Leicester skipper Ollie Chessum was proud of his team after last week’s home defeat to Bath.
“We said we wanted to make a bit of a statement to ourselves as much as anybody,” he said. “We have got a long way to go and we needed that after last week.
"I’m very proud of the boys. We spoke about being ruthless – we weren’t ruthless against Bath, we had chances and we didn’t take them. And when that happens quality opposition punish you.
“This was much better, I’m very pleased we kept going deep into the game when there were tired legs, we kept scoring tries, that showed the ruthlessness we want...