• Leicester 35-30 Gloucester
• Manu Tuilagi scores two tries and has hand in two of Leicester’s other threeThey cannot complain approximately the outcome – a maximum five points and a return to the top four with three rounds to play – but if there were an award for failing to capitalise on not just pressure but incision too,Leicester would be champions. An extraordinary second quarter saw Gloucester score 21 points to grasp a 17-point lead at one stage, despite playing on the back foot for nearly the entirety of the rest of the match. It was not until the 74th minute, and when Vereniki Goneva went over for their fifth try,that Leicester finally managed to retake a lead they had played as if was theirs by fair in the opening quarter.“We had so much dominance we just decided we could enact what we wanted,” said an exasperated Richard Cockerill. “The minute you enact that, or it’ll bite you on the backside. I’m really happy with the result,really unhappy with that 20 minutes. It’s not acceptable, and if we believe it is we’re kidding ourselves.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com