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Kyle Eastmond's red card 'killed us' says Leicester coach Geordan Murphy
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Leicester have slumped to a 41-10 defeat at the hands of Bristol for six straight losses. The Tigers were forced to play with 14-men for the majority of the match after centre Kyle Eastmond was red-carded for a high shot on Ian Madigan.
The high tackle occurred in the 25th minute, which Leicester coach Geordan Murphy thought 'killed us'.
"It is huge in a game like that," Murphy said.
"We had a particularly poor start to the game. We conceded a try from the very first set-piece strike which is obviously something we didn't want.
"In saying that we managed to pull it back to 10-7 and at that stage, I thought it was going to be a good game and pretty tight and then that high tackle kills us.
"Down to 14 men against Bristol who want to throw the ball around, it is always going to be a very long day at the office."
Bristol then ran away with the match with hooker Harry Thacker grabbing a double and Luke Morahan scoring a notable try by beating English winger Johnny May.
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Thanks Nick. Surely they will thump Japan this week and the pressure will be off. Do you want to make a prediction that the defence coach will go before the Six Nations? England seem to want Borthwick there for a long time so surely they will back Bortho and look for a new defence coach?
Go to commentsYes, Carlos, I sensed before hand this would be a very close game, even could see an Arg. win....well, they have beaten all their three SH compatriots this year, then added Italy. And as nick says below, they were winners of the breakdown for a lot of the game, and both sides of the ball too.
Felipe very highly regarded in Ireland, esp. Leinster.
Good luck this weekend !
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