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Stephen Varney runs away to score Gloucester's winning try against Leicester
Stephen Varney returned to action for Gloucester after Six Nations duties with Italy
Leicester: (8)
Tries: Reffell, Kata, Wiese, Shillcock; Pens: Shillcock; Cons: Shillcock.
Gloucester: (17) 27
Tries: Mercer, Harris, Varney; Pens: Carreras 2; Cons: Carreras 3.

Stephen Varney scored a last-minute try to earn Gloucester a stunning first Premiership win at Leicester Tigers for more than 16 years.

Zach Mercer and Chris Harris tries helped put Gloucester 17-8 up at half-time, with Tommy Reffell hitting back with Tigers’ try just before the break.

Further scores from Solomone Kata, Jasper Wiese and Jamie Shillcock edged Tigers ahead late on.

Varney’s winning try, however, stopped Tigers from moving up to second.

More to follow.

Leicester Tigers: Steward; Bassett, Kelly, Kata, Hassell-Collins; Shillcock, B Youngs; Cronin, Montoya, Cole; Wells, O Chessum, Liebenberg, Reffell, Wiese.

Replacements: Theobald-Thomas, Whitcombe, Heyes, Hatherell, Cracknell, Van Poortvliet, Wilkinson, Cokanasiga.

Gloucester: Evans; May, Llewellyn, S Atkinson, Hathaway; Carreras, S Varney; Vivas, Blake, Gotovtsev’ Clarke, Jordan, Ackermann, Clement, Mercer.

Replacements: McBurney, Elrington, Ford-Robinson, Clark, Thomas, Tuisue, Chapman, Harris.

Referee: Matthew Carley.

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