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Leicester Tigers
Munster Rugby
HT 10 - 6
17
6
Sunday 20 December 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup
Round 4 Pool 4 Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Att: 21,645 Ref: Jérome Garcès Assis Ref 1: Thomas Charabas Assis Ref 2: Salam Attalah TMO: Jean-Marie Piraveau CC: Jeff Mark

Match Page - Fixed Scoreboard

176

Overview

Match Centre - Preview - Current Standing A v B

Standings

1

3

Positions on Jan 24, 2016

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Head to Head

5

Wins

5

Draws

0

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Recent form

W
W
W
W
L

Season so far

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Total Tries

31

15

Metres Gained

3682

2647

Passes

1236

867

Tackles Made

800

578

Penalties Conceded

79

60

Turnovers Won

79

60

Tournament record

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team A)

Played 179 (94 home, 85 away)
Wins 109 (72 home, 37 away)
Losses 66 (20 home, 46 away)
Draws 4 (2 home, 2 away)
Average points 26
Biggest win 90 - 19
Heaviest defeat 12 - 80

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)

Played 206 (98 home, 108 away)
Wins 135 (84 home, 51 away)
Losses 66 (12 home, 54 away)
Draws 5 (2 home, 3 away)
Average points 25
Biggest win 64 - 0
Heaviest defeat 19 - 60

PREVIEW: Foley demands response

Wednesday 16th December 2015

12:00 am (GMT)

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Leicester Tigers are braced for a Munster backlash at Welford Road after returning from Thomond Park with a record win. - 16/12/2015 12:46

Leicester Tigers are braced for a Munster backlash at Welford Road after returning from Thomond Park with a record win. - 16/12/2015 12:46

Leicester Tigers are braced for a Munster backlash at Welford Road after returning from Thomond Park with a record win.

Tigers inflicted Munster’s heaviest home defeat in the European Rugby Champions Cup with a 31-19 win.

In doing so, they became the first club to beat Munster twice at their near-legendary Limerick home.

However Man of the Match Locky McCaffrey warned his Leicester team-mates not to waste their heroics in this week’s rematch at Welford Road.

He said: “We knew we had to put in a big display to get on top and we did. But unless we front up next weekend then this win won’t mean much. We knew there would be times we were under pressure and Munster were tough.

“But we have so much confidence in the team right now that we can play for the full 80 minutes. We’re really excited every time we pull on the jersey and we know we can get even better.”

Vereniki Goneva, Michael Fitzgerald and Ben Youngs all crossed as Leicester maintained their unbeaten run in the Champions Cup to top Pool 4.

Munster have now lost three of their last European ties and head coach Anthony Foley is demanding a vastly improved performance at Leicester.

He said: “We just weren’t good enough. We missed a kick to go 9-6 up then Leicester road the back of a big call and we conceded three of the softest tries I’ve seen us concede.

“We didn’t take our opportunities. When you work so hard to get close to the line, that’s when there’s pressure on your attack but we didn’t look after the ball. A couple of times we kicked away too much ball, gave away a couple of soft turnovers and didn’t put pressure on them

“But in the scrum and the maul, Leicester beat us fair and square. Now it’s up to us to go to Welford Road and reverse the result.”

Match Facts

  • All four meetings between these sides that have been at the home of one of the teams (excluding the 2002 final) have been won by the away side.
  • Leicester have won 26 and drawn two of their last 29 matches on home turf in the Champions Cup, their only loss coming against an Irish opponent (Ulster).
  • Munster have won five of their last eight away fixtures in the Champions Cup despite losing their last two such games.
  • Munster have averaged just 60 completed tackles per game so far, fewer than any other side in the competition.
  • Brendon O'Connor has won more turnovers than any other player this season (7).
  • Munster are one of just five sides yet to be awarded a yellow or red card in this campaign.
  • When Munster last visited England they suffered their heaviest ever defeat in an away game against English opposition, losing 33-10 to Saracens.
  • This is the first time Leicester have faced Irish opposition in the back to back round 3 and 4 fixtures of European rugby since 2004, when they beat Ulster at home and lost on the road.
  • Tigers have won six of 10 home games against Irish opposition in the Champions Cup, including three of the last four games. 

