Leicester Tigers vs Sale Sharks · Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
Leicester Tigers
36–35
Sale Sharks

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 Rugby
    Sale Sharks33
    Leicester Tigers47
  • 25 Oct 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers36
    Sale Sharks35
  • 7 Jun 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers21
    Sale Sharks16
  • 9 May 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers44
    Sale Sharks34
  • 1 Dec 2024 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks39
    Leicester Tigers25

Lineups

Avg. age
28.5
Avg. age
28

Leicester Tigers

  1. 1Nicky Smith
  2. 2Jamie Blamire
  3. 3Joe Heyes
  4. 4Cameron Henderson
  5. 5Oliver Chessum
  6. 6Hanro Liebenberg
  7. 7Tommy Reffell
  8. 8Olly Cracknell
  9. 9Tom Whiteley
  10. 11Ollie Hassell-Collins
  11. 12Solomone Kata
  12. 13Izaia Perese
  13. 14Adam Radwan
  14. 15Freddie Steward
Replacements
  1. 16Charlie Clare
  2. 17Tarek Haffar
  3. 18Will Hurd
  4. 19Harry Wells
  5. 20Emeka Ilione
  6. 21Ollie Allan
  7. 22Billy Searle
  8. 23Orlando Bailey

Sale Sharks

  1. 1Asher Opoku-Fordjour
  2. 2Luke Cowan-Dickie
  3. 3James Harper
  4. 4Ernst Van Rhyn
  5. 5Ben Bamber
  6. 6Jacques Vermeulen
  7. 7Tristan Woodman
  8. 8Sam Dugdale
  9. 9Gus Warr
  10. 10George Ford
  11. 11Tom O'Flaherty
  12. 13Robert du Preez
  13. 14Tom Roebuck
  14. 15Luke James
Replacements
  1. 16Nathan Jibulu
  2. 17Tumy Onasanya
  3. 18Patreece Bell
  4. 19Tom Burrow
  5. 20Dan Du Preez
  6. 21Raffi Quirke
  7. 22Marius Louw
  8. 23Arron Reed