Sale 22-42 Leicester
It was not all good news for Leicester, but they have booked their place in the playoff semi-final, as usual, and they are looking mighty fine at just the right time, as usual. Sale made a better fist of things than the scoreline might suggest, certainly in the first half, and also in the final quarter when they scored three excellent tries. But when the Tigers put their foot down with tries either side of half-time Sale could not live with them.
Only a very few would have. We will see how Saracens, for example, handle them next Saturday when they travel to Welford Road in a fixture that may yet prove a dry run for the final. Win there like this, and Leicester could even pinch a home semi-final, although that would require Northampton getting nothing from their home fixture with Wasps.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 15 hours ago.
It was not all good news for Leicester, but they have booked their place in the playoff semi-final, as usual, and they are looking mighty fine at just the right time, as usual. Sale made a better fist of things than the scoreline might suggest, certainly in the first half, and also in the final quarter when they scored three excellent tries. But when the Tigers put their foot down with tries either side of half-time Sale could not live with them.
Only a very few would have. We will see how Saracens, for example, handle them next Saturday when they travel to Welford Road in a fixture that may yet prove a dry run for the final. Win there like this, and Leicester could even pinch a home semi-final, although that would require Northampton getting nothing from their home fixture with Wasps.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 15 hours ago.