Tigers star Pollard leaves two opponents on deck with brutal WWE-style body slam

12 March 2023 , 19:02

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Pollard was the star of the show against Gloucester

South Africa star Handre Pollard inadvertently took out two opponents with a WWE-style body slam in the Premiership clash between Gloucester and Leicester Tigers.

Pollard's Leicester side boosted their play-off push with a powerful second-half blitz to defeat Gloucester 26-5 at Kingsholm on Sunday.

World Cup-winning Springbok fly-half Pollard slotted three conversions as tries from Mike Brown, Julian Montoya, Ben Youngs and Jasper Wiese ensured an important victory for the Premiership champions.

But 29-year-old Pollard, who is hitting his stride at just the right time for the Tigers, had his most eye-catching moment when upending two rivals moments after the interval.

Gloucester were pushing to break the half-time deadlock in the 42nd minute when scrum-half Ben Meehan kicked and chased with the support of wing Ollie Thornley.

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Pollard closed the space to claim the ball under pressure from Meehan, before performing a WWE-style body drop move, to the shock of the Kingsholm crowd.

South Africa international Handre Pollard inadvertently took out two opponents with a WWE-style body slam

He stood upright while Meehan was flung over his back as the scrum-half failed to get into the right body position to make a tackle.

Meehan's flying boot then made contact with on-rushing teammate Thornley in a nasty collision that ended with both Gloucester stars on the floor.

Fortunately, the duo quickly returned to their feet, but were unable to prevent rampant Leicester kicking on to score four second-half tries in a big-bonus point win.

Both players hit the deck after being upended by Pollard

Former Leicester star Jonny May looked to have set-up a grandstand finish when he crossed in response to efforts from Brown and Montoya. But Gloucester skipper Lewis Ludlow was sin-binned with the game finely poised at 12-5.

England scrum-half Youngs then sealed the victory, before May was also yellow carded and South African Wiese went over in the last play to clinch the crucial bonus point.

Ben Parsons