Leicester run riot

Toby Flood
12 April 2012

Leicester ran in 31 unanswered second-half points to overcome Sale 34-13 and claim only their second Aviva Premiership victory of the campaign in a thrilling encounter.

The Tigers have found life tough in the opening weeks of the season owing to a number of World Cup call-ups, but they dug deep when it mattered most.

Rookie wing Tom Brady's first-half try helped the Sharks into a 13-3 interval lead but second-half scores from Alesana Tuilagi, Martin Castrogiovanni, Toby Flood and Marcos Ayerza completed a stunning turnaround. England fly-half Flood ended with a 19-point haul.

A last-minute try from Richard Birkett gave Wasps a dramatic 14-12 win over Worcester in a largely disappointing contest at Sixways.

A try had seemed unlikely in a match dominated by kicking, with Worcester replacement Joe Carlisle seemingly having won the game for the Warriors with three second-half penalties.

But two minutes from time, the visitors produced a score out of nowhere. They won a line-out on the home 22 from which Joe Simpson produced a searing break to take his side under the Warriors' posts. And from the resulting maul Birkett crashed over for the crucial points.

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