Leicester beat Munster 17-6 to remain top of Pool Four in the Champions Cup
Last Updated: 21/12/15 9:44am
Unbeaten Leicester strengthened their position at the top of Pool Four in the Champions Cup with a 17-6 win over Munster at Welford Road on Sunday.
Leicester, who won last week's clash 31-19, scored two tries through captain Ed Slater and winger Vereniki Goneva, with fly-half Freddie Burns kicking seven points in his first game of the season.
Munster got off to a great start as Ian Keatly struck the first penalty of the game and should have doubled the score minutes later but pulled it wide.
Leicester had soaked up a lot of Munster pressure but started to build something of their own and scored the first try of the night. Munster's defence battled bravely against an excellent driving maul from the line-out but could not stop Slater going over to give Leicester the lead.
Burns converted and then made it a seven point lead with another penalty. However Leicester went down to 14 men after Dom Barrow was sent to the sinbin after he couldn't resist going for the ball from an offside position. Keatley duly converted the penalty as Munster went into the break 10-6 down.
Munster started the second half in determined fashion and looked certain to get their first try of the night when Francis Saili swooped on a loose pass and ran the length of the field. However Tigers full-back Telusa Veainu showed his pace and his heart to race back and stop a certain try in what could have been the turning point of the game.
Minutes later there was a try but it was the Tigers who went over as Goneva sealed the win. Centre Peter Betham created the try with a lovely show and go that carved through the Munster defence and his offload found Goneva who did the rest. Burns had an easy conversion for the 17-6 win to give them four wins out of four in this campaign.