Leicester see off Northampton seconds, clinching 11th consecutive play-off place
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Leicester see off Northampton seconds, clinching 11th consecutive play-off place
All as expected here, as Leicester firsts beat Northampton seconds, so that Leicester are through to their 11th consecutive play-off as they finished third in the Aviva Premiership table.
They will travel to Bath next weekend.
Unsatisfying? Well, it was not the finest of games, for sure.
It was scrappy and edgy, with Northampton’s reserves often defending heroically and always competing ferociously at the breakdown.
And one has to feel some sympathy for Leicester – and not just because the disappointing news about Manu Tuilagi on Friday can hardly have helped.
They had reached suc…
They will travel to Bath next weekend.
Unsatisfying? Well, it was not the finest of games, for sure.
It was scrappy and edgy, with Northampton’s reserves often defending heroically and always competing ferociously at the breakdown.
And one has to feel some sympathy for Leicester – and not just because the disappointing news about Manu Tuilagi on Friday can hardly have helped.
They had reached suc…
