Alesana Tuilagi huge hit on Mark van Gisbergen
Leicester Tigers beat Wasps 21-12 at Welford Road on Saturday night, with Jeremy Staunton and Steve Mafi scoring two first half tries which put them well ahead. Shortly before the end of the game, Alesana Tuilagi hammered the nail in.
Wasps could only muster four penalty kicks, from Dave Walder, while it was the Tigers who looked to play more of the rugby in what was a muddy game played in conditions that weren’t conducive to expansive play.
Tigers extended their lead at the top of the Aviva Premiership with the win, and despite Wasps being excellent on defence, they couldn’t create anything that would crack the opposition line. "Sport can be tough sometimes," said Shaun Edwards.
"I feel we deserved a bonus point out of that game, with the effort of the players out there. Our defence was superb in the 22."
Coach Richard Cokerill of Leicester said that Wasps were negative all round. "It was almost rugby union versus rugby league at some stages. We scored two tries to zip against a team that didn't really come to play," he said, although he did concede that they ‘D’d up well’.
The Tigers ‘D’ was pretty good too, with wing Alesana Tuilagi coming in and smashing Wasps fullback Mark Van Gisbergen shortly before full time, showing that even with game time almost up, you can never be too careful when the Tuilagi brothers are around.
You can view quick highlights from this match, as well as others in the Aviva Premiership, on the sidebar E-player to the right of this post.
Wasps could only muster four penalty kicks, from Dave Walder, while it was the Tigers who looked to play more of the rugby in what was a muddy game played in conditions that weren’t conducive to expansive play.
Tigers extended their lead at the top of the Aviva Premiership with the win, and despite Wasps being excellent on defence, they couldn’t create anything that would crack the opposition line. "Sport can be tough sometimes," said Shaun Edwards.
"I feel we deserved a bonus point out of that game, with the effort of the players out there. Our defence was superb in the 22."
Coach Richard Cokerill of Leicester said that Wasps were negative all round. "It was almost rugby union versus rugby league at some stages. We scored two tries to zip against a team that didn't really come to play," he said, although he did concede that they ‘D’d up well’.
The Tigers ‘D’ was pretty good too, with wing Alesana Tuilagi coming in and smashing Wasps fullback Mark Van Gisbergen shortly before full time, showing that even with game time almost up, you can never be too careful when the Tuilagi brothers are around.
You can view quick highlights from this match, as well as others in the Aviva Premiership, on the sidebar E-player to the right of this post.
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24 Comments:
Boom! What a beast
By Benson, at February 21, 2011 10:07 am
bestt hit i've seen for a while
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 10:11 am
That'll wake you up!
Ref: "Knock on by green"
All I see is brown lol
By Philip, at February 21, 2011 10:11 am
ouch!
good old muddy rugby. Love it!
By King, at February 21, 2011 10:23 am
And Stuart Barnes! Gah!
Always talking philosophically out of his arse...
By Philip, at February 21, 2011 10:27 am
Anyone else see the Wasps No.6? Looks like Bill the Butcher out of gangs of new york
By Biggy, at February 21, 2011 11:03 am
and he just appears out of the mist.. lol
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 11:17 am
Well spotted Biggy!!
By Bart, at February 21, 2011 11:27 am
unbelievable... its a legal big hit ;)
nice one!
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 11:31 am
My thoughts exactly, Anonymous. I like Tuilagi and all, but too often, he makes poor tackles and gets penalized. Nice to see him make a huge one, albeit the whistle still stopped the game for the knock-on. Good on Gisbergen for getting right back up on his feet, though.
That was also a pretty big entrance to the ruck by that forward with the soup strainer.
By fry, at February 21, 2011 12:32 pm
Monstrous blindside! Quality, classic Samoan hit.
By wow-jiffy-lube, at February 21, 2011 1:32 pm
shut up stuart barnes no one actually gives a toss
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 2:02 pm
I would have given that a red card.
By Northern Hemisphere referee, at February 21, 2011 2:20 pm
I would ban that player for 12 weeks
By Northern Hemisphere citing comissioner, at February 21, 2011 2:21 pm
If he tackled Lee Byrne like that he'd still be rolling around on the floor now!
Great legal hit, can't wait to see more from Samoa in the World Cup!
Manu needs to get some game time for England too, it would be good to see him in form by September.
By Dave, at February 21, 2011 3:04 pm
Funny some troll did a little NH ref comment... How many cards were shown in the tahs match?? And 2 yellows for a bit of push and shove!!!! HAHAHAHA SH refs...
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 3:20 pm
^ no sense of humour
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 4:40 pm
Still don't know what's doing The Butcher on this game!
By Miquel, at February 21, 2011 5:04 pm
Who is the Bill the Butcher character for Wasps?
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 8:08 pm
^^^
Marty Veale
By tzhall, at February 21, 2011 8:20 pm
pops back up to his feet like a real champ
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 9:26 pm
^^ I saw a cat get run over and it just got up and ran off.
Gisbergen is probably suspended in a a plaster of paris body cast right now. Great hit.
By Anonymous, at February 21, 2011 10:11 pm
Smashed!!
By Dewijames, at February 22, 2011 5:31 pm
opening hit of TSRB12 perhaps???
By Anonymous, at February 23, 2011 2:52 am
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