Gloucester Rugby vs Leicester Tigers LIVE: Play-by-play updates from Villa Park

Leicester hold off Gloucester fightback to retain Slater Cup at Villa Park

Tigers consolidated their play-off place with a 36-17 win

Gloucester Rugby vs Leicester Tigers LIVE: Play-by-play updates from Villa Park

All the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, analysis, stats and highlights from Villa Park

Gloucester 17 - 36 Leicester: A dominant Tigers side win The Slater Cup

Six tries by the Tigers saw them overpower a dormant Gloucester side to help elevate their playoff hopes. It only took two minutes for the away side to open the scoring; a pacey Will Wand hogged the touch line and ran round his opposing man to touch down in the corner after some excellent Leicester play exploited the overlap on the far wing. Billy Searle’s first attempt at the extras was slotted straight through the uprights. One try quickly tur…

Quick-fire Tigers put Gloucester to sword

■By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........................17pts Tries: Alemanno 21, Joseph 43, Bleuler 73 Conversion: C Atkinson 43 Leicester Tigers ............ 36pts Tries: Wand 2, Hamer-Webb 6, Blamire 11, 16; Bailey 39, Wells 78 Conversions: Searle 2, 39; O’Connor 78 GLOUCESTER’S first excursion to Villa Park was not a happy one as Leicester continued their rich vein […] The post Quick-fire Tigers put Gloucester to sword appeared first on The Rug…

Gloucester v Leicester: Five takeaways as Steve Borthwick would be 'foolish to ignore' Villa Park magic

Following Leicester Tigers' 36-17 victory over Gloucester in the PREM Rugby clash at Villa Park, here are our five takeaways from The Ed Slater Cup.

Leicester hold off Gloucester fightback to retain Slater Cup at Villa Park – UK Times

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Jamie Blamire scored two tries as Leicester convincingly beat Gloucester at Villa Park. Gloucester made a miserable start on their first excursion to the Premier League football ground in Birmingham, conceding 22 points in the opening quarter and never looked liked to overhaulin…