I'm no cheat, says Back

Neil Back today defended his illegal hand-in-the-scrum manoeuvre that ensured European kings Leicester made Heineken Cup history, and claimed: ‘‘I did what I felt was necessary.’’

I'm no cheat, says Back

Neil Back today defended his illegal hand-in-the-scrum manoeuvre that ensured European kings Leicester made Heineken Cup history, and claimed: ‘‘I did what I felt was necessary.’’

Back’s blatant act - committed during the dying stages of injury time - went unseen by French referee Joel Jutge.

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