Gallagher Premiership – Julian Montoya scores two tries to steer Leicester Tigers to 48-27 victory over Tub, whereas Cadan Murley, Josh Bassett, Sam Riley and Joe Marchant rating tries in a dominant 40-5 win for Harlequins over Exeter

Leicester Tigers’ Handre Pollard

Julian Montoya crossed for 2 tries as in-form Leicester made it three wins in a row with a 48-27 victory towards Tub, whereas elsewhere within the Gallagher Premiership Harlequins cruised to victory over Exeter at Twickenham. 

The Tigers have been dominant within the first half and scored tries by way of Harry Potter, Handre Pollard, Montoya and Hanro Liebenberg.

Tub scored two of their very own because of Matt Gallagher and Ben Spencer however the Tigers have been far too sturdy and added two extra tries within the second half by way of Montoya and Harry Wells.

Seven profitable kicks helped Pollard to a private haul of 21 factors, whereas Josh McNally and Fergus Lee-Warner crossed to earn Tub a bonus level.

The consequence lifts the Tigers into the highest 4, whereas Tub stay rooted to the underside of the desk.

Tub took an early lead by way of Gallagher’s attempt to scored three extra by way of Spencer, Josh McNally and Fergus Lee-Warner, however they have been made to pay for poor self-discipline that noticed them go all the way down to 13 males quickly within the first half.

Leicester put themselves out of sight with quarter-hour left on the clock when captain Montoya scored within the nook after being arrange by Mike Brown’s line-breaking run from midway after taking a excessive ball. Pollard remained excellent together with his closing kick of the day to increase the result in 41-20.

“I am happy with all of the gamers, not simply the blokes on the England fringes, however we’re undoubtedly going to offer the outdated boss some complications,” mentioned interim head coach Richard Wigglesworth.

“The tip of the sport was rather a lot simpler on the center than the final two. We have been actually good in components. We knocked off for half-hour which actually irritated me, as a result of to concede 4 tries at house isn’t adequate.

“I’ve instructed the gamers how glad I’m with the primary 40 minutes and numerous stuff we did, then we received again to placing them underneath stress on the finish however they have been very unfortunate with accidents at that time.”

Wigglesworth reserved particular reward for fly-half Pollard, who added to his strive with a wonderful efficiency from the kicking tee in a 21-point private haul.

“He’s a world-class fly-half, I am actually glad that he received minutes underneath his belt,” he mentioned.

“He’s now Leicester Tigers’ fly-half and can take us ahead. I am delighted for him and he is operating the workforce fantastically.”

Harlequins 40-5 Exeter

Harlequins showcased some glamorous rugby as they dominated an underwhelming Exeter aspect 40-5 at Twickenham.

The hosts earned their bonus level earlier than the half-time whistle had been blown because of tries from Cadan Murley, Josh Bassett, Sam Riley and Joe Marchant, whereas Rob Baxter’s males have been rendered pointless.

Chiefs had a short shift in type as Jack Innard received his title on the scoresheet, however Quins quickly returned to their ordinary methods as Marchant touched down for his second, and captain Stephan Lewies added one other.

The victory sees Quins halt a latest dip in type that has seen them defeated 5 consecutive instances within the Premiership, and climb from ninth place to fourth as they offer their play-off hopes a hefty increase.

Chiefs in the meantime have had their profitable streak ended at three matches, as their play-off aspirations take a minor hit.

Quins have been on the again foot early, with Bassett punished for a deliberate knock-on, however they received the primary rating when a wonderful Marcus Smith dink over the line of defense bounced completely for Andre Esterhuizen, who coolly handed inside to place the strive line on the mercy of the supporting Murley.

Following Harvey Skinner’s yellow card for head contact with the carrying James Chisholm, Quins advantageously received over the whitewash as Bassett made amends for his early mistake with a swift backs transfer that fooled Olly Woodburn into taking pictures out of his line and gifting the previous Wasps man a transparent run in from contained in the Exeter 22.

Quins saved their stride as talisman Danny Care left Twickenham speechless with an outrageous blind go because the touchline loomed, gifting Riley the straightforward job of touching the ball down.

Exeter’s floodgates remained open with Skinner nonetheless within the bin, because the Quins again line overwhelmed the guests out broad earlier than Nick David, Josh Bassett and Smith swapped passes to permit Marchant to dot down for his or her bonus-point strive.

Regardless of heading into the altering rooms at half-time with none factors on the board, Chiefs have been quicker out of the blocks following the interval as Innard steered his driving maul to the road for the rating.

Nevertheless the hosts quickly displayed their routine aptitude, with a cheeky short-range Care grubber kick touched down by Marchant.

Quins skipper Lewies was subsequent on the scoresheet, tearing away from the driving maul to energy over from brief vary for the ultimate strive of the sport.