Try drought continues despite Leicester win

Leicester moved up to sixth spot in the Aviva Premiership with an unconvincing 12-6 win over London Irish in a dreadful game at the Madejski Stadium.



It was an error-ridden contest dominated by penalties and scrums with neither side remotely threatening the try-line.



For Leicester, Freddie Burns kicked two penalties and dropped a goal before leaving the field at half-time.

His replacement David Mele kicked a second-half penalty with Shane Geraghty kicking two penalties for the Irish.



Leicester were marginally the better side but they could not take advantage of a yellow card for Ge…