Leicester win Premiership final

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  • xman
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    • Sep 2006
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    Leicester win Premiership final

    GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP FINALVenue: Twickenham Date: Saturday, 29 May Kick-off: 1730 BST Coverage: Full match commentary on BBC Radio Leicester plus score updates on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website


    Leicester have Kiwi flanker Craig Newby available for Saturday's Premiership final after he was cleared of a dangerous tackle in the semi-final.Lewis Moody plays his last game for the Tigers before leaving for Bath.

    England skipper Steve Borthwick returns at lock for Saracens after a two-month injury absence, but number eight Ernst Joubert retains the captaincy.

    Kiwi duo Glen Jackson and Justin Marshall hope to sign off on a high in their last games before retiring.

    Sarries are aiming to lift their first silverware since a side featuring Michael Lynagh at fly-half lifted the Tetley's Bitter Cup in 1998.

    Composure is the key - Cockerill

    Leicester, meanwhile, are chasing a second successive title and a ninth in all since the formation of leagues in 1987/88.

    The Tigers are in their sixth successive final, having won two and lost three of the last five, but head coach Richard Cockerill admits the match is wide open.

    "There are two very good teams in the final and it will come down to the team that makes the fewest mistakes, takes their chances and manages to put the pressure on the opposition," he said.

    "Saracens are well drilled, well disciplined and they don't give much away. To win twice at Northampton and also at Leicester in the last weeks of the season shows the kind of side they are.

    "Finals are big days out for everybody and the enthusiasm to go out there on the big day is as big as ever for us. We're looking forward to it."

    Leicester: Murphy, Hamilton, Smith, Allen, Tuilagi, Flood, Youngs, Ayerza, Chuter, Castrogiovanni, Deacon, Parling, Croft, Moody, Crane.Replacements: Duffey, Cole, Stankovich, Newby, Woods, Grindall, Staunton, Hipkiss.


    Saracens: Goode, Tagicakibau, Powell, Barritt, Wyles, Jackson, De Kock, Aguero, Brits, Du Plessis, Borthwick, Vyvyan, Burger, Saull, Joubert.Replacements: Ongaro, Gill, Skuse, Botha, Melck, Marshall, Hougaard, Ratuvou.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.


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