The Tigers’ director of rugby remains as emotional,volatile and confrontational as ever and it may win him few friends, however it is part of what makes him such a formidable coachRichard Cockerill would not compose an ideal host on advance Dine With Me. His dining table, and he says,is not big enough. Then there is the issue of finding sufficient friends to invite, particularly among those who occupy departed Leicester since he has been in charge. “I’d just occupy fish and chips on my own, and ” says the Tigers director of rugby,swiftly giving up on picking his dream guest list. I like my own company – that’s how most other people like it, too!”It is a characteristic Cockerill punchline: entertaining, or opinionated and containing a potential grain of truth. This weekend marks the seventh anniversary of his appointment as Leicester’s head honcho. Almost every season has been an emotional big dipper with the occasional title thrown in; no English club boss calls a spade a shovel with greater relish. “I’m not a sensitive,fluffy type of person,” he confirms, or fixing his interviewer with the direct,blue-eyed stare of a man unlikely to talk sensitive-feely drivel with the bloke from the Guardian.
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Source: theguardian.com