Leicester 24 - 8 Northampton

Full time

12 Oct 2024

Stage: Regular Season Round 4

Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium

Leicester Tigers secured a convincing 24-8 victory over Northampton Saints at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium. Freddie Steward opened the scoring with a try in the third minute, followed by a successful conversion from Handre Pollard. Despite Tommy Reffell's yellow card shortly after, Leicester maintained control, with Pollard adding a penalty to extend the lead. Olly Cracknell scored another try for Leicester just after halftime, with Pollard converting again. The Saints struggled to find their rhythm, with Tom Pearson receiving a yellow card late in the game. Leicester's Ollie Chessum added a third try, further solidifying their dominance. Northampton's only response came in the final moments with a try from Tommy Freeman, but it was too little, too late.

Weather

Temperature: 10.9°C (Feels like 5.0°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 23.8 km/h, gusting to 44.2 km/h Humidity: 70% Cloud Cover: 57%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
3'

Try

Freddie Steward · Leicester

5 - 0
3'

Conversion

Handre Pollard · Leicester

7 - 0
13'

Yellow Card

Tommy Reffell · Leicester
13'

Substitution

Henry Pollock on for Sam Graham · Northampton
21'

Penalty

Handre Pollard · Leicester

10 - 0
23'

Substitution

Charlie Clare on for Julian Montoya · Leicester
23'

Yellow Card Complete

Tommy Reffell · Leicester
31'

Yellow Card

Curtis Langdon · Northampton
32'

Substitution

Julian Montoya on for Charlie Clare · Leicester
36'

Penalty

Fin Smith · Northampton

10 - 3
39'

Substitution

Robbie Smith on for Tom Litchfield · Northampton
40'

Substitution

Trevor Davison on for Elliot Millar Mills · Northampton
Halftime 10 - 3
Second Half
41'

Yellow Card Complete

Curtis Langdon · Northampton
43'

Yellow Card

Handre Pollard · Leicester
43'

Substitution

Tom Litchfield on for Robbie Smith · Northampton
47'

Substitution

Ollie Sleightholme on for George Furbank · Northampton
53'

Try

Olly Cracknell · Leicester

15 - 3
53'

Yellow Card Complete

Handre Pollard · Leicester
54'

Conversion

Handre Pollard · Leicester

17 - 3
54'

Substitution

Robbie Smith on for Curtis Langdon · Northampton
54'

Substitution

Tom Pearson on for Angus Scott-Young · Northampton
54'

Substitution

Charlie Clare on for Julian Montoya · Leicester
54'

Substitution

Tom West on for Emmanuel Iyogun · Northampton
57'

Substitution

Dan Cole on for Joe Heyes · Leicester
59'

Yellow Card

Tom Pearson · Northampton
61'

Try

Ollie Chessum · Leicester

22 - 3
62'

Conversion

Handre Pollard · Leicester

24 - 3
63'

Substitution

James Cronin on for Nicky Smith · Leicester
65'

Substitution

Ben Youngs on for Jack van Poortvliet · Leicester
69'

Substitution

Will Wand on for Dan Kelly · Leicester
69'

Substitution

Emeka Ilione on for Tommy Reffell · Leicester
69'

Yellow Card Complete

Tom Pearson · Northampton
70'

Substitution

Jake Garside on for Tom Litchfield · Northampton
70'

Substitution

Gavin Thornbury on for Temo Mayanavanua · Northampton
70'

Substitution

Come Joussain on for Harry Wells · Leicester
80'

Try

Tommy Freeman · Northampton

24 - 8
Fulltime 24 - 8

Player ratings

Leicester

15 Freddie Steward 8.0
14 Anthony Watson 6.4
13 Dan Kelly 5.9
12 Joseph Woodward 7.5
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins 7.4
10 Handre Pollard 5.2
9 Jack van Poortvliet 7.2
1 Nicky Smith 6.5
2 Julian Montoya 7.3
3 Joe Heyes 7.1
4 Harry Wells 7.2
5 Ollie Chessum 8.3
6 Hanro Liebenberg 6.5
7 Tommy Reffell 5.4
8 Olly Cracknell 8.1
16 Charlie Clare 7.1
17 James Cronin 5.9
18 Dan Cole 7.2
19 Come Joussain 6.2
20 Emeka Ilione 6.3
21 Ben Youngs 6.3
22 Jamie Shillcock –
23 Will Wand 6.1

Northampton

15 George Furbank 5.9
14 James Ramm 6.4
13 Tom Litchfield 6.0
12 Rory Hutchinson 6.1
11 Tommy Freeman 7.6
10 Fin Smith 6.3
9 Archie McParland 6.1
1 Emmanuel Iyogun 5.2
2 Curtis Langdon 5.7
3 Elliot Millar Mills 5.8
4 Temo Mayanavanua 6.9
5 Chunya Munga 6.9
6 Josh Kemeny 6.4
7 Angus Scott-Young 7.2
8 Sam Graham 5.9
16 Robbie Smith 6.2
17 Tom West 6.0
18 Trevor Davison 6.5
19 Gavin Thornbury 5.8
20 Tom Pearson 4.8
21 Henry Pollock 6.6
22 Jake Garside 6.3
23 Ollie Sleightholme 6.1