[1] In the first minute, Tigers had a try by Freddie Tuilagi ruled out for illegal blocking on Munster wing John Kelly.

Tigers turned down kicks at goal in search of the try that came when Austin Healey darted over, Tim Stimpson's conversion gave Leicester a 12–9 lead.

O'Gara missed an opportunity to level the scorers, and seconds later Stimpson slotted the last points of the game for a 15–9 final score.

More drama was to come, as Munster wing Kelly thought he had scored in the corner, only to be denied by a last-ditch cover tackle by man of the match Healey.

This incident was dubbed the "Hand of Back" after the match by the press in reference to Argentinian football player Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal scored in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and was named by The Daily Telegraph in 2022 as "rugby's most famous act of gamesmanship".