Wasps promise sting in the tail for Tigers

WASPS second-row forward Richard Birkett has dubbed Saturday’s Zurich Premiership showdown at Twickenham with Leicester as “payback” time for the London side.

The final will be their fifth meeting this season, with Leicester gaining the upper hand in all but one of the previous four games.

A 17-17 draw in the Zurich Premiership at the start of the season has been as good as it has got for the defending Premiership champions, as Leicester triumphed in two fierce Heineken Cup clashes in February, and the recent Premiership decider at Welford Road ended in a crushing 45-10 defeat.