Premiership: Leicester Tigers 18-19 Northampton Saints - Freddie Burns' farewell ends in defeat
Victory ended Saints' run of four successive derby defeats against Leicester and was just their second win away from home this season.
Tigers, whose missing international contingent included England scrum-half duo Ben Youngs and Jack van Poortvliet, called on 20-year-old Sam Edwards as their starting nine in his first Premiership appearance. Furbank and Tigers number 10 Pollard then traded penalties, with two further kicks from the versatile Saints fly-half moving them to within a point of the hosts.
Sleightholme's finish, after an excellent flicked offload from Ramm, helped put Northampton four points ahead. "We flew out of the blocks and we didn't quite get the rewards, so it made the game close and they took their opportunities.
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