Searle makes difference as Leicester battle to Prem top spot at Bristol

Bristol 16-22 Leicester Visitors score four tries in error-strewn game In the end there was a relatively clear winner of this straight shootout for top spot in the Prem.

Leicester took the spoils in an error-strewn contest between two sides who began the night in second and third position, scoring four tries to one and being masterfully steered to a bonus point victory by their alert fly-half Billy Searle. Following on from their commanding second-half display in the wet at home to Northampton, the Tigers were far from perfect but had the game’s outstanding player in Searle, whose…