Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill insists: I am here for battle after defeats to Bath and London Irish

Richard Cockerill, Leicester’s director of rugby, has issued a bristling
defence of his coaching set-up in the wake of back-to-back defeats in the
Aviva Premiership that have left his side in danger of recording their worst
league start of his five-year tenure.




The former England hooker insisted he still expected “100 per cent” that his
side would reach the Premiership play-offs despite enduring a record 45-0
defeat at Bath and a first defeat by London Irish at Welford Road for 11
years in their past two Premiership outings.




For the first time since taking charge in …