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Highlights | Tigers defeat Gloucester

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Watch the Match Highlights from the Gallagher Premiership game between Leicester Tigers and Gloucester Rugby at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in Round 18 of the 21/22 season.

Tigers claimed a bonus-point win in a 35-23 success against Gloucester Rugby on Saturday.

Tigers led 14-6 midway through the opening half when Jasper Wiese added to a score by Jack van Poortvliet, but the visitors fought back to lead by two points at the break.

Gloucester went into the weekend in fourth place in the table and with just two away defeats on their record, but scores from Hanro Liebenberg and finally Guy Porter, coupled with the kicking of Freddie Burns ensured there would be a third at the hands of the Tigers.

Liebenberg was back as captain after starting on the bench in the win at Bath in Round 17, while Steve Borthwick gave a first start to Chris Ashton and recalled Nic Dolly, who was among the scorers in the away win over Gloucester in Round 2, to his matchday squad.

George Skivington, the former Tigers second-rower who is now head coach at Gloucester, included former Leicester prop Fraser Balmain in his starting front row and was able to name Mark Atkinson and Louis Rees-Zammit after their release from Six Nations squads. 

Rugby News

Chessum earns British & Irish Lions selection

Ollie Chessum has been selected in the 2025 British & Irish Lions squad for the tour of Australia.

The Leicester Tigers and England forward was named in Andy Farrell's touring party at The O2 Arena on Thursday afternoon. 

Chessum joins an illustrious list of Tigers players to be selected in Lions touring groups, two of the most recent of which are Chessum's clubmates Dan Cole and Ben Youngs.

Leicester Tigers players who have been British & Irish Lions tourists: John Jackett (1908), Fred Jackson (1908), Tom Smith (1908), Kenneth Wood (1910), Doug Prentice (1930), George Beamish (1930), Douglas Kendrew (1930), Bernard Gadney (1936), Phil Horrocks-Taylor (1959), Tony O'Reilly (1959), Rodger Arneil (1971), Alan Old (1974), Peter Wheeler (1977 & 1980), Clive Woodward (1980 & 1983), Paul Dodge (1980), Dusty Hare (1983), Dean Richards (1989 & 1993), Rory Underwood (1989 & 1993), Tony Underwood (1993), Martin Johnson (1993, 1997 & 2001), Graham Rowntree (1997 & 2005), Neil Back (1997 & 2001), Will Greenwood (1997), Austin Healey (1997 & 2001), Eric Miller (1997), Martin Corry (2001 & 2005), Dorian West (2001), Ben Kay (2005), Lewis Moody (2005), Geordan Murphy (2005), Ollie Smith (2005), Julian White (2005), Tom Croft (2009 & 2013), Harry Ellis (2009), Dan Cole (2013 & 2017), Geoff Parling (2013), Manu Tuilagi (2013), Ben Youngs (2013), Tom Youngs (2013)

The Lions schedule for the tour of Australia is:

  • Friday, June 20 - Lions v Argentina, Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
  • Saturday, June 28 - Lions v Western Force, Perth (Optus Stadium)
  • Wednesday, July 2 - Lions v Queensland Reds, Brisbane (Suncorp Stadium)
  • Saturday, July 5 - Lions v NSW Waratahs, Sydney (Allianz Stadium)
  • Wednesday, July 9 - Lions v ACT Brumbies, Canberra (GIO Stadium)
  • Saturday, July 12 - Lions v Invitational AU & NZ, Adelaide (Adelaide Oval)
  • Saturday, July 19 - Lions v Australia, first Test, Brisbane (Suncorp Stadium)
  • Tuesday, July 22 - Lions v Melbourne Rebels, Melbourne (Marvel Stadium)
  • Saturday, July 26 - Lions v Australia, second Test, Melbourne (Melbourne Cricket Ground/MCG)
  • Saturday, August 2 - Lions v Australia, third Test, Sydney (Accor Stadium)

All matches kick off at 11am BST except for the first game, in Dublin, which will kick off at 8pm BST.