Leicester Tigers 36 Gloucester 3: Flood and Youngs give Lancaster food for thought with inspirational performances

Flood and Youngs are currently filling bench roles for England, but they ran the show behind an imperious Leicester pack.

Scrum-half Youngs scored one try and helped create two others, while Flood booted 11 points and kept Gloucester on the back foot through his masterly tactical kicking.

Cockerill said: “We know they are quality players, and I thought they did some fantastic things. Their attitude was really good.”

Flood said: “It was great to have 70-odd minutes and to feel amongst it. I thought Ben was outstanding. He has been a bit frustrated of late, but he was a real threat. He enjoys running the game.”

Youngs, prop Logovi’i Munipola and flanker Steve Mafi scored first-half tries to underpin Leicester’s dominance of a game they controlled in terms of territory and possession, before centre Matt Smith’s 58th-minute score sealed a bonus point and an Alesana Tuilagi breakaway effort confirmed the rout.

Wasps ended their nine-match Premiership losing streak to ease their relegation fears with an 18-13 victory over London Irish.

Michael Claassens and former Leeds winger Tom Biggs each scored a brace of tries as Bath continued their quest for a top-six finish with a bonus-point, 36-17, victory over Worcester. Matt Banahan grabbed Bath’s fifth try.