Lions snatch it at the death
Bournemouth 16 Leicester L ……17
IT was agony at the death for the second successive home match for Bournemouth as they lost 17-16 to Leicester Lions.
The Dorset side looked to have snatched a second victory of the season when scrum-half Grant Hancox landed a penalty with five minutes remaining but Ben Young made no mistake with a penalty on 80 minutes to win it for Leicester.
The game began in disastrous fashion for Bournemouth as they went 8-0 down inside five minutes, a penalty from Young was followed swiftly by a try in the corner for Kaz Henderson.
The home team rallied and dominated possession, a Hancox penalty the only other action on the scoreboard in a fractious period.
Another Young penalty after the break took Leicester Lions to an eight-point lead before magical interplay between centres Scott Chislett and Freddie Gleadowe saw the latter score his fifth try of the season on the hour, with Hancox’s conversion bringing the score to 11- 10.
The teams exchanged penalties and Leicester Lions were reduced to 14 with wing Devon Constant binned for slowing ball with his side under intense pressure.
Shortly before he returned, Hancox landed the penalty that put his team in front, only for the cruel finish to devastate the home fans, delivered by Young’s boot.
TEAMS
BOURNEMOUTH: Sutherland, Stewart, Gleadowe, Chislett, Meaden, Kirkpatrck, Hancox, Spiller, Manning, Cotterell, Roberts, Knott, Carkeey, Russell, Rees Replacements: Davies, Griffiths, Warwick, Pope, Snell LEICESTER: Benjamin, Henderson, Veebel, Hamilton, Constant, Young, Eveleigh, McNaughton, Rudkin, Murray, Tapscott, Ward, Turner, Johnson, Cairns Replacements: Loveday, Roberts, Godefroy, Warren-West, Stubbs REFEREE: Adam Wookey ATTENDANCE: 217 Star man Ben Young – Leicester Lions
