minutes at Loughborough University

Try Northampton

Juan Pablo Estelles gets his second try of the match to add to Northampton's score

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Conversion Missed

James Grayson is unable to add the conversion and add to Northampton's score so it remains 17-42 as we enter the last 10 minutes of the match 

Try Northampton

Northampton add another try through replacement Tom Emery

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Conversion Missed

Northampton push the conversion wide and the score stays at 17-37 as the clock hits 64 minutes 

Try Northampton

Northampton are next to add to the scoreboard with a try from wing Nafi Tuitavake

Conversion Tigers

Tom Hardwick adds to his and Tigers tally with the converison to make it 17-32 at 59 minutes

Try Tigers

A loose ball at the lineout and Tigers capitalise with hooker Harry Mahoney making a break and runs through to score

Conversion Tigers

Hardwick adds the conversion to make it 10 points for Tigers as the clock hits 55 minutes

Try Tigers

Tigers get their first try of the match through Tom Hardwick who makes a break through the defence on the 22 and makes it all the way to cross the line 

Second-half kick-off

The teams are back out and the second-half has kicked-off

Half-time

That's half-time and Tigers trail Northampton 3-23

Conversion Northampton

Grayson gets his third conversion and adds to Northamptons score to make it 3-32

Try Northampton

Northampton score their fourth try of the match through second row Api Ratuniyarawa

Yellow Card

A yellow card is shown to Northampton's George Furbank

Conversion Northampton

Grayson adds his second conversion of the evening 

Try Northampton

Northampton score their third try of the match with forward Ben Nutley crossing the line

Penalty Tigers

Tigers get their first points on the board with Tom Hardwick kicking a penalty

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Conversion Missed

Northampton are unable to add to the scoreboard and the conversion is pushed wide off the posts

Try Northampton

Northampton get their second try of the match through Nafi Tuitavake 

Conversion Northampton

James Grayson adds to his kicking tally with a conversion to make it 0-13 to Northampton

Try Northampton

Northampton build momentum and score a try through wing Juan Pablo Estelles

Penalty Northampton

Northampton add to the scoreboard with a penalty from the touchline to make it 0-6 after 16 minutes

Penalty Northampton

Northampton gets the first points on the board tonight with a penalty scored by James Grayson 

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End to End

No scores yet but both teams running the ball and it makes for some end-to-end rugby

Kick-Off

We have kick-off in the 'A' League against Northampton Wanderers

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Teams are in

The teams have finished the warm-ups and we are just a few minutes away from kick-off 

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Welcome to Loughborough

Good evening and welcome to our 'A' League fixture hosted at Loughborough University. 


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