Redpath described Leicester as “the beast”, a description which was not mant in a derogatory way in any sense, but which would have made just as much sense had he left out the letter ‘a’.

They may be the beast, but at present they are also the best.
The Tigers are not leaders for nothing, and on the form they showed against Glaws they are just as likely to stay at the top until the end of the season.
Make no mistake Glaws gave the game a shot, but they just couldn’t find a way past a confident, well-drilled and wholly impressive home team.
Redpath told the BBC:  "The beast got us, the Leicester beast. They are top of the league and played very well.
"We came here with confidence. We have been working exceptionally hard recently to get the results and get us back into some form.
"Then you come to this place, you come with hope and with ambition but you have to perform and today they outperformed us."
That just about sums it up.
Tigers scored three tries through Lote Tuqiri and Geordan Murphy either side of the break and Ben Youngs late on to kill off any Glaws revival, which had been given some hope by a try from a try by late replacement Johnny May, a deserved reward for the teenage centre on his full debut. Nicky Robinson kicked two Glaws penalties, while Toby Flood improved his England credentials with a match-controlling game that included three conversions and four penalties.
It’s important now that Glaws treat the result, and the performance, as a setback rather than a return to the early-season blues.
The result was never really in doubt, but it wasn’t a humiliation, as it might have been if this fixture had been played a couple of months ago.

Next weekend’s home game against Sale Sharks is much more winnable than this game ever was, and with Sale three points behind Glaws with a game in hand, it’s a must-win match.

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