Coach’s gushing praise as ‘outstanding’ Flood stuns star-studded Ospreys

LEICESTER coach Heyneke Meyer hailed a “brilliant” performance by Toby Flood after Tigers launched their Heineken Cup campaign with victory over the Ospreys at Welford Road.

Fly-half Flood kicked all Leicester’s points in a win which could not fail to have impressed watching England coaches John Wells and Mike Ford.

Flood even played through the pain barrier for part of the second half after suffering a dead leg which eventually forced him off. But he had already done his job as Leicester quelled a late Ospreys revival to take the points after a tense Pool Three encounter.