By NICK CAIN
Leicester ..........15pts
Tries: Liebenberg 15, Wiese 35
Conversions: Burns 28
Drop-goals: Burns 80
Saracens ..........12pts
Penalties: Farrell 5, 64, 76; Daly 31
FREDDIE Burns is not just a bench hero, he has entered the ranks of Leicester’s legends for keeping an ice-cool head when it mattered most in this intense cliffhanger of a Premiership final to nail a dropgoal with 25 seconds of normal time remaining, giving Leicester their first title since 2013.
In a career of ups and downs, Burns has earned a reputation for being one of the game’s harumscarum entertainers...
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