Saracens' only first half points came from the boot of fly-half Owen Farrell.
Leicester never settled in the game, with all their six points coming in the first half from the boot of Andy Goode.
The last act of the half saw Elissalde boot his fourth penalty of the night to make it 12-3 to the hosts.
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However, the Ulster fly-half's boot continued to cause problems for the home defence, the pressure from his high kicks telling as it led to the 71st minute scrum at which the hosts were penalised.
The only score of a dull first half came from the boot of Farrell, who landed an easy penalty.
O'Gara cut the gap with a fourth penalty with 12 minutes to go and the Ireland fly-half's trusty boot put the ball on a plate for Tuitupou in the final seconds.
Leinster really did not get into their stride in the first half and had to rely on the boot of St Mary's fly-half Sexton for their interval advantage.
The Dragons' try came from wing Richard Fussell and fly-half Shaun Connor's boot did the rest.
In a first half initially dictated by the boot, Saracens' full-back Alex Goode scored the opening try, with Leinster's Luke Fitzgerald, for all his speed, unable to get across in time to prevent the score.
It was not a vintage display for the 28-year-old Canterbury fly-half, especially with the boot as he missed four out of his first five kicks at goal, but he and his team had enough in the locker to see off Wales for the 24th time in a row.
With half-time looming Armitage and Riki Flutey decided they had had enough of aimlessly putting boot to ball in their own half and they launched a superb counter-attack from deep which ended with Wilkinson levelling the scores with his second penalty.
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The momentum had swung firmly in favour of the visitors and with their scrum in the ascendancy they drew level through Rodriguez's boot midway through the half.
The Ospreys started brightly, taking only a minute to gain their first opportunity to earn points, but the normally reliant boot of outside-half James Hook misfired as he sent his penalty wide.
Jackson notched up Saracens first points with the boot and, just before half-time, Bracken took advantage of prolonged pressure to nip over under the posts.
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The decision looked harsh, but Connor at least found his range with the boot as the fly-half slotted two penalties to take a 6-3 lead into half-time.
With Wasps' tries coming from the Premiership's top scorer, Wade, who now has six for the season, and Varndell on the opposite wing, their other 17 points came from the boot of Welsh fly-half Nicky Robinson.
Jonny Hepworth scored Leeds' only try of the game, while fly-half Jason Strange added 14 points with the boot.
Dan Carter had an off-day with the boot but the Kiwi fly-half still became the leading points scorer in Test rugby.
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Andy Goode was again on good form with the boot, landing two first-half conversions and a penalty as Warriors produced a clinical display.
To a man, the Pumas trooped back towards their posts, expecting the metronomic boot of the Scarlets fly-half to punish them with three points.
The win came despite fly-half Danny Cipriani having an off day with the boot and missing four kicks at goal from five attempts.
New Zealander Reihana made amends somewhat for his boot calamities when he collected scrum-half Lee Dickson's pass to blindside before racing over unopposed.
Fly-half Gareth Steenson was in fine form with the boot, slotting two conversions and two penalties, with replacement Danny Gray also kicking a conversion.
Ryan Lamb added 10 points with the boot and Gloucester led 25-3 at half-time.
Winger Frederic Vaccari, veteran Steve Menzies and Aussie scrum-half Scott Dureau, who added 15 points with the boot, all scored twice.
Jon Davies set up a fine try for Rhys Priestland, but Shaun Connor's boot edged Dragons to a 9-8 half-time lead.
Chris Malone's boot kept Quins in touch, the fly-half kicking 19 points.
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