Leicester 27 Clermont 17 (Leicester win 56-27 on agg)
Leicester booked a mouthwatering Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final with Leinster after completing the job against Clermont Auvergne with a 27-17 win.
A brilliant performance in France six days earlier afforded Steve Borthwick’s side a 19-point advantage entering the second leg at a near-capacity Welford Road, where the hosts are unbeaten since June 2021.
An incident-packed first half yielded only one try through Hanro Liebenberg, but the floodgates opened in the second with Matt Scott and Freddie Steward …
- April 17, 2022
