Cockerill livid with referee

27 September 2014Cockerill was angry that Leicester number eight Jordan Crane received a yellow card from referee Greg Garner for barging into a ruck, while Irish flanker Blair Cowan escaped with a ticking off after appearing to punch Jamie Gibson in the face.

Cockerill said he would take the matter up with the Rugby Football Union's head of referees, Tony Spreadbury, adding: "I need to understand from the officials what the regulations are.

"If a punch in the face is a penalty and a ticking off - I thought it was an automatic red card - and a player who drops his shoulder i…