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Leicester Tigers had to travel from down to bushed Edinburgh| Leicester (3) 16 |
| Try: Wiese Pens: Pollard 3 Con: Pollard |
| Edinburgh (0) 6 |
| Pens: Boffelli 2 |
Leicester Tigers held disconnected a spirited Edinburgh fightback to triumph 16-6 and publication their spot successful the quarter-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup.
Jasper Wiese came disconnected the seat to amusement powerfulness and poise to people the lone effort of the game.
Edinburgh held a constrictive pb aft a mates of Emiliano Boffelli penalties successful the 2nd half, but Handre Pollard kicked Tigers wide aft Wiese's try.
Tigers volition sojourn either Leinster oregon Ulster successful the past eight.
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Leicester Tigers: Steward; Watson, Porter, Gopperth, Potter; Pollard, Van Poortvliet; Cronin, Montoya (c), Cole, Martin, Henderson, Liebenberg, Reffell, Cracknell.
Replacements: Clare, West, Heyes, Synman, Wiese, Wolstenholme, Atkinson, Kelly.
Edinburgh: Boffelli; Graham, Bennett, Lang, Van der Merwe; Kinghorn, Pyrgos; Schoeman, McInally, Nel, Skinner, Gilchrist (co-captain), Ritchie (co-captain), Watson, Mata.
Replacements: Cherry, Venter, De Bruin, Sykes, Crosbie, Vellacott, Hutchison, Hoyland.
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