Leicester Tigers v Saracens — Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · Round 1
Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
Tigers
4th in Premiership
· UTC
38
40
Full-time
1st half 12–212nd half 26–19
Saracens
3rd in Premiership
Tigers scorers:
Tries Kata 16′, Hamer-Webb 27′, Hamer-Webb 45′, Hamer-Webb 51′, Radwan 54′, Thompson 67′
Cons Searle 17′, Searle 52′, Searle 55′, Searle 68′
Saracens scorers:
Tries González 2′, Elliott 10′, Daly 34′, Earl 48′, Segun 61′, Segun 73′
Cons Burke 3′, Burke 10′, Burke 35′, Burke 49′, Burke 62′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sun 15:00
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sun 16:00
- Sydney (AEST)
- Mon 00:00
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Mon 03:00
Venue
Welford Road Stadium, Leicester
Form and season so far
Season figures: Premiership Rugby table.
Premiership Rugby table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloucester Rugby, your team | +62 | 12 |
| 2 | Northampton Saints, your team | +41 | 11 |
| 3 | Saracens, your team | +21 | 11 |
| 4 | Leicester Tigers, your team | +10 | 11 |
| 5 | Bath Rugby, your team | −1 | 11 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time38–40
- 79′ Replacement Tigers: Makovina Vunipola On for Orlando Bailey
- 75′ Replacement Saracens: Charlie Bracken On for Tomos Williams
- 75′ Replacement Saracens: Eoghan Clarke On for Nick Isiekwe
- 74′ Replacement Tigers: Tom Whiteley On for Jack Van Poortvliet
- 74′ Replacement Tigers: Ollie Hassell-Collins On for Solomone Kata
- 73′ Try Saracens: Rotimi Segun Try 38–40
- 72′ Yellow card Tigers: Tarek Haffar Yellow card
- 68′ Conversion Tigers: Billy Searle Conversion 38–35
- 67′ Try Tigers: James Thompson Try 36–35
- 65′ Replacement Tigers: James Thompson On for Finn Carnduff
- 65′ Replacement Tigers: Will Hurd On for Joe Heyes
- 63′ Replacement Tigers: Joaquín Moro On for Olly Cracknell
- 62′ Conversion Saracens: Fergus Burke Conversion 31–35
- 61′ Try Saracens: Rotimi Segun Try 31–33
- 55′ Conversion Tigers: Billy Searle Conversion 31–28
- 55′ Replacement Saracens: Olamide Sodeke On for Hugh Tizard
- 55′ Replacement Saracens: Nathan Michelow On for Juan Martín González
- 54′ Try Tigers: Adam Radwan Try 29–28
- 54′ Red card Saracens: Nick Isiekwe Red card
- 52′ Conversion Tigers: Billy Searle Conversion 24–28
- 51′ Try Tigers: Gabriel Hamer-Webb Try 22–28
- 49′ Conversion Saracens: Fergus Burke Conversion 17–28
- 48′ Try Saracens: Ben Earl Try 17–26
- 47′ Replacement Tigers: Orlando Bailey On for Joseph Woodward
- 47′ Replacement Tigers: Tarek Haffar On for Makovina Vunipola
- 45′ Try Tigers: Gabriel Hamer-Webb Try 17–21
- 41′ Replacement Saracens: Ben Earl On for Alfie Barbeary
- 41′ Replacement Saracens: Tobias Elliott On for Ben Earl
- 41′ Replacement Saracens: Alec Clarey On for Marcus Street
- 41′ Replacement Saracens: Phil Brantingham On for Eroni Mawi
- Half-time12–21
- 35′ Conversion Saracens: Fergus Burke Conversion 12–21
- 34′ Try Saracens: Elliot Daly Try 12–19
- 32′ Replacement Saracens: Ben Earl On for Tobias Elliott
- 27′ Try Tigers: Gabriel Hamer-Webb Try 12–14
- 17′ Conversion Tigers: Billy Searle Conversion 7–14
- 16′ Try Tigers: Solomone Kata Try 5–14
- 14′ Replacement Saracens: Max Malins On for Olly Hartley
- 10′ Conversion Saracens: Fergus Burke Conversion 0–14
- 10′ Try Saracens: Tobias Elliott Try 0–12
- 3′ Conversion Saracens: Fergus Burke Conversion 0–7
- 2′ Try Saracens: Juan Martín González Try 0–5
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Tigers
Coach: Geoff Parling- 1 Makovina Vunipola
- 3 Joe Heyes
- 4 Finn Carnduff
- 5 Cameron Henderson
- 6 Aaron Wainwright
- 7 Tommy Reffell
- 8 Olly Cracknell
- 9 Jack Van Poortvliet (captain)
- 10 Billy Searle
- 11 Gabriel Hamer-Webb
- 12 Joseph Woodward
- 13 Solomone Kata
- 14 Adam Radwan
- 15 Freddie Steward
Replacements
Saracens
Coach: Brendan Venter- 1 Eroni Mawi Prop
- 2 Theo Dan Hooker
- 3 Marcus Street Prop
- 4 Maro Itoje (captain) Lock
- 5 Hugh Tizard Lock
- 6 Nick Isiekwe Flanker
- 7 Juan Martín González Flanker
- 8 Alfie Barbeary No. 8
- 9 Tomos Williams Scrum-half
- 10 Fergus Burke Fly-half
- 11 Rotimi Segun Wing
- 12 Olly Hartley Centre
- 13 Nick Tompkins Centre
- 14 Tobias Elliott Wing
- 15 Elliot Daly Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Eoghan Clarke on at 75′
- 17 Phil Brantingham on at 41′
- 18 Alec Clarey on at 41′
- 19 Olamide Sodeke on at 55′
- 20 Nathan Michelow on at 55′
- 21 Ben Earl on at 41′
- 22 Charlie Bracken on at 75′
- 23 Max Malins on at 14′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Tigers 51%, Saracens 49%
Carries: Tigers 100, Saracens 95
Metres made: Tigers 617, Saracens 431
Line breaks: Tigers 10, Saracens 8
Tackles made: Tigers 131, Saracens 162
Tackles missed: Tigers 23, Saracens 28
Turnovers won: Tigers 3, Saracens 3
Lineouts won: Tigers 11/14, Saracens 14/15
Scrums won: Tigers 4/4, Saracens 6/7
Penalties conceded: Tigers 9, Saracens 7
Yellow cards: Tigers 1, Saracens 0
Red cards: Tigers 0, Saracens 1
Passes: Tigers 137, Saracens 115
Tries: Tigers 6, Saracens 6
Try assists: Tigers 5, Saracens 5
Conversions: Tigers 4, Saracens 5
Penalty goals: Tigers 0, Saracens 0
Drop goals: Tigers 0, Saracens 0
Turnovers: Tigers 17, Saracens 12
Offloads: Tigers 5, Saracens 6
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Tigers wins
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- Saracens wins
- 1
Last 4 meetings in our data, all competitions.
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