Esterhuizen

By MG
December 6 2021

It was tight it was tense and in the end Tigers just shaded the weekend's big game 16-14.

Leicester are a very powerful and pragmatic outfit whose main threat came from the aerial bombs of George Ford - we can expect to receive more of those in the weeks to come.

Having Marcus Smith in the bin for ten minutes didn't help (he couldn't argue after slapping the ball down) and if the Ref hadn't got in the way Alex Dombrandt's "try" would not have been chalked off.

No tries in the first half an one each in the second for Harry Potter and a simply superb effort from Louis Lynagh who kicked along the touchline evading a flag and the toich judge to win the foot race to touchdown.

Tabai Matson said after the game: "Our performance was strong, but it wasn't good enough and when we look back we will rue the opportunities we missed.

"Alex collided with the referee early on when we could have scored and in the second half there were a couple of blown chances when better handling would have seen us under the posts.

"Leicester squeeze you to death so you only get one or two opportunities in a game, which you must take, and they are nine from nine for a reason.".