Leicester Tigers: Richard Cockerill questions decision not to red...
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Richard Cockerill has accused the game's law-makers of "encouraging players to dive".
His strong words came in the wake of the incident in last weekend's London Irish fixture when Exiles' flanker Blair Cowan escaped punishment after punching Tigers' Jamie Gibson.
Cockerill – and most of the 22,000 crowd – were astonished by the decision of referee Greg Garner, who gave Tigers a penalty but refused to show Cowan a card of any denomination.
When Cowan then escaped a post-game citing too, Tigers asked for clarification from the RFU as to why there was no action.
And the reply Cockerill got fr…
His strong words came in the wake of the incident in last weekend's London Irish fixture when Exiles' flanker Blair Cowan escaped punishment after punching Tigers' Jamie Gibson.
Cockerill – and most of the 22,000 crowd – were astonished by the decision of referee Greg Garner, who gave Tigers a penalty but refused to show Cowan a card of any denomination.
When Cowan then escaped a post-game citing too, Tigers asked for clarification from the RFU as to why there was no action.
And the reply Cockerill got fr…
