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Last Updated: Saturday, 22 April 2006, 15:24 GMT 16:24 UK

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Leicester 20-19 Wasps

MATCH SUMMARY

Leicester wing Tom Varndell raced over for a hat-trick of tries

Leicester: (20) 20
Tries: Varndell (3)
Pens: Goode
Cons: Goode (2)

Wasps: (12) 19
Tries: Sackey
Cons:Van Gisbergen
Pens: Van Gisbergen (3)
Drop goals: Staunton

A first-half hat-trick of tries from Tom Varndell enabled Leicester to snatch a crucial win and leap-frog Wasps into second in the Premiership.

Wasps got to within a point with 20 minutes left on the clock but could not nick the victory in the dying seconds.

Paul Sackey's converted try had given Wasps hope but the Tigers held on to the lead they established by half-time.

Mark van Gisbergen landed three penalties for the visitors but Varndell's virtuoso display proved key.

Leicester head coach Pat Howard:
"As a finisher, Varndell is pretty special and I still think there's a lot more to come.

"If the question is, 'Is he the best finisher in the country?' then I think he is.

"His feet are very good and he breaks tackles to score tries.

"Can he play in Tests and do what he did today? I think he will. He has some attributes the England selectors have to consider."

Wasps director of rugby Ian McGeechan:
"We controlled the majority of the game and I thought we played very well apart from the tries.

"I thought some of them were soft. It's hugely disappointing to play so well in so many areas and not win but it's not that we are playing badly.

"What we have to do is look at our finishing. I would be more concerned if we were not playing well.

"Varndell's finishing was the difference between the teams. We blew three chances that he would have taken."

Leicester: Goode; A Tuilagi, Smith, Vesty, Varndell; Healey, Bemand; Rowntree, Buckland, White; Cullen, Kay; L Deacon, Jennings, Corry (capt).
Replacements: Holford, Chuter, Hamilton, Moody, Gibson, Cornwell, Lloyd.

Wasps: Van Gisbergen; Sackey, Erinle, Hoadley, Evans; Staunton, Reddan; Payne, Ibanez, Bracken; Shaw, Birkett; Leo, Worsley, Dallaglio (capt).
Replacements: Ward, Va'a, Haskell, Lock, Honeyben, King, Abbott.

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