Heineken Champions Cup: Leicester Tigers’ second-half comeback thwarts Connacht in 29-23 win | Rugby Union News

Leicester Tigers trailed 17-12 at half-time to Connacht in the Champions Cup, but Freddie Steward and Hosea Saumaki both crossed after the break to set the home side on course for making it 13 wins from 13 games in all competitions so far this season

Freddie Steward dives over for a try in Leicester’s win over Connacht

Second-half tries from Freddie Steward and Hosea Saumaki helped Leicester Tigers fight back to defeat Connacht 29-23 in the Heineken Champions Cup.

Jack Carty’s try and conversion on the stroke of half-time put Connacht into a five-point lead at the break in Sunday’s Pool B encounter as the Irish side threatened an upset.

But wing pair Steward and Saumaki capitalised on the foundations laid by the Tigers’ pack at the scrum to turn the tables, while Finlay Bealham was in the sin-bin and preserve the hosts’ unbeaten start to the season.

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