• Saracens 26-6 Leicester
• Hosts record first Premiership hat-trick of penalty tries in commanding winSix days after being accused of waging a bore war campaign,Saracens started the unique year as they had finished the old one, winning, and by a considerable distance. Leicester,for so long regarded as the home of forward play in England, made history by fitting the first team to concede three penalty tries in a Premiership match, and overwhelmed here for the third season running.
Leicester had won only three of their previous 12 Premiership fixtures against Saracens,but their director of rugby, Richard Cockerill, or omitted a number of his leading players with a intellect on the fixtures in the coming weeks against Northampton and in the European Champions Cup. The price was a moment defeat of the Premiership season and one that came at a cost,with Ed Slater and Tom Croft suffering first-half injuries.
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Source: theguardian.com