Wales international thrown out of ruck like a bin bag
Saracens and Leicester Tigers produced quite a performance this afternoon at the StoneX Stadium, with the hosts coming away with a 34-27 win.
It was quite a performance from Wales centre Nick Tompkins as well, particularly in the first half where he had a major part to play in two of Sarries’ first half scores.
However, there was a moment in the second half when he was unceremoniously dragged out of a ruck and thrown away by Springbok Jasper Wiese. The Welshman played it off well though, doing a backwards roll to make his way back onto his feet, only to slap Wiese on the backside as he rejoined the game.
Tompkins obviously had the last laugh though, with the home side climbing back into second place in the Gallagher Premiership table.
This performance came a week after a try scoring performance against England at Twickenham. However, on that occasion he was on the losing side. Wales boss Wayne Pivac will just be pleased that one of his starters came through the match unscathed ahead of their match against France this coming Friday in what looks to be one of the biggest challenges in rugby at the moment.
Saracens XV
1 Mako Vunipola (c)
2 Tom Woolstencroft
3 Vincent Koch
4 Callum Hunter-Hill
5 Tim Swinson
6 Andy Christie
7 Jackson Wray
8 Billy Vunipola
9 Aled Davies
10 Alex Goode
11 Alex Lewington
12 Nick Tompkins
13 Alex Lozowski
14 Sean Maitland
15 Elliot Daly
Replacements
16 Ethan Lewis
17 Richard Barrington
18 Sam Wainwright
19 Theo McFarland
20 Ben Earl
21 Ruben de Haas
22 Duncan Taylor
23 Rotimi Segun
Leicester XV
15 Freddie Burns [91]
14 Harry Potter [31]
13 Matías Moroni [24]
12 Matt Scott [41]
11 Kini Murimurivalu [32]
10 George Ford (c) [118]
9 Jack van Poortvliet (vc) [39]
1 James Whitcombe [16]
2 Nic Dolly [17]
3 Joe Heyes [90]
4 Eli Snyman [13]
5 Calum Green [80]
6 Ollie Chessum [22]
7 Tommy Reffell [67]
8 George Martin [33]
Replacements
16 Charlie Clare [42]
17 Francois van Wyk [11]
18 Nephi Leatigaga [59]
19 Olly Robinson [2]
20 Jasper Wiese [33]
21 Richard Wigglesworth [29]
22 Guy Porter [35]
23 Nemani Nadolo [28]
Take a look at the incident:
Bit of niggle settled with a slap on the bum. That’s how you do it.#GallagherPrem pic.twitter.com/EKDx6ULhMY
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) March 5, 2022
