Richard Cockerill: Leicester Tigers' young guns must learn and...

Maybe three or four years ago, I would have brought in a 35-year-old prop to help get us through our current injury worries in the front-row.

Any side without the quality and experience of Marcos Ayerza, Dan Cole, Michele Rizzo and, last weekend, Logovi’i Mulipola will be worse for it.

But I decided against bringing someone in so that our young props can learn in first-team surroundings and get the sort of experience that will stand them in good stead later in their career.

Fraser Balmain, 22, Tom Bristow, 23, Riccardo Brugnara, 20, and Tiziano Pasquali, 20, have all been in the match-da…