Cockerill backs his Tigers to escape pool as draw sets up last-day decider against Toulouse

Richard Cockerill last night predicted a Heineken Cup “classic” when Leicester and Toulouse go head to head at Welford Road next Sunday.

Tigers are two points behind the French heavyweights and Pool 2 leaders, with only the group winners guaranteed a quarter-final place.

Victory for Leicester would take them through, albeit to then face a potential last-eight clash away against European title contenders like Clermont Auvergne or Toulon.