Leicester hold on for dramatic win at Stade Francais

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Stade Francais: (10) 24
Tries: Hirigoyen, Laloi, Barre; Pens: Segonds; Cons: Segonds (3)
Leicester: (14) 27
Tries: Vanes (3); Pens: Shillcock (2); Cons: Shillcock (3)

Hooker Archie Vanes scored a hat-trick of tries on his first start in the Champions Cup as Leicester Tigers clung on for a dramatic win over Stade Francais in Paris.

Jamie Shillcock's 52-metre penalty gave Leicester a three-point lead that they held in a pulsating finale that saw Mike Brown sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on.

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Line-ups

Stade Francais: Barre; Hamdaoui, Marchant, Jeremy Ward, Laloi, Segonds, Zabalza; Castets, Ivaldi, Alo-Emile, Gabrillagues, Pesenti, Macalou, Briatte, Hirigoyen.

Replacements: Peyresblanques, Alo-Emile, Kodela, Azagoh, Ahmed, Gimbert, Chapuis, Van der Mescht.

Leicester Tigers: Brown; Watson, Kelly, Kata, Hassell-Collins; Shillcock, Whiteley; Cronin, Vanes, Heyes, Martin, Carter, Liebenberg, Rogerson, Hatherell.

Replacements: Theobald-Thomas, Whitcombe, Hurd, Wells, Ilione, Powell, Atkinson, Simmons.

Referee: Nika Amashukeli

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