Leicester 38 - 31 Gloucester

Full time

09 Oct 2026

Stage: Regular Season Round 3

Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium

Leicester Tigers triumphed over Gloucester Rugby with a final score of 38-31 in a thrilling encounter at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium. Gloucester began strongly, scoring two early tries through Morgan and Bleuler, establishing a 14-0 lead. However, Leicester responded decisively, with Carnduff, Heyes, and Blamire touching down to take a 21-14 lead at halftime. The Tigers extended their advantage with a penalty and a try from Wainwright soon after the break. Gloucester fought back with a try from Trenholm, narrowing the score to 31-19. Leicester's Hassell-Collins then scored, pushing the lead to 38-21 before Gloucester's late efforts, including tries from Innard and a penalty from Barton, brought them within seven points. Ultimately, Leicester held on for a hard-fought victory, continuing their recent dominance over Gloucester.

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Weather

Temperature: 13.2°C (Feels like 8.0°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 19.9 km/h, gusting to 41.5 km/h Humidity: 70% Cloud Cover: 42%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Yellow Card

Billy Searle · Leicester
3'

Try

Jac Morgan · Gloucester

0 - 5
4'

Conversion

Caolan Englefield · Gloucester

0 - 7
8'

Try

Dian Bleuler · Gloucester

0 - 12
9'

Conversion

Caolan Englefield · Gloucester

0 - 14
12'

Yellow Card Complete

Billy Searle · Leicester
13'

Substitution

Mako Vunipola on for Archie van der Flier · Leicester
14'

Try

Finn Carnduff · Leicester

5 - 14
15'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

7 - 14
24'

Substitution

Archie van der Flier on for Mako Vunipola · Leicester
28'

Try

Joe Heyes · Leicester

12 - 14
29'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

14 - 14
35'

Try

Jamie Blamire · Leicester

19 - 14
36'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

21 - 14
Halftime 21 - 14
Second Half
47'

Penalty

Billy Searle · Leicester

24 - 14
49'

Yellow Card

Freddie Thomas · Gloucester
50'

Try

Aaron Wainwright · Leicester

29 - 14
51'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

31 - 14
51'

Substitution

Jack Innard on for Dewi Lake · Gloucester
52'

Substitution

Max Llewellyn on for Ollie Thorley · Gloucester
52'

Substitution

Ciaran Knight on for Afolabi Fasogbon · Gloucester
56'

Substitution

George Barton on for Ben Redshaw · Gloucester
56'

Substitution

Mako Vunipola on for Archie van der Flier · Leicester
56'

Substitution

Adam Radwan on for Gabriel Hamer-Webb · Leicester
56'

Substitution

Will Hurd on for Joe Heyes · Leicester
59'

Try

Will Trenholm · Gloucester

31 - 19
59'

Yellow Card Complete

Freddie Thomas · Gloucester
60'

Conversion

George Barton · Gloucester

31 - 21
60'

Substitution

Dan Robson on for Caolan Englefield · Gloucester
61'

Substitution

Jack Clement on for Will Trenholm · Gloucester
61'

Substitution

Tom Whiteley on for Jack van Poortvliet · Leicester
61'

Substitution

James Thompson on for Finn Carnduff · Leicester
61'

Substitution

Joaquin Moro on for Olly Cracknell · Leicester
68'

Substitution

Deian Gwynne on for Jean Kleyn · Gloucester
69'

Try

Ollie Hassell-Collins · Leicester

36 - 21
70'

Conversion

Billy Searle · Leicester

38 - 21
70'

Substitution

Samiuela Moli on for Jamie Blamire · Leicester
74'

Substitution

Joseph Woodward on for Billy Searle · Leicester
79'

Try

Jack Innard · Gloucester

38 - 28
79'

Conversion

George Barton · Gloucester

38 - 23
83'

Penalty

George Barton · Gloucester

38 - 31
Fulltime 38 - 31

Player ratings

Leicester

15 Freddie Steward 7.2
14 Gabriel Hamer-Webb 6.4
13 Will Wand 7.2
12 Orlando Bailey 6.6
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins 8.9
10 Billy Searle 6.2
9 Jack van Poortvliet 6.4
1 Archie van der Flier 6.9
2 Jamie Blamire 7.2
3 Joe Heyes 7.8
4 Finn Carnduff 8.0
5 Cameron Henderson 6.8
6 Aaron Wainwright 8.3
7 Tommy Reffell 8.3
8 Olly Cracknell 7.4
16 Samiuela Moli 6.5
17 Mako Vunipola 6.3
18 Will Hurd 6.0
19 James Thompson 6.3
20 Joaquin Moro 7.3
21 Tom Whiteley 6.1
22 Joseph Woodward –
23 Adam Radwan 6.6

Gloucester

15 Ben Redshaw 6.5
14 Ollie Thorley 6.0
13 Will Joseph 5.7
12 Seb Atkinson 6.3
11 Ben Loader 6.4
10 Charlie Atkinson 6.4
9 Caolan Englefield 6.7
1 Dian Bleuler 7.1
2 Dewi Lake 7.0
3 Afolabi Fasogbon 6.9
4 Jean Kleyn 6.1
5 Freddie Thomas 5.7
6 Lewis Ludlow 6.3
7 Jac Morgan 8.8
8 Will Trenholm 7.2
16 Jack Innard 7.5
17 Harrison Bellamy –
18 Ciaran Knight 5.9
19 Jack Clement 6.5
20 Deian Gwynne 5.9
21 Dan Robson 5.6
22 Max Llewellyn 6.5
23 George Barton 6.7