Bathtub 23 – 21 Leicester

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Finn Russell and Bathtub held on to beat Leicester Tigers to say a primary Premiership title for 29 years

Bathtub clinched their first Premiership title since 1996 after holding off a late Leicester Tigers fightback to win 23-21 at Twickenham.

A decent first half noticed Leicester strike early for a attempt by way of scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet, however Bathtub hit again to guide 13-7 by half-time after a Thomas du Toit attempt to two Finn Russell penalties.

Tigers misplaced skipper Julian Montoya to a first-half sin-binning as a result of a excessive deal with on Ted Hill however prevented scoreboard injury, however the remaining largely swung on Russell intercepting a Handre Pollard move 10 minutes into the second interval, racing from his personal half to the opposite finish and passing for Max Ojomoh to attain.

When the British and Irish Lions-bound Scot transformed from shut vary the Bathtub lead was 13 factors – one which rattled Leicester for a substantial interval.

The Tigers ultimately struck again by way of Solomone Kata and Emeka Ilione tries, however a harsh yellow card proven to Dan Cole for a late cost on Russell enabled the fly-half to kick a vital penalty in between these two Leicester tries, which proved decisive.

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