London Irish captain George Skivington defends Blair Cowan from Leicester 'punch' claim

George Skivington, the London Irish captain, defended his flanker Blair Cowan
against claims from Leicester that he appeared to throw a punch in a
first-half scuffle with Jamie Gibson in the Exiles' 22-19 win at Welford
Road on Saturday.




Richard Cockerill, the Leicester director of rugby, said he was unhappy that
Cowan was not shown at least a yellow card after the clash with Gibson, a
former Exiles man, as the players broke up from a collapsed scrum.




Cockerill will raise his criticisms of referee Greg Garner with Tony
Spreadbury, the Rugby Football Union Head of Pro…