Defiant Richard Cockerill ready to lead Leicester Tigers fightback
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Richard Cockerill, the Leicester Tigers director of rugby, may enjoy his yoga, but the relaxation has done nothing to quell his fighting spirit.
The Tigers are in an injury crisis that has robbed them of almost their whole first-choice pack and successive defeats to Bath — a 45-0 humiliation at The Rec — and London Irish have left them eighth in the Aviva Premiership and under pressure.
But Cockerill was in defiant mood yesterday, vowing that he was the right man to lead the club through their present adversity.
“Any right person would look at the facts and understand why it’s not
The Tigers are in an injury crisis that has robbed them of almost their whole first-choice pack and successive defeats to Bath — a 45-0 humiliation at The Rec — and London Irish have left them eighth in the Aviva Premiership and under pressure.
But Cockerill was in defiant mood yesterday, vowing that he was the right man to lead the club through their present adversity.
“Any right person would look at the facts and understand why it’s not
