Burns determined to ignore snub and leave Tigers with winning roar

By NEALE HARVEY

Title in his sights: Freddie Burns wants to exit with a Premiership success
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Coach: Matt O’Connor

FREDDIE Burns is out to prove Leicester were wrong to ditch him for George Ford by leading the club to an unexpected Premiership title triumph.
Leicester squeaked into the play-offs for a thirteenth successive year and Burns – a makeweight in the deal that will see him join Bath this summer while England playmaker Ford travels in the opposite direction – is determined to exit Tigers on a high.
Burns, voted Leicester’s player-of-...

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