Farrell steers Saracens to 12-16 win over Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers 12-16 Saracens, Welford Road
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Owen Farrell single-handedly scored all of Saracens' points to steer them across for a 12-16 win over the Leicester Tigers at the Welford Road Stadium on Sunday.

The scores were tied at 6-6 at the end of the first half after fly-half Farrell and his counterpart Owen Williams each scored a couple of penalties.

Williams slotted another three-pointer on the 46th minute to put his side once again ahead in the match.

However, Farrell scored a converted try on the 54th minute after adding a further penalty on 71st minute to put Saracens ahead by seven points.

Williams' 72nd minute penalty ensured Leicester took a losing bonus point.

England boss Eddie Jones was present in the stands as injury-plagued England winger Manu Tuilagi limped off after just eight minutes into the first-half after being called up on Saturday for a national team training camp.

Saracens rugby director Mark McCall admitted that the scrum performance of the team was below par.

"We are chuffed to bits to come here and win where they have not lost this season.

"Not everything in our game was perfect, far from it. But what was tremendous was the fight we had and the effort we showed all the way through the game.

"We had to win without a platform because our scrum today was poor. To get a result without a scrum is tough."