Canterbury were quickly out of the blocks with two early tries.

After 7 mins Canterbury winger Garry Jones sped over for an unconverted try, which was soon followed by try by nippy scrum half Presley Farrance, with fly half Owain Collins adding the conversion to take Canterbury into a 12-0 lead.

In the latter part of the first half Lions quickly retaliated with tries by centre centre Ahren Crowley, winger Neil Machiels and winger Matt Price, with fly half Max Titchener adding two conversions to take Lions into a 19-12 lead.

On 35 mins for Canterbury Farrance went over for his second try, with Collins adding the conversion to draw the score at 19-19.

In one of the last plays of the first half Price went over for his second try, with Titchener slotting the conversion between the posts, to allow Lions to reach the break with a deserved 26-19 lead.

HT 19-26

Canterbury produced a come back in the first ten minutes of the second half with the second try for Jones, quickly followed by a try by centre Will Waddington, with Collins adding a conversion to snatch back the lead at 31-26.

As the game entered its final quarter Price completed his hat trick with an unconverted try for Lions, drawing the score at 31-31.

Lions conceded a penalty and with trusty kicking by Collins gave the lead back to Canterbury at 34-31.

Lions were unable to come back and add points to their tally and the game ran with a 34-31 victory to Canterbury.

FT 34-31

An exciting and well balanced game which either side could have won, with Canterbury taking a five point victory and Lions taking two points for having scored four tries and a close losing end game score.

Unfortunately Lions are still in a trailing position in the league.

Other Lions results this weekend were:-

Home
Leicester Lions 1999s/II 26 Rushden & Higham 20
Leicester Lions Development/III 24 Shepshed 33

Away
Leicester Lions Colts 43 Ashby Colts 10

Next weekend on Saturday 17th October 2026 Lions welcome Colchester to a Westleigh Park, Blaby, with a 2.00 pm kick off.