Key Moments: Leinster vs Leicester Tigers

Key Moments: Leinster vs Leicester Tigers

Back-to-back Champions Cup finalists Leinster proved to strong for English Premiership outfit Leicester Tigers running five tries with three of them being scored by Ireland scrum-half James Gibson-Park.


Here are some key moments:

6' Pollard strikes first for the Tigers

Dublin , Ireland - 6 April 2024; Handre Pollard of Leicester Tigers celebrates after scoring his side's first try during the Investec Champions Cup...

Leicester turn over the lineout with Cronin breaking through into the 22m. They keep pushing and Weise makes a strong carry to offloads to World Cup winning flyhalf Handre Pollard who powers over for the first try of the match


Leinster 3-7 Leicester

32' James Gibson-Park Hatrick


Jamison Gibson-Park of Leinster Rugby scores his team's second try during the Investec Champions Cup Round Of 16 match between Leinster Rugby and...

Osborne finds some space after a nice short pass by Henshaw and Gibson-Park is electric in the finish to secure a hatrick inside 30 minutes for Leinster

Leinster 22-10 Leicester

44' James Lowe Yellow Card

Dublin , Ireland - 6 April 2024; Jasper Wiese of Leicester Tigers wins possession in a line-out during the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 match...

Leinster makes a poor start to the second half with James Lowe deliberatly knocking the ball on preventing a line break oppoutruity and gets 10 minutes in the bin as a result. Leinster capitalise immedialty with a maul try to get back into the match

Leinster 22-15 Leicester 

 

51' Leinster Intercept try 

Robbie Henshaw of Leinster Rugby runs to score his team's fourth try during the Investec Champions Cup Round Of 16 match between Leinster Rugby and...

Leicester made a great turnover at set piece, however Henshaw reads the poor long pass by Kelly to the wing perfectly and steals the ball to run straight through the middle uncontested scoring under the poles

Leinster 29-15 Leicester 

Robbie Henshaw's try seemed to put Leicester out of reach despite both teams scoring a try a piece after, it is the Irish giants Leinster who progress to the quater finals of the Champions Cup.

Fulltime; Leinster 36-22 Leicester

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