It was Quins who made the brighter start and after Dan Luger was bundled into touch metres from the line and Tani Fuga failed to gather an interception opportunity, Burke put the hosts in front with the first of his four penalties in the game.

Alex Codling thundered his was deep into the Leicester twenty-two but was hauled down by Lewis Moody. The England flanker was then penalised for handling the ball in the ruck and received a yellow card for the offence. Burke found the target with the resulting penalty and Quins led 3-0 after six minutes.

Despite being a man down, Leicester hit back almost immediately. Fuga was penalised for a high tackle on Tigers fly half Sam Vesty and Tim Stimpson drew the scores level with 10 minutes on the clock. Just two minutes later and the visitors went over for the opening try of the afternoon.

Winning a lineout deep inside the Quins twenty-two, the Leicester pack powered their way up to the line before scrum half Jamie Hamilton took play down the blind side. Stimpson was in support to take the scoring pass and dive over in the corner. The full back failed to convert but Leicester were now in front by 8-3.

Burke responded for Quins with his second penalty as the game entered the second quarter, but Ace Tiatia was then sin-binned for punching Martin Johnson. With their extra man advantage, Leicester registered their second try eight minutes before half-time.

Their pack once again drove forward after securing possession at a lineout, before man-of-the-match Geordan Murphy broke free down the right hand touchline. The Ireland international was tackled metres from the line but Moody was in support on the inside and he was able to dive over from close range. Stimpson failed to convert, but Leicester's advantage was now up to seven points (13-6).

It could have been worse for Quins as Jamie Hamilton had a try disallowed just a minute before the interval, with prop Franck Tournaire penalised for foul play in the move leading up to the score. Quins made the most of this and took play deep into Leicester territory, where the visitors were penalised for being offside and Burke converted his third penalty to make the score 9-13 at the halfway stage.



After Quins made a promising start after the interval, it was Leicester who put the first points on the scoreboard with Stimpson kicking a penalty on 47 minutes, as the home side were penalised for being offside. Burke cancelled this out four minutes later when a fine break from Viliame Satala took play into Leicester's twenty-two, where Johnson was penalised for diving in at a ruck. The score now stood at 12-16 with just under 30 minutes left to play.

Burke had the opportunity to close the deficit to a single point as the game entered the final quarter, but his long range penalty attempt drifted wide of the target. However, despite Quins being just four points behind, it was Leicester who finished the stronger and looked like the team most likely to score.

With the game in second half injury time, Stimpson stretched Leicester's lead to seven points when he converted a penalty from in front of the posts after Andre Vos was penalised for diving in at a ruck.

Quins failed to gather possession from the restart and after Stimpson sent the ball into touch, referee Chris White blew his whistle to end the contest.

Final score, 12-16.