Saracens 22 Leicester Tigers 6: Time running out as tame Tigers...

It's General Election time when a rabid torrent of statistics are forced down our throats on a daily basis.

Many are fabricated.

The rest are largely meaningless.

Lies.

Damn lies.

And statistics.

There was no media management or spin doctors in sight during Leicester Tigers' 22-6 defeat by Saracens at Allianz Park but the stats told another misleading story.

Leicester had 61 per cent of possession, while they made just 66 tackles compared to Saracens' 165 during the game.

That would normally point to a landslide for Tigers.

But what those figures really told was a tale of ju…

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