• Tigers are humbled at Ashton Gate
Leicester were champions five years ago but a slow, gradual descent is gathering speed. They dropped into the bottom half of the table after a feeble, disjointed display against promoted Bristol, who recorded their second-highest Premiership victory after lacing their swashbuckling tendencies with a pinch of pragmatism.
The Tigers played the final 56 minutes with 14 men after their centre Kyle Eastmond was sent off for a head-high tackle on the Bristol fly-half, Ian Madigan, that contained enough force for Wayne Barnes to rule, after watching several replays, that it merited the ultimate sanction, but even at full strength they were identifiable as Leicester only by the badge on their jerseys.
Written by Paul Rees at Ashton Gate
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/01/bristol-leicester-premiership-match-report under the title “Kyle Eastmond sees red as hapless Leicester crash to defeat at Bristol”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