Match Centre - Preview - Lineups

T. Veainu

15

A. Conway

A. Thompstone

14

K. Earls

P. Betham

13

F. Saili

M. Smith

12

D. Hurley

L. Amorosino 74'

V. Goneva

S. Bai 72'

11

S. Zebo

F. Burns

T. Bell 66'

10

I. Keatley

R. Scannell 66'

B. Youngs

S. Harrison 75'

9

C. Murray

T. O'Leary 59'

M. Ayerza

M. Aguero 44'

M. Aguero 70'

1

J. Cronin

D. Kilcoyne 66'

T. Youngs

. Thacker 71'

2

M. Sherry

N. Scannell 69'

D. Cole

F. Balmain 57'

3

J. Ryan

M. Sagario 74'

M. Fitzgerald

T. Croft 51'

4

D. Foley

G. Kitchener

D. Barrow 36'

5

M. Chisholm

B. Holland 69'

E. Slater

6

R. Copeland

B. O'Connor

7

D. O'Callaghan

J. O'Donoghue 51'

L. McCaffrey

8

C. Stander

Replacements

H. Thacker

T. Youngs

16

N. Scannell

M. Sherry

M. Aguero

M. Ayerza

17

D. Kilcoyne

J. Cronin

F. Balmain

D. Cole

18

M. Sagario

J. Ryan

D. Barrow

G. Kitchener

19

B. Holland

M. Chisholm

T. Croft

. Fitzgerald

20

J. O'Donoghue

D. O'Callaghan

S. Harrison

B. Youngs

21

T. O'Leary

C. Murray

T. Bell

F. Burns

22

R. Scannell

I. Keatley

S. Bai

V. Goneva

23

L. Amorosino

D. Hurley

REPORT: Tigers see off stubborn Munster

Sunday 20th December 2015

12:00 am (GMT)

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Leicester prend le large en tête de la poule 4 après son deuxième succès en une semaine sur la province irlandaise

Leicester prend le large en tête de la poule 4 après son deuxième succès en une semaine sur la province irlandaise

Leicester Tigers strengthened their grip on pool four with a hard-fought victory over Munster.

Vereniki Goneva’s try 15 minutes settled a fierce contest in favour of the home side and all-but-ends Munster’s chances of qualification for the knock-out stages.

Munster had led 10-6 at the break thanks to Ed Slater’s first-half try but there was little to choose between the two sides for much of the contest.

The visitors started well and had the Tigers under early pressure, allowing Ian Keatley to knock over a penalty.

Keatley was jeered by a section of the Munster support after their 31-19 defeat at Thomond Park the previous week and the outside-half missed his second attempt at a penalty after 14 minutes.

Tigers began to get a foothold in the game and made the most of their possession with the game’s opening try on 23 minutes. After getting within touching distance of the Munster line it, Slater forced his way over with Freddie Burns adding the conversion.

Burns added a penalty for the home side but the Tigers shot themselves in the foot right on the stroke of half-time when Dom Barrow was shown a yellow card for not retreating 10 yards at a penalty and Keatley clawed back three points.

With Barrow off the pitch Munster had Tigers under pressure and crossed the whitewash through prop James Cronin only for his try to be ruled out for a forward pass.

Keatley then missed a second penalty attempt as Munster failed to make the most of their one-man advantage.
Burns had the chance to punish them with a second penalty heading into the final quarter but he also pushed his effort wide as both 10s started to feel the pressure.

Munster almost scored an incredible try when former All Black Francis Saili broke from his own 22 and ran 80m before being hauled down by a superb tackle from Telusa Veainu, with Tigers then winning the penalty which allowed them to clear.
The decisive try came when a quick penalty put Peter Betham clear for the Tigers and he found Goneva on his shoulder to go under the posts.
 

