a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StVgZOm_5EI/AAAAAAAADeE/R3jj5N2j71Q/s1600-h/billy-twelvetrees-ospreys.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/StVgZOm_5EI/AAAAAAAADeE/R3jj5N2j71Q/s400/billy-twelvetrees-ospreys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392322115380700226" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"The Leicester Tigers overcame a 26-8 deficit to fight back at Welford Road against the Ospreys in their opening Heineken Cup match. They earned a 32-32 draw after a pulsating second half comeback. /spanbr /br /The injury-ravaged side lost four key players before kick-off and found themselves facing an on form Ospreys side who raced into the lead with tries by Shane Williams and Tommy Bowe. Teenage flyhalf Dan Gibbar was faultless with the boot, ending with a personal tally of 22 points.br /br /The Tigers however had a young man named Billy Twelvetrees in their lineup, after he came in as a late replacement. He took his chance with both hands, scoring a try and slotting 9 points with the boot to earn the Man of the Match award, on debut.br /br /Johne Murphy, Lucas Amorosino, and Jeremy Staunton all scored tries, contributing to their four-try bonus point. It was quite a feat considering they were without the likes of Geordan Murphy, Toby Flood, Sam Vesty, Harry Ellis, Matt Smith, and centre pairing Aaron Mauger and Dan Hipkiss.br /br /Leicester coach Richard Cockerill summed up the fighting spirit.br /br /"We had players unavailable and pulling out at the last minute. The attitude to just go out and play and not give up is what this side is about. The spirit of the players today was fantastic.br /br /