Premiership Highlights: Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers

Premiership Highlights: Northampton Saints vs Leicester Tigers

Northampton Saints cruised to a 36-13 home win over the Leicester Tigers in the east midlands derby in round 5 of the Premiership. Leicester opened the scoring with an early penalty, but Saints hit back with the games first try to lead 7-3. Leicester went over for their first try to hit the front, but the remainder of the first half belonged to the hosts who added a penalty to level things up before running in two tries to take a 24-10 advantage into the break. Saints picked up a yellow card ten minutes into the second half, with the resulting Leicester penalty narrowing the gap to 24-13. However, it was all Saints thereafter as the hosts crossed for a further two tries to seal a comfortable victory.



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