LIVE - TEST - Commentary

Match Commentary
75
Replacement Off: B. Youngs On: S. Harrison
74
Replacement Off: D. Hurley On: L. Amorosino
74
Replacement Off: J. Ryan On: M. Sagario
72
Replacement Off: V. Goneva On: S. Bai
71
Replacement Off: T. Youngs On: H. Thacker
70
Replacement Off: M. Ayerza On: M. Aguero
69
Replacement Off: M. Chisholm On: B. Holland
69
Replacement Off: M. Sherry On: N. Scannell
66
Replacement Off: F. Burns On: T. Bell
66
Replacement Off: I. Keatley On: R. Scannell
66
Replacement Off: J. Cronin On: D. Kilcoyne
66
Conversion F. Burns
65
Try V. Goneva
59
Replacement Off: C. Murray On: T. O'Leary
57
Replacement Off: D. Cole On: F. Balmain
56
Missed Penalty F. Burns
51
Replacement Off: M. Fitzgerald On: T. Croft
51
Replacement Off: D. O'Callaghan On: J. O'Donoghue
49
Replacement Off: M. Aguero On: M. Ayerza
49
Missed Penalty I. Keatley
44
Replacement Off: M. Ayerza On: M. Aguero
40
Penalty I. Keatley
40
Yellow Card D. Barrow
36
Replacement Off: G. Kitchener On: D. Barrow
35
Penalty F. Burns
23
Conversion F. Burns
23
Try E. Slater
13
Missed Penalty I. Keatley
6
Penalty I. Keatley

Match Page - Summary

Score Summary
Leicester Tigers
Munster Rugby

Tries

E. Slater 23’

V. Goneva 65’

Conversions

F. Burns 23’ , 66’

Penalties

F. Burns 35’

I. Keatley 6’ , 40’ + 1

Yellow cards

D. Barrow 40’

Match Page - Timeline

Timeline

FT

-

Substitute 75'

B. Youngs

S. Harrison

-

Substitute 74'

D. Hurley

L. Amorosino

-

Substitute 74'

J. Ryan

M. Sagario

-

Substitute 72'

V. Goneva

S. Bai

-

Substitute 71'

T. Youngs

H. Thacker

-

Substitute 70'

M. Ayerza

M. Aguero

-

Substitute 69'

M. Chisholm

B. Holland

-

Substitute 69'

M. Sherry

N. Scannell

-

Substitute 66'

F. Burns

T. Bell

-

Substitute 66'

I. Keatley

R. Scannell

-

Substitute 66'

J. Cronin

D. Kilcoyne

176

Conversion 66'

F. Burns

156

Try 65'

V. Goneva

-

Substitute 59'

C. Murray

T. O'Leary

-

Substitute 57'

D. Cole

F. Balmain

-

Missed penalty 56'

F. Burns

-

Substitute 51'

M. Fitzgerald

T. Croft

-

Substitute 51'

D. O'Callaghan

J. O'Donoghue

-

Substitute 49'

M. Aguero

M. Ayerza

-

Missed penalty 49'

I. Keatley

-

Substitute 44'

M. Ayerza

M. Aguero

106

Penalty 40'

I. Keatley

-

Yellow card 40'

D. Barrow

-

Substitute 36'

G. Kitchener

D. Barrow

103

Penalty 35'

F. Burns

73

Conversion 23'

F. Burns

53

Try 23'

E. Slater

-

Missed penalty 13'

I. Keatley

03

Penalty 6'

I. Keatley

Attack

Match Report - Team Stats (Attack)

50%

50%

53%

47%

Metres Gained

442

538

Tries

2

0

Carries

132

125

Defenders Beaten

18

18

Clean Breaks

9

10

Passes

170

161

Offloads

15

14

Turnovers Conceded

12

19

Defence

Match Report - Team Stats (Defence)

Tackles

113

128

Missed Tackles

18

18

Turnovers Won

9

7

Kicking

Match Report - Team Stats (Kicking)

Conversions (%)

100%

2/2

0%

0/0

Penalty goals (%)

50%

1/2

50%

2/4

Drop goals (%)

0%

0/0

0%

0/0

Kicks From Hand

23

19

Metres gained from kicks

367

405

Average metres per kick

15.96

21.32

Breakdown

Match Report - Team Stats (Breakdown)

Rucks (%)

