A flurry of second-half tries noticed Leicester stage a outstanding fightback to open their residence marketing campaign with a 29-19 victory over Harlequins.
A 52nd-minute yellow card for Quins’ Jack Walker proved the turning level because the Tigers spun round a 19-0 deficit with 4 tries within the closing 25 minutes.
Will Wand scored two of them with Jack van Poortvliet and Ollie Hassell-Collins additionally crossing, whereas Billy Searle transformed three and added a penalty.
Will Porter scored Harlequins’ solely strive. Jarrod Evans added the extras and kicked three penalties with Jamie Benson additionally including a penalty.
A penalty from Evans gave Quins a sixth-minute lead however they quickly suffered a blow once they misplaced flanker Jack Kenningham to a facial damage briefly earlier than he returned to observe his aspect rating 10 factors inside a minute.
The essential second then arrived as Harlequins misplaced Walker to a yellow card for a deliberate offside earlier than their talisman and skipper, Dombrandt, departed with an damage.
Tigers needed to capitalise they usually did so when a neat offload from Searle offered alternative Wand with a easy activity of touching down.
The tide was now firmly with the house aspect and it got here as no shock when first they produced the perfect transfer of the match to ship Hassell-Collins racing over, earlier than a second strive for Wand secured their bonus-point victory to go away a bemused Quins with nothing.
Feyi-Waboso’s hat-trick guides Exeter to victory over Newcastle
England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso scored a hat-trick of tries as Exeter acquired their residence marketing campaign off to a fantastic begin with a 38-15 bonus-point victory over Newcastle.
It took his tally to 5 in two matches since his return from a hamstring damage and is a superb enhance for England head coach Steve Borthwick forward of the forthcoming autumn internationals.
Newcastle made adjustments to their administration construction throughout the week, together with selling Alan Dickens from senior coach to go coach, with director of rugby Steve Diamond leaving the membership.
Nonetheless, it was the identical outdated story on the sector because the Pink Bulls have been largely swept away by a staff who completed one place above them on the foot of final season’s desk.
Chiefs picked up the place they left off of their spectacular second-half exhibiting at Northampton final Sunday, and had a strive bonus level within the bag after solely 35 minutes.
South African hooker Joseph Dweba compelled his manner over from a catch-and-drive for his first Prem attempt to register Exeter’s bonus-point rating to place Chiefs firmly within the driving seat at 24-3 up.
Nonetheless, Newcastle gave themselves a glimmer of hope proper on the stroke of half-time when skipper George McGuigan was on the tip of their very own driving maul, and Pink Bulls fly-half Brett Connon added a superb conversion.
The second half was largely uneventful till Harvey Skinner’s crossfield kick discovered Feyi-Waboso in acres of area to cross the road and run in in direction of the posts, with Slade changing to place the sport nearly out of Newcastle’s attain at 31-10.
Skinner scored the strive his efficiency deserved when he broke away and dotted down below the posts for a sixth of the sport for Chiefs, for whom England under-20 again rower Greg Fisilau was excellent.
Newcastle, although, managed a late comfort by means of Alex Hearle to present the scoreline a contact extra respectability.
Willis evokes stylish Saracens to huge win over Bristol
Owen Farrell made a triumphant return to StoneX Stadium however it was the rampaging Tom Willis who starred in Saracens’ 50-17 Gallagher Premiership victory over Bristol.
Farrell made his first look on the north London floor for 504 days, having returned from a season-long spell at Racing 92 throughout the summer season and he completed with a 13-point haul.
Saracens plundered seven tries with wing Jack Bracken pouncing twice and on a day when most parts of their sport fired superbly, man of the match Willis emerged because the standout performer.
The England quantity eight’s muscular carrying was a key distinction between the rivals as repeatedly he propelled his staff on to the entrance foot, whereas he was additionally a rock in defence.
It was a extremely spectacular efficiency from Saracens they usually ruthlessly dispatched a Bristol aspect which might be reeling from the lack of the influential AJ MacGinty, Harry Randall and Gabriel Ibitoye to long-term accidents.
In one other blow to the hapless Bears, wing Louis Rees-Zammit needed to be helped off within the second half due to damage. Centre Joe Jenkins had already departed with a knock.
Farrell kicked a penalty to accompany his two conversions after which Saracens engineered an attention grabbing third strive that started with a poor Bristol kick once they had run out of concepts in assault.
Compounding errors for the Bears was a excessive deal with by Viliame Mata on Noah Caluori, leading to a yellow card, however they a minimum of began the second half with a fantastic strive by Kieran Marmion made attainable by Rees-Zammit’s energy within the carry.
It was solely a brief halt to the stream of Saracens factors with wing Bracken crossing twice in fast succession, the second a show of his velocity from a standing begin.
Rees-Zammit teed up Marmion’s second try to the scrum-half then scampered over for his hat-trick, however inevitably Saracens had the ultimate say with Hugh Tizard powering his manner throughout the road.
