Leicester Tigers v Sale: We're ready for another mud-bath, says...

Leicester Tigers will hope to take a more straight- forward route to victory when they face Sale Sharks at Welford Road on Saturday afternoon than the last time the sides met in the Aviva Premiership.

On that occasion, a late try saw Tigers to a 32-30 victory at the AJ Bell Stadium after they had clawed back a 13-point deficit.

"It was a funny game," said Tigers No.

8 Jordan Crane.

"We felt that we were the dominant side but the scoreboard didn't show that because of defensive lapses.

"It showed the character of the squad.

Sometimes this season we have come up short, but I think that…