Leicester head coach Steve Borthwick said a gruelling summer fitness regime had paid dividends and prop Dan Cole was in the shape of his life at 35. In consultation with S&C head Aled Walter the veteran mapped out a programme to get in shape for the season.
Borthwick said: “He is playing very well – he is a man who doesn’t seem to age, he looked the way he did when he was about 21 and it is great to have him. He was very, very good today.
“Every day the preparation he puts in is incredible. What he did in the off-season in his own time must have been superb because when he came in, on d...