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Leicester Tigers
Gallagher Premiership
Nov 3, 2012 at 2.15pm UK
 
Northampton Saints
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Leicester Tigers win close match against Northampton Saints

Leicester win close match
Leicester Tigers move above Northampton Saints with a narrow victory.

Leicester Tigers edged a close match against Northampton Saints to move above their opponents in the Aviva Premiership this afternoon.

The home side started poorly, going 6-0 down in the opening minutes as George Ford missed two penalties for Tigers.

Ford got Leicester off the mark after 17 minutes, and levelled the match with a penalty just before half-time.

Matt Smith scored the only try of the tie at the start of the second half to put Leicester ahead for the first time.

Two more missed penalties could have cost the Tigers late on as Saints reduced the gap to four points.

However, a yellow card for Ryan Lamb in the 77th minute left the visitors a man short for the rest of the game.

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