Stuart Farmer

Before today the biggest ever @lionsofficial comeback to win a test match was just TEN points, trailing 3-13 at half time against @Springboks in 1938 to win 21-16. Today's was an 18 point turnaround. Remarkable...

That's the first time that the @lionsofficial have nilled an opponent since beating Melbourne Rebels 35-0 on the 2013 tour.

The last time there were four Scottish tries in a Lions game was when six of the 14 tries on the day were by Scots against NSW Country in Newcastle in 1989.

Dan Sheehan scored the fastest ever debut @lionsofficial try yesterday in just 95 seconds, beating Josh Lewsey’s one in 1:47 v Bay of Plenty in 2005.

Until tonight, the last time there were a dozen penalty goals kicked in a @top14rugby playoff game was in the 2005 final between @biarritzo and @SFParisRugby.

The @lionsofficial have only ever won three games where they have trailed by 11 or more at the break! 0-11 v WP Universities in 1962, 0-20 v Maori in 1993 and 10-22 v Brumbies in 2001.

Quoted on the BBC. That’s a pleasant surprise! bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

Only twice before has there been three yellow cards handed ou to a team in the first hald of a @URCOfficial match: Zebre at Glasgow in Match 2016 and Kings v Leinster in November 2018!

Let's hope @LeicesterTigers break trheir duck at Bristol today. They have only ever played twice before on Easter Sunday and lost them both! At Wasps in 2002 and at Leeds in 2005.

Here's the points per game and tries per game stats for @premrugby, that backed up @stephenjones9 article in the @thetimes today thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…

Before today the last time that BOTH teams scored a drop goal in a @premrugby match was @SaleSharksRugby v Wasps on 2 January 2016.

That’s a try for @TigersWomens Meg Jones.

Record book rewritten at Ashton Gate. TEN tries and SIXTY FOUR first-half points are both new marks in the 28 year history of @premrugby.

The most tries in the first half of a @premrugby match currently is NINE: Leicester v Rotherham in 2004, Wasps v Irish in 2006 and now Bristol v Exeter today.

Five tries in the first 10 minutes is a new @premrugby record. Previously Wasps and London Irish shared the first 5 tries in 13 minutes at High Wycombe in April 2006!

Only two teams have ever been 23 points (or more) behind at half-time in a @premrugby match and won the game. Both amazingly in June 2021, when Wasps won 39-36 at London Irish after trailing 10-33 at the break and Harlequins 43-36 semi-final victory at Bristol (5-28 down at HT)!

The last time that @LeicesterTigers held @SaintsRugby scoreless in a first-half at Franklin's Gardens was in September 1988, 16-0. Leicester won that one 30-19.

Northampton Saints today equal @LeicesterTigers record of five backs in an England test team, originally set on four occasions in 1983/84, with Hare, Woodward, Dodge, Cusworth and Youngs included.