Leicester Tigers vs Sale Sharks · Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
36–35
Match report
Leicester Tigers beat Sale Sharks 36-35 at Welford Road Stadium, Leicester in round 5 of the Premiership Rugby on Saturday, 25 October 2025.
That makes it two wins in a row for Leicester Tigers. Sale Sharks have now lost two in a row. Karl Dickson refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
5
Leicester Tigers wins (50%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Sale Sharks wins (50%)
Last 10 meetings, since December 2022
Biggest Leicester Tigers win
47–33
17 May 2026
Biggest Sale Sharks win
40–5
30 Dec 2022
Last 5 meetings
- 17 May 2026 · Premiership RugbySale Sharks33Leicester Tigers4717 May 2026Sale Sharks33–47Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
- 25 Oct 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers36Sale Sharks3525 Oct 2025Leicester Tigers36–35Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 7 Jun 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers21Sale Sharks167 Jun 2025Leicester Tigers21–16Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 9 May 2025 · Premiership RugbyLeicester Tigers44Sale Sharks349 May 2025Leicester Tigers44–34Sale SharksPremiership Rugby
- 1 Dec 2024 · Premiership RugbySale Sharks39Leicester Tigers251 Dec 2024Sale Sharks39–25Leicester TigersPremiership Rugby
Lineups
Avg. age
28.5
Avg. age
28
Leicester Tigers
- 1Nicky Smith(32)
- 2Jamie Blamire(28)
- 3Joe Heyes(27)
- 4Cameron Henderson(26)
- 5Oliver Chessum(26)
- 6Hanro Liebenberg(31)
- 7Tommy Reffell(27)
- 8Olly Cracknell(32)
- 9Tom Whiteley(30)
- 11Ollie Hassell-Collins(27)
- 12Solomone Kata(31)
- 13Izaia Perese(29)
- 14Adam Radwan(28)
- 15Freddie Steward(25)
Replacements
- 16Charlie Clare(34)
- 17Tarek Haffar(25)
- 18Will Hurd(27)
- 19Harry Wells(33)
- 20Emeka Ilione(24)
- 21Ollie Allan(22)
- 22Billy Searle(30)
- 23Orlando Bailey(25)
Sale Sharks
- 1Asher Opoku-Fordjour(22)
- 2Luke Cowan-Dickie(33)
- 3James Harper(26)
- 4Ernst Van Rhyn(29)
- 5Ben Bamber(25)
- 6Jacques Vermeulen(31)
- 7Tristan Woodman(22)
- 8Sam Dugdale(27)
- 9Gus Warr(27)
- 10George Ford(33)
- 11Tom O'Flaherty(32)
- 13Robert du Preez(33)
- 14Tom Roebuck(25)
- 15Luke James(27)
Replacements
- 16Nathan Jibulu(23)
- 17Tumy Onasanya(24)
- 18Patreece Bell(22)
- 19Tom Burrow(21)
- 20Dan Du Preez(31)
- 21Raffi Quirke(25)
- 22Marius Louw(31)
- 23Arron Reed(27)