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Toby Flood, the captain of the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club the Leicester Tigers has urged his team mates to quickly get over the shattering loss they suffered at the hands of Toulon in the quarter finals of the Heineken Cup and look forward to the next matches that the club have in front of them. Leicester went into the game against the star studded French side as the underdogs, but they did their level best in pushing the French side to the limit before losing out eventually thanks largely to the brilliance of Jonny Wilkinson.

And according to the fly half of The Tigers, being out of the competition obviously hurts; but he did state that it makes him proud that the boys pushed Toulon to the limit. He further added that he was extremely proud of the way his side led the French powerhouse club for one complete half and the players deserve the due credit for the performances.

He mentioned that the Leicester Tigers players knew and appreciated the magnanimity of the task ahead of them but having pushed the French side so close to elimination, being knocked out in the end actually hurts more than it would actually have had they been thrashed. The Tigers opened the match in a blitzkrieg and went 9-0 ahead and held on to their lead till the break. But they eventually cracked after Toulon piled on the pressure in the second half.

Flood stated that the entire game was dictated by goal kicking. He stated that much of the game was played in the middle third of the park and while both sides had opportunities to score from open play, none actually managed to get over the white line and it was the brilliance of Wilkinson that proved too strong for the Leicester Tigers.