Leicester 33 - 19 Bristol

Full time

22 Mar 2026

English Premiership

Stage: Regular Season Round 11

Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium

Leicester vs Bristol head to head

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Leicester Tigers secured a convincing 33-19 victory over Bristol Bears at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium. The home side took an early lead with tries from Moro and Liebenberg, both converted by Searle. Bristol responded with two quick tries from Harding and Ravouvou, making it a competitive first half. Searle added penalties to extend Leicester's lead before halftime. In the second half, Harry Palmer scored to further increase the Tigers' advantage. Despite a late try from Fitz Harding for Bristol, Leicester sealed their win with a final try from Hamer-Webb. Searle's performance with the boot proved crucial in Leicester's dominant display.

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Weather

Temperature: 12.9°C (Feels like 11.4°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 6.8 km/h, gusting to 12.0 km/h Humidity: 63% Cloud Cover: 97%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
10'

Missed Drop Goal

Billy Searle · Leicester
17'

Try

Joaquin Moro · Leicester

5 - 0
18'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

7 - 0
20'

Try

Hanro Liebenberg · Leicester

12 - 0
21'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

14 - 0
29'

Try

Fitz Harding · Bristol

14 - 5
30'

Conversion

Sam Worsley · Bristol

14 - 7
31'

Try

Kalaveti Ravouvou · Bristol

14 - 12
38'

Penalty

Billy Searle · Leicester

17 - 12
Halftime 17 - 12
Second Half
44'

Penalty

Billy Searle · Leicester

20 - 12
47'

Substitution

Jack van Poortvliet on for Tom Whiteley · Leicester
47'

Substitution

Matias Moroni on for Sam Worsley · Bristol
49'

Substitution

Santiago Grondona on for Viliame Mata · Bristol
51'

Substitution

Archie van der Flier on for Nicky Smith · Leicester
51'

Substitution

Izaia Perese on for Will Wand · Leicester
52'

Try

Fitz Harding · Bristol

20 - 17
53'

Conversion

James Williams · Bristol

20 - 19
53'

Substitution

Harry Palmer on for Olly Cracknell · Leicester
57'

Substitution

Kieran Marmion on for Harry Randall · Bristol
58'

Substitution

Will Hurd on for Joe Heyes · Leicester
58'

Substitution

George Taylor on for Steven Luatua · Bristol
65'

Try

Harry Palmer · Leicester

25 - 19
67'

Substitution

Lovejoy Chawatama on for George Kloska · Bristol
69'

Substitution

Aidan Boshoff on for Noah Heward · Bristol
71'

Substitution

Finn Theobald-Thomas on for Jamie Blamire · Leicester
77'

Penalty

Billy Searle · Leicester

28 - 19
81'

Try

Gabriel Hamer-Webb · Leicester

33 - 19
Fulltime 33 - 19

Player ratings

Leicester

15 Freddie Steward 7.0
14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb 7.7
13 Will Wand 6.4
12 Orlando Bailey 7.0
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins 6.5
10 Billy Searle 8.3
9 Tom Whiteley 6.1
1 Nicky Smith 6.3
2 Jamie Blamire 7.7
3 Joe Heyes 6.1
4 Hanro Liebenberg 8.1
5 Ollie Chessum 7.2
6 Joaquin Moro 8.8
7 Hamish Watson 7.5
8 Olly Cracknell 7.6
16 Finn Theobald-Thomas –
17 Archie van der Flier 6.1
18 Will Hurd 6.5
19 Osian Thomas –
20 Harry Palmer 6.9
21 Jack van Poortvliet 6.7
22 James O'Connor –
23 Izaia Perese 6.3

Bristol

15 Noah Heward 7.0
14 Kalaveti Ravouvou 8.8
13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg 7.2
12 James Williams 6.1
11 Gabriel Ibitoye 6.1
10 Sam Worsley 6.2
9 Harry Randall 6.3
1 Jake Woolmore 6.1
2 Gabriel Oghre 7.8
3 George Kloska 5.5
4 James Dun 4.9
5 Joe Owen 6.2
6 Steven Luatua 6.4
7 Fitz Harding 8.6
8 Viliame Mata 7.0
16 Tomas Gwilliam –
17 Sam Grahamslaw –
18 Lovejoy Chawatama 5.7
19 George Taylor 6.0
20 Santiago Grondona 6.2
21 Kieran Marmion 6.0
22 Matias Moroni 6.0
23 Aidan Boshoff 5.9