Leicester survive a Newcastle fright night

By LUKE JARMYN

Newcastle......................... 13pts

Tries: Redshaw 17
Conversions: Connon 18
Penalties: Connon 2, 63
Leicester ........................... 19pts

Tries: van Poortvliet 4, Montoya 32, Hassell-Collins 65
Conversions: Pollard 5, 66
TWELVE-MAN Tigers survived a fright at Newcastle to miraculously hold on to win an enthralling 99-minute marathon game to keep their play-off hopes alive.
Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet made a try-scoring return to Leicester’s starting XV, with captain Julián Montoya and wing Ollie Hassell-Collins also getting over the try line.
But Dan McKell...

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