ELLIOT: I’M SO SARRIE
Daly’s apology after howler sends Saracens top
LEICESTER boss Geordan Murphy laid into his toothless Tigers after the 41-10 Premiership defeat at BRISTOL, their third successive loss.
Leicester old boy Harry Thacker scored twice as Pat Lam’s men romped to a bonus-point win and the visitors had former England centre Kyle Eastmond sent off after 24 minutes for a high tackle on Ian Madigan.
Ellis Genge managed 52 minutes in his first game of the season after knee trouble and there was a try for Manu Tuilagi but that ASPS skipper Elliot Daly held his hands up after his horrific clanger sealed the game for Saracens and lifted them to the top of the Gallagher Premiership. was as good as it got for Leicester. Murphy said: “No one is more embarrassed than I am. It was an appalling performance and we are devastated. We are in a bit of a hole.” GLOUCESTER hit WORCESTER for six tries in a 36-16 win at Kingsholm, with wing Ollie Thorley scoring two as the Cherry and Whites went up to third in the table. They are 12 points behind second-placed EXETER.
Mark Wilson’s stoppage-time try and Toby Flood’s conversion earned NEWCASTLE a 16-14 win over NORTHAMPTON.
SAR ACENS ...................... 29 WASPS ............................. 6
but only led 9-3 at half-time. They had to wait an hour for a try from Jamie George but the boot of Alex Lozowksi kept them in business and the champs refused to panic.
Lozowski, binned by England last week, kicked 19 points as his side geared up for their Champions Cup double-header against Cardiff by remaining undefeated for eight months.
Boss Mark McCall said of Lozowski: “He is the kind of player everyone wants to have in their squad because he can do everything. He has played every position in the backline bar scrum-half for us.
“I was most pleased by how we didn’t get frustrated by the scoreboard not reflecting the possession and territory we had. A lot of that was down to how well Wasps defended in the first half.
“It has been a really encouraging last three weeks for us – we used almost everyone in the squad.
“Now the international players are back and there are a couple of players coming back from injury over the next few weeks ahead of these two really important European Cup games.”