{"id":299726,"date":"2023-12-12T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=299726"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:31:28","slug":"leicester-35-26-stormers-handre-pollard-inspires-second-half-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/leicester-35-26-stormers-handre-pollard-inspires-second-half-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester 35-26 Stormers: Handre Pollard inspires second-half comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Leicester 35-26 Stormers: Dan McKellar&#8217;s half-time outburst inspires second-half fightback, as Handre Pollard dazzles with the boot to help Tigers claim victory<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leicester Tigers mounted a second-half comeback to defeat the Stormers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Handre Pollard stole the show, scoring 20 points and also scored a try\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>It came after Tigers coach Dan McKeller delivered\u00a0a rallying call at half-time\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leicester Tigers head coach Dan McKellar read the riot act to his players at half-time to inspire a second-half fightback win over the Stormers.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors\u2019 decision to leave most of their big-name players in South Africa to prepare for La Rochelle next week meant Leicester began the game as strong favourites, only to trail 17-10 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>But they stepped up a level in the second half, with 20 points from Springboks fly-half Handre Pollard. And Aussie coach McKeller said he had to remind his players of his expectations at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>McKellar said: \u2018I don\u2019t do it that often these days and it\u2019s not about yelling and screaming, it\u2019s about understanding we needed to shift in the attitude and enthusiasm and effort areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/23\/78801505-0-image-a-43_1702252161744.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Handre Pollard starred as Leicester Tigers defeated the Stormers 35-26 at Welford Road\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/23\/78801503-0-image-a-44_1702252167422.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Springboks fly-half scored 20 points to inspire a second-half comeback<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/23\/78801453-0-image-a-45_1702252170098.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tigers head coach Dan McKellar delivered a rousing half-time talk to his players, after they went into the break seven points down<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Someone\u2019s going to drop a ball every now and then or throw a bad pass, I can live with that, but I can\u2019t live with being out-enthused.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We got some set-piece dominance, we kicked better, it was tough conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know everyone wants to see us throwing the ball around and I thought again there were some really good passages and skill and play, but we just executed our game plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We managed to put them under pressure with our kicking game, through our defence and through our set-piece. At this time of the year, that\u2019s going to win games.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/23\/78801615-0-image-a-50_1702252424801.jpg\" height=\"342\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Solomone Kata crossed the try line for the Tigers in the first half, before\u00a0Keke Morabe and\u00a0Courtnall Skosan scored before the break\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/23\/78801479-0-image-a-47_1702252337495.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But Leicester hit back in the second half, scoring three tries to seal their first win in the tournament this season<\/p>\n<p>Solomone Kata scored the opening try for Leicester, but Keke Morabe and Courtnall Skosan touched down to allow the Stormers to go into half-time ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the visitors proved hard to shake off, a second try from Kata and scores by Pollard and Josh Bassett ensured the Tigers got the job done.<\/p>\n<h2>Leinster take revenge against La Rochelle\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Leinster got a flicker of revenge for last season\u2019s Champions Cup final defeat as they won 16-9 at La Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Larmour\u2019s try was the difference as Leinster piled misery on Ronan O\u2019Gara\u2019s side, who have won the last two Champions Cups but sit ninth in this season\u2019s Top14.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12848445\/Leicester-35-26-Stormers-Dan-McKellars-half-time-outburst-inspires-second-half-fightback-Handre-Pollard-dazzles-boot-help-Tigers-claim-victory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester 35-26 Stormers: Dan McKellar&#8217;s half-time outburst inspires second-half fightback, as Handre Pollard dazzles with the boot to help Tigers claim victory Leicester Tigers mounted a second-half comeback to defeat the Stormers Handre Pollard stole the show, scoring 20 points and also scored a try\u00a0 It came after Tigers coach Dan McKeller delivered\u00a0a rallying call&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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