Cards galore as Tigers edge old rivals
Leicester Tigers 17 Bath 12
Referee Tim Wigglesworth produced three red cards and two yellows as Leicester beat Bath in an incredible game of rugby at Welford Road.
A second-half try from Adam Thompstone and 12 points from the boot of George Ford took Tigers back into the top four of the Aviva Premiership table.
But the game will be remembered for the host of second-half cards that raised the temperature both on and off the pitch.
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Bath back-rower Simon Taylor was the first man off the field on 50 minutes as the referee became fed up with the visitors' repeated offending with a 5-3 lead.
South African Francois Louw then saw red for an off-the-ball incident just after Tom Biggs' try had put his side 12-6 ahead.
A minute later, Thompstone scored in the corner but Ford missed the conversion and Bath led 12-11.
Only four minutes had passed when Matt Banahan joined Louw on the sidelines after a 'clothes line' tackle that seemed to knock out Tigers centre Anthony Allen.
While Allen was being stretchered off, Tigers' Brett Deacon was then red-carded for a retaliatory punch on Banahan in the melee that followed the incident.
Only 90 seconds had passed when Bath fly-half Stephen Donald was sin-binned for a flying fist towards Dan Bowden.
Two penalties from Ford gave then gave Leicester a 17-12 lead and both sides had chances to add to their score in a frantic closing ten minutes.
Read the full story in Monday's Leicester Mercury
Comments
by TheGeofflane
Sunday, December 02 2012, 3:49PM
“Hence the expression, 'An early bath'. Rugby now is just a game of 'British Bulldog'. With current rules, how long before you're all retired with neck injuries and impact shoulder dislocations?”
by GrahamWilson
Sunday, December 02 2012, 9:49AM
“More photos of the game are at http://tinyurl.com/cht9wz8”
by Oadbylad
Saturday, December 01 2012, 7:44PM
“Well needed win and some good player returns
But why the inability to score or even finish off the opposition when one player up never mind two in this day and age of over coaching why have Tigers not got a go to play when man/men up
How many times this season have we had this advantage and not took total control of the game and put the game to bed ?
We the supporters should not have been sitting on the edge of our seats hoping of the win when it should have been an out and out gimme
Have we really got to wait until the end of the season of richard Cockeral to fall on his sword ?
The sooner the better why wait ? hes got to go”
by wigono
Saturday, December 01 2012, 5:50PM
“If it had not been for red and yellow cards we would have lost...again fast asleep in the first few minutes, then nod off again just after we score. all the hard work,all the possession all the territory for one try.... and at least 10 minutes of the game we had two extra players to score nothing! we are incapable of scoring tries. No excuses the players we had on the pitch would be in the starting line up of most teams so they can't whinge about a depleted squad.any other team that had that amount of possession would have at least a brace of tries.”