Richard Cockerill was critical of referee Chris White's performance following Leicester's 15-6 triumph over Bath.
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Richard Cockerill was critical of referee Chris White's performance following Leicester's 15-6 triumph in the Guinness Premiership semi-final against Bath.
The Tigers head coach was visibly frustrated by several of White's decisions, particularly at the breakdown area, as Toby Flood booted his side into the final with five successful penalties.
"I was a little bit frustrated with some of the decisions. I just want consistency, that's all," said the former England forward.
"I am not embarrassed about it. This is a club I hold dear to my heart and I am passionate about what we do. I work exceptionally hard and I expect everyone to be passionate and do their job as diligently as everyone at this club, including the officials.
"When you drive a scrum back five metres on the 22-metre line and they stand up, exactly like they did when they were given a penalty in the first half, you would expect the referee to give a penalty to us for that good bit of play.
"There is a lot of skill in scrummaging, they (props) are very expensive people to buy and you would like to be able to use them, wouldn't you?"
Jittery
Bath took a 6-0 lead but the Tigers slowly clawed their way back into the match with Flood making their dominance tell, and Saracens now await at Twickenham.
"I thought we did some good things," Cockerill added. "It was a tight game, Bath are a very good side and have been playing very well.
"We were a bit jittery after last week (a defeat to Saracens), neither side looked like scoring, it was very attritional and we defended well and by and large we were well disciplined.
"Sarries are a good side. To go to Saints, then to come here and go to Saints again in the last three weeks and win them all, you can't take anything away from them.
"Love them or hate them, Brendan is doing a good job and they are a very difficult side to beat. Hopefully it will be an entertaining game."
Bath chief Steve Meehan admitted his side had failed to make the most of the chances they had in the opening half.
"We had some opportunities in the first half but we carried the ball into contact when the pass was on," he said.
"In the second half, we found it difficult to get out of our half and get control of the football, and when we had it we showed a lack of patience. It's difficult to build pressure like that."
