Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill praises side...

Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill praised his side’s composure and a “massive” five points in their Aviva Premiership win over Newcastle.

Four second-half tries including three from man-of-the-match Niki Goneva helped Tigers pull away from the Falcons to record a 36-17 victory.

A try from the visitors’ Richard Mayhew just 22 seconds into the second half had cut Leicester’s lead down to a slender 12-10 advantage.

But Tigers regrouped and ran in four tries in 22 minutes to end the game as a contest and give them the ideal start to the new campaign, despite missing a dozen p…

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