Leicester 13-12 Saracens: Injury-time penalty try sinks Saracens

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Leicester Tigers players celebrate after being awarded a last minute, match winning penalty try by referee Christophe Ridley during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Leicester Tigers and Saracens at the Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium on October 02, 2021 in Leicester, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

TIGERS somehow grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat to continue their unbeaten start to the season, but even they will admit they possibly deserved to lose this soggy game.
Sarries were leading, justifiably, 12-6 when the game appeared to end after 82 minutes when the visitors’ wing Alex Lewington snuffed out one final Tigers attack forcing Guy Porter into touch.
The officials, however, were razor sharp and correctly adjudicated that Aled Davies had dived off his feet after the completed tackle to make another challenge. Both Porter and Lewington were already sliding into touch so it was...

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