Richard Cockerill has confirmed that Manu Tuilagi and Louis Deacon both picked up hamstring injuries against Worcester.
Tuilagi and Deacon pick up hamstring injuries against Worcester
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill has confirmed that England internationals Manu Tuilagi and Louis Deacon both picked up hamstring injuries against Worcester.
The Tigers claimed a 32-13 bonus-point win at Sixways to extend their unbeaten run in the Aviva Premiership to five matches.
But some of the gloss was taken off the victory when centre Tuilagi and lock Deacon limped off in the closing stages, with Cockerill saying he will know more about the severity of their problems in the next two days.
"They have both got hamstring strains of various degrees," Cockerill said.
"We are not sure to what extent at this stage. During the course of the 24 to 48 hours, we will know."
Leicester led 17-0 after 22 minutes with Toby Flood scoring one try and creating another, and although Worcester threatened at the start of the second half, a comeback from the hosts never materialised.
Fantastic
Cockerill added: "It is not an easy place to come and play and get a result, so to win and get a bonus point is fantastic for us. I am delighted.
"We made a massive start which was something we had talked about all week. A big start was important, and we got that.
"We've got Sale, who are another difficult side, on Sunday, then Wasps at home. We've got to keep trying to collect the points."
Leicester now have the play-off places firmly in their sights after suffering a dismal start to the season when a dozen members of their squad were absent due to the World Cup.
"The World Cup period was very hard for us," Cockerill said.
"We had a lot of guys missing, and we got caught out. We had to bite our lip and take some medicine. That happens sometimes.
"But we have kept the faith in how we want to play and we've kept our bottle, and we have started to turn it around.
Problems
"With 12 Test players missing during the World Cup, plus eight or nine injuries, you are going to have problems, and we got beaten. People have to judge us when we have a full complement of players."
Worcester head coach Richard Hill said his team paid the price for a lacklustre start and was disappointed to see Flood given so much space despite being pinpointed as a threat before the match.
Hill said: "We showed a lack of urgency at the start. We were slow to react and we lacked a period of continuity.
"We had identified that Leicester don't play with too much width, so we knew we had to mark Flood and the areas around him, but what did we do? We let him right through the middle.
"He had to be bottled up, but we didn't do that. We did not stick to our defensive strategy during the first 20 minutes, and those first 20 minutes killed us.
"Of all the games this season, that was one of our most disappointing. I am not happy with it. We under-performed, it is not good enough and we need a reaction."
