Geoff Parling 's second-half try and the boot of Freddie Burns helped Leicester beat Exeter 25-18 and gain some revenge at Welford Road . A fortnight ago the Chiefs saw off the Tigers in a thrilling LV= Cup semi-final and the teams met again at Welford Road in the Aviva Premiership , with the hosts hoping for a different outcome having lost just once in front of their own fans this season . And despite former Tiger Thomas Waldrom and Will Chudley going over for the Chiefs , the home side were celebrating as Burns kicked 20 points and Parling crossed the whitewash , with Leicester climbing above Exeter in the table in the process . Geoff Parling 's second-half try helped Leicester Tigers beat Exeter Chiefs on Saturday . Parling ( right ) celebrates with team-mate Sebastian de Chaves following his try . Exeter had the first chance of the match from a penalty in the fourth minute when Leicester were caught offside with Henry Slade electing to kick from his own half with the wind behind him , however he put the chance wide . Barely three minutes later , Slade again missed a penalty after Leicester 's Miles Benjamin had failed to move out of the way and the Tigers made them pay with Burns putting a penalty of their own away to give the Tigers the lead . With high balls causing havoc in the swirling wind and handling errors from Exeter , Burns then added a second penalty for Leicester on 18 minutes to double the home side 's lead . Exeter finally got on the board in the 23nd minute with Slade this time successful with a kick from his own half . In the 36th minute the Tigers regained their six-point lead after Exeter failed to roll away after an excellent break from Benjamin , with Burns making no mistake again from the tee . It came at a price though with Benjamin leaving the field injured , replaced by Vereniki Goneva . The Tigers almost had the first try of the game on the stroke of half-time after another breakaway , but had to make do with a fourth penalty from Burns as Leicester went into the break with a 12-3 lead . Fly half Freddie Burns kicked six penalties for Leicester as they overcame Exeter . Exeter Chiefs ' Thomas Waldrom scores a try against his former club . Exeter Chiefs ' Will Chudley also scored a try but it was not enough to prevent his side from losing . It was the Tigers on the front foot from the start of the second half and with barely a minute gone they were awarded a penalty with Burns , in imperious form with the boot , slotting home his fifth penalty of the match to put Leicester further in front . Exeter swiftly made changes with the hope of getting back into the game with Ben Moon , Ben White and Tom James coming on . And it made the immediate impact as hoped with Waldrom scoring the first try of the game after an Exeter drive near the posts . Slade inexplicably missed the conversion , hitting the post when it seemed easier to score . It was the Tigers ' turn to force the pressure with Goneva going close in the corner as both teams changed personnel . The pressure told as Leicester 's dominance in the scrum saw Parling go over in the corner , with Burns adding the conversion to give the Tigers a 22-8 lead with a quarter of an hour remaining . Exeter hit straight back with a try of their own as Chudley went under the posts after a breakaway . Slade made no mistake this time to reduce the deficit to seven points with the Tigers still leading 22-15 . Burns added a further penalty to increase the lead to 10 but missed his first kick of the game with just minutes remaining as he attempted one from his own half . A late Slade penalty was not enough for Exeter , however , as the Tigers saw out any further trouble to climb above their visitors in the table .
Geoff Parling scores second half try for Leicester . Freddie Burns kicked six penalties for Tigers . Thomas Waldrom and mark Chudley took over for injury .