Leicester Tigers scored four unanswered tries to beat Ulster Rugby 38-10 in a Round 3 Investec Champions Cup match on Saturday evening. Leicester Tigers led 12-10 at the halftime break.
With Leicester failing to catch a high ball on their halfway line, Ulster pounced with Nick Timoney picking up, stepping, and racing in for the opening try.
The score was converted by Nathan Doak before he slotted a penalty minutes later to make it 10-0 to Ulster.
But Josh Bassett crossed in the corner to get the Tigers on the board and back in the game, before sliding over in the same corner on the stroke of halftime to take them into the sheds 12-10 up.
Two tries in three minutes from Tigers winger Ollie Hassell-Collins shot them into a comfortable lead in the second half.
10 minutes later the other winger completed his hat-trick as Josh Bassett collected his own kick through to dive over and make it 31-10 at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.
Izaia Perese then capitalised on the loose ball to add the Tigers' sixth of the night as they ran out 38-10 winners.
Scorers:
Leicester Tigers: Tries: Josh Bassett (3), Ollie Hassell-Collins (2), Izaia Perese. Conversions: Handre Pollard (2), Freddie Steward, Jamie Shillcock
Ulster Rugby: Try: Nick Timoney. Conversion: Nathan Doak. Penalty: Nathan Doak.
Teams
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Finn Carnduff, 5 Jed Holloway, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith. Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Joe Woodward.
Ulster Rugby: 15 Ethan Mcilroy, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Ben Carson, 12 Jude Postlethwaite, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Dave McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 James McNabney, 5 Cormac Izuchukwu, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Scott Wilson, 2 John Andrew, 1 Andrew Warwick. Replacements: 16 James McCormick, 17 Eric O'Sullivan, 18 Corrie Barrett, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Harry Sheridan, 21 John Cooney, 22 Jack Murphy, 23 Rory Telfer.