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LEICESTER TIGERS v NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
– MATCHFILE – LEICESTER TIGERS 39-15 NEWCASTLE FALCONS Saturday April 10 2021 / European Challenge Cup Quarter-Final Attendance: Closed doors / Referee: Mr Romain Poite (Fra) LEICESTER TIGERS 15 Freddie Steward 14 Harry Potter 2T 13 Matías Moroni T 12 Matt Scott 11 Kini Murimurivalu 10 Johnny McPhillips P/C 9 Richard Wigglesworth (c)
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Luan de Bruin Charlie Clare Joe Heyes Harry Wells Cameron Henderson George Martin Tommy Reffell Hanro Liebenberg
Tigers booked a place in the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup for a second successive year with a convincing victory over Newcastle Falcons, which featured two tries from Harry Potter and two penalty tries. Potter provided the opening score when he read a kick in behind the Falcons defence from Johnny McPhillips and then the forwards added a penalty try from a maul which was pulled down as it reached the tryline. Falcons lost skipper Mark Wilson to the sin-bin for his part in that incident but a score from George Wacokecoke brought the game back to 15-8 as halftime approached. Matias Moroni then supplied a third try for Tigers, but Falcons replied to keep it tight entering the final quarter until a penalty from replacement fly-half George Ford finally provided a 10-point buffer. A second penalty try from a maul followed, as did two more yellow cards including a second for prop Kyle Cooper who had just returned to the field to provide a full compliment of front-rowers. Potter then capitalised on space out wide
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Tom Youngs Ellis Genge Dan Cole Tomás Lavanini Jasper Wiese Jack Van Poortvliet George Ford Dan Kelly
to score his second as Tigers moved into the last four of the competition. NOTEBOOK… 100th Tigers appearance for George Ford… Four yellow cards for Falcons including two to prop Kyle Cooper… Uncontested scrums in the closing stages after yellow cards to Cooper and Tampin… Kick-off followed a
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FALCONS: Penny, Wacokecoke, Orlando, Lucock, Stevenson, Connon, Young; Davison, McGuigan, Mulipola, Peterson, Robinson, Welsh, Wilson (c), Chick. Reps: Blamire, Cooper, Tempin, Farrar, Graham, Schreuder, Matavesi, Vuna
two-minute silence in respect of the Duke of Edinburgh who died the previous day… Dean Richards included four former Tigers in his starting line-up. QUOTE... “They are a difficult team to beat. If we keep improving it should hold us in good stead.” Mike Ford
