Boss promises to get tough with Tigers

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A turgid 10-9 victory over London Irish at Twickenham saw Leicester complete the first leg of the double, with Leinster next up in Saturday's Heineken Cup final.

Cockerill said: "On Monday morning we'll sit and watch the video and have a few harsh words because the performance wasn't good enough. If we play like that we won't beat Leinster. They're probably a better side than Irish with more world-class players."

He added: "Our performance was poor. We didn't play well but stuck to our task.

"We could easily have lost - you can't deny that - but we did enough to win.

"Over the balance of the year we deserve to be champions. I'm pleased with the win because the pressure was on.

"If we had lost then we would have faced double the pressure next week.

"We would have choked it again because it was only our third win in eight finals."