Richard Cockerill could not have wished for more yesterday after his month-long touchline suspension, writes Mark Baldwin in The Times.
"In their last game of 2009, indeed, there was a real sense of Leicester, the Guinness Premiership champions, again being the team to beat during the second half of the domestic season. They meet Saracens on Saturday in a match that will provide a big pointer to the eventual destination of this season’s title.
"It was a scoreline that was harsh on Sale Sharks, who had more than their fair share of good moments and played some excellent rugby despite fielding a young side. Mark Cueto and Mathew Tait were rested, with a view to the club’s immediate Heineken Cup future, but the visiting team actually enjoyed marginally more territory and possession until Leicester’s superior strength off the bench began to tell in the final quarter."
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