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Guinness Prem - Final - Sat 31 May

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Leicester Tigers 16 - 26 London Wasps
Vardnell 56’
Ellis 62’
Rees 12’
Lewsey 37’

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80’ WASPS REPLACEMENT: Palmer on for Reddan.
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73’ Now Leicester have a penalty, right between the posts and Goode can give them hope... but oh dear, that is shocking. He hammered it wide, somehow. Talk about crumbling under pressure.
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71’ Penalty to Wasps again, can Van Gisbergen compensate for the earlier miss... it's really far out, can he do it? Yes he can - only just, barely an inch in that, 26-16 and Wasps get the breathing space they wanted.
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69’ Wasps could be in here, Reddan to Flutey and wide to Lewsey but Varndell and Mauger pile in on him to save Tigers.
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68’ Oh dear, Van Gisbergen misses, off the outside of the post but still in play, taken by Croft who sprints away and is brought to ground.
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67’ Penalty to Wasps on the centre-right, some breathing space for the leaders, and Lawrence Dallaglio comes off for the last time as a professional rugby player, Hart on in his place, and look at that. A standing ovation from the Wasps and Leicester fans, Loz fights back the tears as he sits down on the sidelines.
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62’ It's played out quickly and Ellis is free and he wriggles in on the right hand corner to touch down and Leicester are right back in it!! What pace to skin Haskell, Tuilagi was a major distraction at the back of that scrum, and it's 23-16, unconverted though.
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61’ WASPS SUB: Worsley on for Ibanez temporarily. Corry is debating with the ref over his desire to use the scrum as a weapon, but they have to be uncontested due to Wasps being short for now.
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57’ TIGERS SUBS: Stankovich and Herring off for Ayerza and Croft.
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56’ Kick into the corner, wonderful from Goode, superb touch across from Murphy and Lewsey can't get there AND VARNDELL PUTS IT DOWN IN THE CORNER! The season's top try scorer gets on the scoresheet in the final. 23-11, Goode unable to convert from the angle.
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54’ LEICESTER SUB: Blaze on for Wentzel.
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53’ Ellis with a delightful chip into the short side, and he's over and Ellis is in to score but Sackey with a great defensive tip away and the momentum takes it behind! Great rugby all round.
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50’ Well, it says it all, a good kick from range but it spins off the outside of the post and away. That went in for Wasps in the first half. And, to compound matters, Wasps break and they could be in, Haskell with a great unload, then Shaw and they're right in the left corner with Waters and it's a line-out in a dangerous position.
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41’ Second half underway!
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38’ It's just not going Leicester's day as, even though he shanked a straightforward kick, Van Gisbergen maintains his 100% record today as it slips in off the inside of the right-hand post.
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37’ Crane to Ellis, Leicester coming forward but they lose the ball with Lewsey and Dallaglio winning it back and Wasps break, Ibanez goes wide but perhaps too late, Waters steps inside as Leicester had time to get back, shame as Sackey was in loads of space. Still with Wasps though and Flutey finds Lewsey who's lost his man Herring and sprints through for the try between the posts! Superb flowing rugby, a great time to score, Wasps running away with it and from a turnover too.
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35’ Van Gisbergen converts the penalty, 16-6 now as Wasps stretch the lead and ask some serious questions of Marcelo Loffreda, who will have a tough half-time talk.
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30’ Penalty to Leicester just to the right, fairly straightforward for Goode who continues the clean-kicking theme and pulls it back to 13-6.
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28’ Great catch from Murphy under pressure but Lewsey clatters him, Ellis now, sweet quick ball to Tuilagi who surges down the right and BOOF!! he batters off the tackle from Reddan, who's flat on his backside to the delight of the crowd. Ouch.
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23’ Penalty to Wasps now, some way out but fairly central... calm and composed from Van Gisbergen to extend Wasps' lead to 13-3.
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17’ Blood replacement for Leicester, Mauger has to come off after taking one on the face in that melee, Erinle on. Oddly Hipkiss and Murphy are fine despite seeming to be worst-off in that.
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13’ The angle isn't easy for Van Gisbergen, quite acute on the right... but a superb kick, 10-3.
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12’ Wasps are driving in, it's a bit messy with an offside called on Leicester... great momentum from Wasps and driven over by Rees for the try! Stankovich just let him through there, 8-3.
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9’ Goode makes no mistake with the penalty, 3-3.
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5’ Easy kick for Van Gisbergen, straight down the middle and Wasps lead.
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1’ Match undwerway! Poor start for Riki Flutey, messing up the kick-off and it's scrum down for the Tigers.
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