Leicester Tigers vs Newcastle Red Bulls · Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
62–3
Match report
Leicester Tigers beat Newcastle Red Bulls 62-3 at Welford Road Stadium, Leicester in round 13 of the Premiership Rugby on Saturday, 18 April 2026.
That makes it five wins in a row for Leicester Tigers. Newcastle Red Bulls have now lost four in a row. Joe James refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
5
Leicester Tigers wins (83%)
0
Draws (0%)
1
Newcastle Red Bulls wins (17%)
Last 6 meetings, since October 2025
Biggest Leicester Tigers win
62–3
18 Apr 2026
Biggest Newcastle Red Bulls win
36–24
12 Sept 2026
Last 5 meetings
- 3 Oct 2026 · Premiership RugbyNewcastle Red Bulls19Leicester Tigers243 Oct 2026Newcastle Red Bulls19–24Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
- 12 Sept 2026 · Premiership Rugby CupLeicester Tigers24Newcastle Red Bulls3612 Sept 2026Leicester Tigers24–36Newcastle Red BullsPremiership Rugby Cup
- 18 Apr 2026 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers62Newcastle Red Bulls318 Apr 2026Leicester Tigers62–3Newcastle Red BullsPremiership Rugby
- 6 Feb 2026 · Premiership Rugby CupLeicester Tigers28Newcastle Red Bulls196 Feb 2026Leicester Tigers28–19Newcastle Red BullsPremiership Rugby Cup
- 28 Nov 2025 · Premiership RugbyNewcastle Red Bulls17Leicester Tigers3928 Nov 2025Newcastle Red Bulls17–39Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
Lineups
Avg. age
27.5
Avg. age
26.8
Leicester Tigers
- 1Nicky Smith(32)
- 2Jamie Blamire(28)
- 3Joe Heyes(27)
- 4Cameron Henderson(26)
- 5Ollie Chessum(26)
- 6Joaquín Moro(25)
- 7Hamish Watson(35)
- 8Olly Cracknell(32)
- 9Jack Van Poortvliet(25)
- 10Billy Searle(30)
- 11Gabriel Hamer-Webb(25)
- 12Orlando Bailey(25)
- 13Will Wand(24)
- 14Adam Radwan(28)
- 15Freddie Steward(25)
Replacements
- 16Charlie Clare(34)
- 17Tarek Haffar(25)
- 18Will Hurd(27)
- 19George Martin(25)
- 20Harry Wells(33)
- 21Tom Whiteley(30)
- 22Izaia Perese(29)
- 23Ollie Hassell-Collins(27)
Newcastle Red Bulls
- 1Mike Rewcastle(22)
- 2Ollie Fletcher(24)
- 3Richard Palframan(32)
- 4Jamie Hodgson(28)
- 5Adam Scott(24)
- 6Thomas Gordon(29)
- 7Tom Christie(28)
- 8Ollie Leatherbarrow(24)
- 9James Elliott(28)
- 10Ben Healy(27)
- 11Elliott Obatoyinbo(28)
- 12Rhys Beeckmans(20)
- 13Alex Hearle(27)
- 14Christian Wade(35)
- 15Josh Hodge(26)
Replacements
- 16Samson Adejimi(24)
- 17Adam Brocklebank(31)
- 18Murray McCallum(30)
- 19Freddie Clarke(34)
- 20Reuben Parsons(21)
- 21Simon Benitez Cruz(27)
- 22Brett Connon(30)
- 23Fergus Lee-Warner(32)