Archie Vanes of Leicester Tigers scored a hat-trick on his Champions Cup debut, leading the team to a narrow 27-24 victory over Stade Francais. This win keeps Leicester's hopes alive in the Pool of Death. The victory was attributed to strong performances from the forwards, including Harry Wells, and contributed to the impressive 5/8 win rate for Premiership clubs over the Champions Cup weekend. The win extends Leicester's lead at the top of the table to 13 points, showcasing their sensational consistency.
101 seconds of Harry Wells shoving, mauling, muscling and jackalling Tigers to a win in Paris. Came on at tighthead lock, key to the decisive scrum pen then three outright turnovers (should have had one earlier for getting his head wrenched). Not everything makes the stats sheet https://t.co/5T1vERac5z
Positional game Stay in position Recognise spare man 3 goals, lots of chances to score more. Clear overload in the middle (4V3) @LCFC @BCFC @SkyBetChamp @CoachesVoice @FutbolyPizarron https://t.co/GCwr6xaPx5
FT 3-2 to #LCFC. They get the win that extends their lead at the top of the table to 13 pts and more importantly to third to 13 pts. Perhaps a little more tricky than it needed to be but they got the job done for win No 18 from 22 games. That is sensational consistency.
Week 17 over. Another three points & another three goals for Girona, who stay top, stretching their lead over Barça & Atleti, who dropped points. With 44pts, no team in Europe’s big5 leagues have more than Girona https://t.co/2ehuUeexXT
Girona aren’t giving up top place. Portu makes it 2-0. Very nice finish. Couto again making it.
Stade Français 24 Leicester Tigers 27 Three tries from Archie Vanes and late Jamie Shillcock penalty enough for Tigers to best French side, and add to their Paris legend Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/2jApOtifJF
Archie Vanes scores hat-trick as Leicester edge out Stade Francais Read more below ⤵️ #InvestecChampionsCup https://t.co/lhkkXAOg5W
🙌 Leicester Tigers held off a late Stade Francais surge to claim a narrow win in Paris! 📋 Check out the #InvestecChampionsCup match report. 👇 https://t.co/585Uc5vOFH
⭐️ MAN OF THE MATCH Archie Vanes secured a hat trick for Tigers and put in a Man of the Match performance. He had never started a Prem or European game. Some big stars picked up gongs including Lawes, van der Flier, Penaud, Russell and Botia. Meafou one of the top choices. https://t.co/nr2JGMgF7w
🙌 Leicester Tiger held off a late Stade Francais surge to claim a narrow win in Paris! 📋 Check out the #InvestecChampionsCup match report. 👇 https://t.co/585Uc5vOFH
What it means! 🙌 A dramatic finish in France as Leicester force a turnover to beat Stade Francais 24-27 👏🐯 https://t.co/AhuE7lmIuv
🐯 That is a huge win for Leicester which keeps their hopes alive in the Pool of Death. Two wins from two. However, it gets tougher after Christmas with games against La Rochelle and Leinster still to come!
Plenty of fortune but loads of mettle from Leicester to win that. Some mega performances among the forwards. And 5/8 for Premiership clubs over the Champions Cup weekend, given the fixture list, is very impressive again.
Archie Vanes becomes the first @LeicesterTigers player to score a hat-trick on @ChampionsCup debut. Previously only one other had grabbed a brace on debut in the competition - Solomone Kata, last week against Stormers!