Leicester Tigers achieved a dramatic and chaotic 19-13 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership despite being down to 12 men in the final stages of the game.
The match, reminiscent of the 2017 Six Nations match between France and Wales in Paris, lasted more than 100 minutes.
Despite Newcastle's best efforts, the Tigers survived a late onslaught and clinched victory with tries from Jacques van Poeltvliet, Julian Montoya and Olly Hassell-Collins.
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The Men in Black are still without a win in the league this season despite taking the lead twice during the night.
Tom Penney made six changes from last week's 25-16 defeat at Exeter, making his 100th appearance in the tournament.
Similarly, their opponents suffered a second-half try from Gloucester and suffered their first defeat in four games, losing 27-25 at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.
A lightning start, the scoreboard read 7-3 for the Tigers in just five minutes. Brett Connon took the lead with a 45-metre penalty from the left of centre, but Van Portvliet, making only his first start in the Premiership this season, burst through the middle of the home defense to score the first try of the night. decided.
Ben Redshaw put the Falcons back in the lead in the 17th minute with a great run that saw Ben Redshaw break through 25 meters to the post before Connon added his extra point.
The seesaw scoring continued as the players in green and white fought against the run of play. Montoya dropped a point after the maul.
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However, Handre Pollard was unable to convert a tricky kick from outside wide and they went into the interval with just a two-goal lead.
The beginning of the second period couldn't have been more different than the first, with both teams struggling to create clear scoring chances.
Connon scored his first goal in the majors with a 40-meter penalty from center field, but it hit the side of the post.
He made no mistake in the 63rd minute with a much easier task, scoring from five meters out to give the North East side the lead again.
But it didn't last long as Hassell-Collins found space on the wing and scored, this time Pollard firing home from wide to extend the lead to six points with 14 minutes remaining.
Late yellow cards for the visiting team's Charlie Clare, Freddie Steward and James Whitcomb meant the team were down to 13 men for much of the extra time, at one point down to 12, but Steward made the score in the 84th minute. The match was extended so long that a goal was scored in the sin bin. To go back to the last moment.
However, the Tyneside club were unable to find a way back despite a series of scrum penalties inside the Tigers' 22.
team
Newcastle: 15 Elliot Obatoyinbo, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Tom Penny, 12 Cameron Hutchison, 11 Ben Redshaw, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stewart, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Sam Cross, 6 Philip van der Walt, 5 Sebastian de Charves, 4 Tim Cardall, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Phil Brantingham
Replacement: 16 Brian Byrne, 17 Murray McCallum, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 John Hawkins, 20 John Kelly, 21 Ben Douglas, 22 Rory Jennings, 23 Oliver Spencer
Leicester: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Solomon Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jacques van Poortvliet, 8 Jasper Wies, 7 Ollie Cracknell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Kyle Hatherell, 4 Harry Wells, 3 Will Hurd, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 James Cronin
Replacement: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcomb, 18 Dan Richardson, 19 Finn Carnduff, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Jamie Silcock, 23 Phil Cokanasiga
Referee: carl dixon
Assistant referee: Jack Makepeace, Jamie Leahy
TMO: stuart tarhege
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