All eyes were focused on Dan Carter as he made his debut for Perpignan. The home side were very good in the first twenty minutes. Backs and forwards combined beautifully for a superb team try as blind-side Britz scored the opening try. The boot of Carter helped Perpignan to a 16-3 lead and Leicester needed to respond to stay in the game. Just before half time the Tigers scored a try to narrow the gap.
The second half saw less free flowing rugby. Britz scored his second try and Leicester were again chasing the game. Carter seemed to have settled easily at his new club. Enter Harry Ellis from the bench. Leicester were attacking and Carter tackled and held up the player in a grapple. Ellis comes crashing in to clear out Carter and picks up both of his legs and drops him. It was an awful bit of play by Ellis. Wholly intentional and extremely dangerous. Thankfully Carter landed safely. Alan Lewis the referee stopped the game. It was a yellow card offence at least, and could easily have been a red card. But no, Mr Lewis didn't show any card, he just give his pathetic "Be very careful" speech. I've always considered Alan Lewis to be a good referee but this fiasco has tarnished his reputation. Also what were the assistant referees doing? If there's any justice Ellis will be cited by a disciplinary commission.
The home side held on to win a tight game.
My man of the match: Nathan Hines. Strong in the set pieces and showed up well in open play.
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