Flyhalf Handre Pollard crossed the whitewash in his maiden start for Leicester Tigers after pouncing on a loose pass from Sale Sharks rival Robert du Preez yesterday.

Striking with a debut try 🤩

Handré Pollard secures the intercept and gets @LeicesterTigers on the board 🌟

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— Premiership Rugby (@premrugby) December 30, 2022

Du Preez, though, made up for his error, as the one-cap Springbok scored 18 points that included a last-minute try as Sale demolished Leicester 40-5 at Salford City Stadium.

du Preez at the death! 🔥#SALvLEI | @Connectus_Group pic.twitter.com/kNyisQD9dr

— Sale Sharks 🦈 (@SaleSharksRugby) December 30, 2022

Pollard, who was making his long-awaited return from injury, was withdrawn early in the second half of the English Premiership clash.

“Handre was only due to play 40 minutes but we managed him for as long as we could,” Leicester interim boss Richard Wigglesworth said.

“He’s new to this team and new to us, but you can see his class. He will only get better and better for us.”

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