Quins champions!
I am utterly chuffed ,Very well deserved victory against a strong Leicester side.Hope this is the start of more championship wins//static.avforums.com/styles/avf/smilies/clap.gifI thought they were awesome in the final data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7Nah, in all seriousness, Quins turned up on the day and knew what they wanted to do. They played the most attacking rugby for 80 minutes, we only showed flashes of what we can do, and the strangest yellow card ever in terms of how blatant it was!!
All too often this season Tigers have left it very late to start playing, we got away with it at Sarries when we played at their place, and we got away with it against London Irish at their place - but on Saturday afternoon we didn't. Mind you, if Barnes (who is a shocking referee whoever you support, and you can see why he has been taken off the international board of refs, but that's another discussion) had of let the play drift on in those final phases a little (like he had all game, but not when we needed it!) and not penalised Twelvetrees, I couldn't see Quins doing what Sarries did last year and holding out for 36 phases of rugby.
Yes, you can call me bitter data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
As I said though, well played to Quins and I was happy to shake any Quins fan's hand after the game on Saturday. It's just a shame Danny Care can't keep his life clean as I'd really like the bloke otherwise, and I'd view him as a perfect England scrum half.
Anyway, well played Quins, but you won't get it again next year data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 //static.avforums.com/styles/avf/smilies/clap.gif no need to be bitter mate data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7First time for Quins after many years of being derided as the toffs club, which was a blatantly unfair slur.
Sorry to take so long to reply btw It's that time of year again...play off time.
I wonder if this thread title will still apply in just over 2 weeks time?
I'd guess LGS will let us know his allegiances after the final? data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 I am with Quins although and nowhere near as confident as i was last year Think they'll get through tomorrow at Welford Road? And rightly not as confident data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 with Quins out, this was the final i was hoping for .Go Saints go.data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7About time they won it Good win for the Tigers.
Hartley sent off just before half-time and could well have butchered his chances of going on the Lions Tour.
BBC Sport - Lions 2013: Dylan Hartley set to miss tour after sending off Brilliant win for Tigers, through my Tiger-tinted spectacles, we were always in the ascendancy (despite a few flashes from Saints).
The red card (imo) didn't change the result at all, it just meant Tigers took their eyes off the game a lot more. It took away the spectacle, that's all.
It was quite funny, I read Wayne Barnes' preview through the week and he said "It would be good if no-one remembers the officials" or something to that effect, and then he goes and shows the first red card in a Prem final!!! He had warned Hartley though so his own silly fault...and deserves to miss the Lions tour on the back of it.
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