Sunday's Premiership round-up

London Irish kept alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation with a win against Worcester, while Leicester downed Saracens.

London Irish 22-9 Worcester

London Irish kept alive their slim hopes of avoiding Aviva Premiership relegation with a crucial 22-9 win over Worcester at the Madejski Stadium.

It was a must-win game for Irish, only their second in 16 Premiership outings, and it reduced the gap between them and 11th-placed Worcester to 12 points with six league fixtures remaining.

It was an uninspiring game, befitting the bottom two clubs, with Irish scrum-half Piet Van Zyl scoring the only try.

Greig Tonks converted it and added five penalties with Chris Pennell replying with three penalties for Worcester.

It was a very disappointing performance from the Warriors, who displayed none of the form that they had displayed in beating Exeter and Gloucester in their last two Premiership matches, and they never threatened the try-line.

Saracens 20-28 Leicester

Saracens missed out on the opportunity to go top of the Premiership as Leicester claimed a bonus-point 28-20 win at Allianz Park.

Manu Tuilagi, Greg Bateman and Telusa Veainu all scored tries to put the Tigers in firm control at the break and Jonah Holmes added the bonus-point score on 65 minutes.

Max Malins touched down twice for Saracens but it came too late for the hosts, who saw a run of five straight Premiership games without a defeat come to an end.

The visitors ended a run of seven straight away losses in all tournaments, since beating Newcastle in round seven, and this was their first league win over Saracens since March 2016.