Flood, who inherited the No.10 shirt from Jonny Wilkinson for England’s final RBS 6 Nations match against France, converted tries from Jeremy Staunton and Ben Youngs in a tight first-half.

Willie Walker kept the struggling Warriors in touch before the Tigers stepped it up after the break with Flood sending over a succession of penalties and converting James Grindal’s try to add a gloss to the 39-18 win.

Bath continued to press their claims for a play-off place by disposing of Harlequins 24-13 thanks to tries from Olly Barkley, Joe Maddock and Duncan Bell.

Barkley landed a penalty and converted his own try to put Bath 10-6 at the break before Bell and Maddock powered over and Tom Williams added a consolation score for the visitors.

Northampton maintained their pursuit of Leicester with a close-fought 14-9 win over Wasps.

A try from Roger Wilson was backed up by a Bruce Reihana penalty to put Saints 8-6 up at the break – with Danny Cipriani kicking two from four attempts for the Londoners.

Dave Walder took over kicking duties after the break and brought Wasps back to within a point only for Stephen Myler to land a penalty and a drop goal.

Welsh international Nicky Robinson converted his own try and kicked four penalties to earn Gloucester a 19-0 win over Leeds.