Overview
- Leicester seized control early, racing to 35-0 before taking a 35-7 halftime lead at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.
- Will Wand and Billy Searle scored two tries each with Archie van der Flier also claiming a brace, plus a penalty try and finishes by Gabriel Hamer-Webb, Tarek Haffar and James O’Connor.
- Searle kicked six conversions with O’Connor adding another as Leicester set a record score for a Prem Rugby Cup final.
- Referee Hamish Smales awarded a contentious ruck dot-down and later showed Exeter’s Martin Moloney a yellow card alongside a penalty try for collapsing a maul.
- Head coach Geoff Parling highlighted using 20 under-23 players during the campaign, while Exeter’s Rob Baxter called the loss a “slap in the face.”