Youngs hails Leicester Tigers fans

Tom Youngs showered praise on an amazing Welford Road crowd in their Heineken Cup match against French power house club Toulouse over the weekend and stated that their roar was enough for the Leicester Tigers to push into the quarter finals of the prestigious tournament. The Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club overcame a strong opposition in the form of the French club in their last pool match of the biggest club competition for rugby clubs in Europe in a pulsating match in which, three penalties from Toby Flood saw them win 9-5 and creep into the quarter finals stages.

There was a packed crowd present in sub zero temperatures with incessant snowfall, one of the biggest recorded in the history of England and Youngs stated that the constant roar of the home crowd was inspiration enough for the players to give it their all in the match. Toulouse had around 100 fans making the trip across the English Channel which left Welford Road with more than 24,000 Leicester Tigers fans and the roar of the crowd after the match with The Tigers qualifying for the knockout stages was deafening to the ears.

The Tigers and England international hooker stated that he doesn’t think he has heard the crowd shout so loudly and added that the crowd had been absolutely fantastic. He also hailed a masterstroke from Richard Cockerill, the Director of Rugby of the club who called on the fans over the previous weekend to come out in numbers and support the team.

The win against the French champions means the Leicester Tigers will take on the big spending Toulon side in the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup away from home in what is set to be the tie of the knockout stages with a place in the last four at stake.

Tigers boss hails victory over Treviso

When the Aviva Premiership Rugby Union club the Leicester Tigers travelled to Treviso in Italy, they had only one thing in mind – a repeat of last weekend’s success where they managed a bonus point win over the Italian side. But things didn’t turn out as planned and the record champions of the Premiership barely managed to come back from a losing position to secure a 14-13 victory over the stubborn Italians, as they managed to close the gap at the top of Pool 2 of the Heineken Cup with Toulouse losing their match to the high flying Welsh club Ospreys.

And the Director of Rugby of the club Richard Cockerill has admitted that he doesn’t care about losing the bonus point, all he cares about is the win and is extremely glad that his charges managed to come from behind and secure an all important win, which is extremely significant now that Toulouse have also lost their match. The Leicester Tigers failed to dominate the game and were missing in action for much of the action before a lucky break landed them a penalty towards the end and the penalty try was enough for them to secure victory.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, the Leicester boss stated that he was extremely relieved and satisfied because his boys managed to come away with the win and that is the most important thing at this point in the competition. He added that Treviso played brilliantly and made his players work hard and deserved a round of applause for their efforts.

The Leicester Tigers boss admitted that his boys struggled to get going really and hinted at the negative effect the referee had on the game as well, but all in all, he couldn’t have asked for more as they came back with the win.