95%

97/102

90%

92/102

Mauls (%)

71%

5/7

100%

4/4

Maul metres gained

4

6

Turnover in ruck or maul

0

0

Set Plays

Match Report - Team Stats (Set Piece)

Lineouts (%)

92%

12/13

94%

15/16

Scrums (%)

86%

6/7

100%

6/6

Restarts (%)

0%

0/4

0%

0/6

Discipline

Match Report - Team Stats (Discipline)

Penalties Conceded

13

9

Yellow Cards

1

0

Red Cards

0

0

Match Page - Player Performance

Key

M Metres Gained
Ca Carries
Pa Passes
Tk Tackles
MT Missed Tackles
TOW Turnovers Won
TAs Try Assists
O Offloads
CB Clean Breaks
Leicester Tigers M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Telusa Veainu 72 14 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Adam Thompstone 35 10 5 7 1 1 0 2 0
13 Peter Betham 59 13 6 6 2 1 0 4 2
12 Matt Smith 11 4 7 12 2 0 0 0 0
11 Vereniki Goneva Seremaia Bai 72' 35 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
10 Freddie Burns Tommy Bell 66' 18 5 17 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Ben Youngs Sam Harrison 75' 38 7 85 3 0 0 0 2 0
1 Marcos Ayerza Matias Aguero 44' Matias Aguero 70' 3 3 2 4 1 1 0 0 0
2 Tom Youngs Thacker 71' 16 10 4 7 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dan Cole Fraser Balmain 57' 1 3 2 10 3 0 0 0 0
4 Michael Fitzgerald Tom Croft 51' 33 8 0 7 2 1 0 0 1
5 Graham Kitchener Dom Barrow 36' 4 6 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ed Slater 34 10 8 9 1 1 0 1 1
7 Brendon O'Connor 8 5 6 14 0 2 0 1 0
8 Lachlan McCaffrey 49 12 10 11 0 2 0 1 1
Replacements
16 Harry Thacker Tom Youngs 71' 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 Matias Aguero Marcos Ayerza 44' Marcos Ayerza 70' 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Fraser Balmain Dan Cole 57' 10 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
19 Dom Barrow Graham Kitchener 36' 9 8 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
20 Tom Croft Fitzgerald 51' 7 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
21 Sam Harrison Ben Youngs 75' 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Tommy Bell Freddie Burns 66' 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
23 Seremaia Bai Vereniki Goneva 72' 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Munster Rugby M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Andrew Conway 62 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 1
14 Keith Earls 49 7 5 5 0 0 0 1 2
13 Francis Saili 133 11 12 8 1 1 0 2 3
12 Denis Hurley Lucas Amorosino 74' 21 9 5 7 2 0 0 2 0
11 Simon Zebo 82 12 18 2 0 0 0 1 1
10 Ian Keatley Rory Scannell 66' 3 6 15 9 2 0 0 1 0
9 Conor Murray Tomas O'Leary 59' 13 6 54 6 2 1 0 0 0
1 James Cronin Dave Kilcoyne 66' 15 7 4 6 0 1 0 1 0
2 Mike Sherry Niall Scannell 69' 6 6 3 6 0 1 0 0 0
3 John Ryan Mario Sagario 74' 12 5 2 7 3 0 0 0 0
4 Dave Foley 8 5 5 13 1 0 0 0 0
5 Mark Chisholm Billy Holland 69' 15 4 3 11 1 0 0 1 1
6 Robin Copeland 41 6 3 9 1 1 0 0 1
7 Dave O'Callaghan Jack O'Donoghue 51' 3 5 1 7 1 0 0 1 0
8 CJ Stander 52 14 7 17 2 2 0 1 1
Replacements
16 Niall Scannell Mike Sherry 69' 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
17 Dave Kilcoyne James Cronin 66' 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mario Sagario John Ryan 74' 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Billy Holland Mark Chisholm 69' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jack O'Donoghue Dave O'Callaghan 51' 6 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0
21 Tomas O'Leary Conor Murray 59' 4 2 20 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rory Scannell Ian Keatley 66' 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Lucas Amorosino Denis Hurley 74' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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