Cockerill's happy to get the break

06 September 2014 The Fiji winger sprinted the length of the field after intercepting a pass on his own line to put Leicester out of sight at 31-10 in the 61st minute of their opening Aviva Premiership clash at Welford Road.

Falcons boss Dean Richards complained that the officials had missed Leicester hooker Tom Youngs standing five yards offside when replacement scrum-half Ruki Tipuna tried to make a scoring pass.

Cockerill admitted: "Niki's third try was a bit fortunate but he backed himself and got the interception.

"It was a 14-pointer.

It was seven points eithe…