Leicester’s Freddie Burns prepares for end to ‘rollercoaster’ ride

The Tigers face Wasps in their Premiership play-off semi-final which could be the fly-half’s last game for them before returning to BathFreddie Burns is the first to admit his three years at Leicester have not gone to script. The plan was that a dose of Tigers pragmatism under Richard Cockerill would harness his mercurial talents and catapult the fly-half to sustained England recognition. But the reality has been somewhat different.It is easy to forget Burns arrived at Leicester having started two of England’s matches on the 2014 tour to New Zealand. A preoccupation with nailing down a World C…

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