Cockerill ready for Irish test

Leicester Tigers coach Richard Cockerill will look to turn up the heat on his players ahead of their pre-season matches away to Munster at Musgrave Park this Friday and at home to Leinster the following Friday (August 27).

"The younger guys in our squad have got a taste of it in the last two weeks, and now we'll start to refine it a bit going into the next two games against Munster and Leinster to get ready for the start of the season," he said.