Northampton 8 Leicester 36: Toulon will test even record-breakers Leicester

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Leicester had a fantastic prelude to this week's Heineken Cup quarter-final with their record league win away to Northampton, 36-8 at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday. Leicester's director of rugby, Richard Cockerill, while thrilled that his team had consolidated second place in the Premiership and a probable home play-off tie in May, remarked wryly of the gap in class and resources they now have to make up when they visit the "rock-star" side of Toulon. Northampton's Tom Wood tackled ferociously but Saints' back row as a unit were ponderously unable to deny quick ball through Salvi, making it easier for Toby Flood and Anthony Allen to be expansive in midfield. Tuilagi barged Northampton's full-back Ben Foden out of the way for a short-range finish in the 42nd minute and blasted through Tom May for his second try on 62 minutes, either side of which Niall Morris and Mathew Tait completed the bonus point and made Leicester the Premiership's top try-scorers with 44.