Two-try Tiger Adam is man of the catch

LEICESTER boss Michael Cheika saw his side make their first Premiership final for three years - then warned the hard work starts now.

- By Adam Hathaway

Tigers head to Twickenham on Saturday to face Bath with the aim of sending Ben Youngs and Dan Cole into retirement with another medal.

Bath had defeated Bristol 34-20 in Friday’s first semi-final.

Two wonder-scores from wing Adam Radwan - to make it 11 in 10 games for Leicester — and a 66th-minute stunner from replacement Izaia Perese did the damage but the Tigers were hanging on at the end.

And boss Cheika, who was Wallabies coach when the Aussies lost the 2015 World Cup final to New Zealand, reckons a day out at Twickenham counts for nothing without the trophy.

Cheika said: “It’s not the achievement for me — winning it is the achievement.

“I don’t want to be a sad sack but I can’t leave any room for complacency around how good we've been to make it.