Leicester’s success has justified my switch, says Flood

TOBY FLOOD believes Leicester’s presence at the business end of the Heineken Cup has more than justified his move from his beloved Newcastle Falcons.

The England out-half opted to make the switch from Newcastle to Leicester last summer, and believes occasions like this weekend against EDF Energy Cup winners Cardiff show he made the right call. He said: “It will be as close as I’ve ever played in a club game to an international Test match, if not surpassing it in terms of the pressure involved in the game really and what it means.

“These are the games you want to be involved in. You play all season and hope that semi-finals and finals come around at the end of it.