STORY OF THE SEASON:
How long have you got? Horrendous injuries not least the ongoing Manu Tulagi situation and the eventual retirement of Marcos Ayerza; a dodgy but hardly disastrous start; a couple of Euro thrashings; the departure of cult hero director of rugby Richard Cockerill; the promotion of Aaron Mauger; an upturn in fortunes as players returned from injury; the shock sacking of Mauger; the annual strong run in the final third of the season which coincided with the arrival of Matt Connor. And that’s just a brief precis! The bottom line is that Tigers qualified comfortably e...