Leicester 16-man crusade an unedifying spectacle

LEICESTER insist they are simply upholding a “duty” to protect the integrity of the Heineken Cup by complaining so vociferously over the Ospreys’ 16th-man affair.

But the Leicester board’s seemingly desperate attempts to force their way back into the competition, by employing a firm of lawyers and demanding a replay, is unedifying.

It is clear something went wrong at the Liberty Stadium, when Lee Byrne returned from the bloodbin without his temporary replacement Sonny Parker leaving the field.