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Tigers turn on the style in second half as Steward caps mauling of Northampton

The Guardian Sport Saturday 24 October 2026, 16:27 UTC By Michael Aylwin at Mattioli Woods Welford Road 1 min read
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Leicester 28-7 NorthamptonLeicester score four unanswered tries after intervalWe have seen this before. It is easy to forget, amid all the tries and sunshine, that rugby has a darker side too – a wet, windy, deafening ferocity that not even the most twinkle-toed can transcend. And they practically invented it at Welford Road.

  • Leicester 28-7 Northampton

  • Leicester score four unanswered tries after interval

We have seen this before. It is easy to forget, amid all the tries and sunshine, that rugby has a darker side too – a wet, windy, deafening ferocity that not even the most twinkle-toed can transcend. And they practically invented it at Welford Road.

This is not the first time Leicester have welcomed their beloved neighbours to the lair as champions and disabused them of any notions of grandeur. It took the Tigers a full 40 minutes to whip themselves into the necessary fervour, but when they did, all else followed: the rocking stadium at capacity, the win, the bonus point, the obliterated opposition.

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