Gloucester 20-38 Leicester: Handre Pollard instrumental as visitors edge Gallagher Premiership basement battle

Ollie Hassell-Collins scored two tries as the Leicester Tigers won at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium to take the Slater Cup.

The winger opened the scoring moments before the break, set up by a long pass from Freddie Steward, leaving them eight points in front going into the second half.

Gloucester got back in the game when a maul from a lineout culminated in George McGuigan diving over, but soon afterwards Julian Montoya scored in a similar manner at the other end.

Hassell-Collins put the game beyond doubt with another try assisted by Steward, despite Jamal Ford-Robinson powering over for the Cherry and Whites in the closing stages.

And in the very final seconds, Solomone Kata crossed to further extend Leicester’s lead and get them their try-scoring bonus point.

The win is Leicester's second consecutive in the Premiership after they lost four of their first five matches.

Emotional off-field scenes trump on-field action - Though this game draws a sell-out and as enthusiastic a crowd as you will see at Premiership Rugby, the action on the field will always be secondary when the Slater Cup is contested. Following in the footsteps of cross-code star Rob Burrow, Ed Slater's battle with MND has and will continue to engage and inspire the rugby union community and beyond. The inclusion of his children relishing the role of awarding the cup is both heart-warming and emotional in equal measure. It took a while to get going but the second half ended up being the type of encounter Slater would have loved to have been a part of.

Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers) - Handre Pollard was also a key figure in the match for the Tigers but the full-back was a class act with ball in hand, always making the right decision and playing a pivotal role in Hassell-Collins' two tries. He was also a difficult man to get hands on, beating five opponents over the 80 minutes.

Gloucester: Carreras 6, Rees-Zammit 6, Harris 6, Atkinson 7, Thorley 6, Barton 6; Vivas 6, McGuigan 7, Balmain 6, Clarke 6, Alemanno 6, Thomas 6, Ludlow 6, Clement 6, Young 6.

Substitutes: Socino 6, Elrington 6, Ford-Robinson 7, Clark 6, Donnell 6, Chapman 6, Atkinson 6, Hillman-Cooper 6.

Leicester Tigers: Steward 8*, Bassett 7, Scott 7, Kelly 7, Hassell-Collins 7, Pollard 8, Young 7; Cronin 6, Montoya 7, Heyes 6, Henderson 6, Chessum 5, Liebenberg 6, Reffell 6, Wiese 6.

Substitutes: Whitcombe 6, Wells 6, Rogerson 6, Whiteley 6, Shillcock 6, Kata 7.

39' TRY FOR LEICESTER! Pollard passes to Steward who goes long to Hassell-Collins on the wing who, with a one-on-one, easily skips around the outside to touch down.

50' TRY FOR GLOUCESTER! Fantastic drive from the line out with McGuigan diving over as the maul broke through Leicester.

55' TRY FOR LEICESTER! This time it is Leicester who drive the maul to success with Montoya diving over.

62' TRY FOR LEICESTER! Hassell-Collins with his second try as Scott's smart pass sets up Steward to play in the Tigers winger to run in untouched on the wing.

67' TRY FOR GLOUCESTER! Can they get back into the game? Ford-Robinson collected the ball two metres from the try-line and just drove a would-be tackler back to score.

80' TRY FOR LEICESTER! How did that happen? Leicester now have the bonus try point. A ball was inadvertently kicked out of a ruck and Kata gleefully grabbed it and dove over the line.