There will not have been many occasions on a sub-zero evening under the lights at Welford Road where all of Leicester’s tries were scored by their backs but it was a Josh Bassett hat-trick, a brace from Ollie Hassell-Collins and a late run-in from Izaia Perese which secured what became a comfortable victory, with the Tigers scoring 26 unanswered points in the second half after a touch of the hairdryer treatment from head coach Michael Cheika at half-time.
Leicester Tigers v Ulster: Lineups and latest updates from Champions Cup UIster’s journey to the East Midlands was disrupted by wings of an airplane, and their flight cancellation on Friday proved an unfortunate precursor to events on the pitch on Saturday as Leicester’s wingers ran in five of the Tigers’ six tries in a bonus-point victory which sealed last-16 qualification.
“In the first half, when opportunities came our way – which we created – we just did not look like we wanted to go and take them.
We probably created the same amount of opportunities in the first as we did in the second, but we took a lot more in the second.
Josh Bassett bagged a hatty for @LeicesterTigers tonight 👏👏👏.
