Well, what a 24 hours but what a result! Events at Twickenham this evening confirmed Northampton Saints as the only English team in quarter-finals of the 2009/10 Heineken Cup.
SAINTS MARCH ON IN THE HEINEKEN CUP!
Well, what a 24 hours but what a result! Events at
Twickenham this evening confirmed Northampton Saints as the only English team
in quarter-finals of the 2009/10 Heineken Cup.
After a nail-biting encounter at Thomond Park on
Friday, Saints knew that they could now do no more and qualification for the
latter stages of rugby’s premiership club competition was out of their
hands.
All eyes shifted back across the Irish Sea to see
London Irish welcome Leinster to HQ and it all came down to the last plays of
the game. With the scores tied at 8-8 into the dying minutes Chris Malone
struck a penalty to edge the Exiles in front and, it seemed, to resign Saints
to the Amlin Challenge Cup. Hello Jonathan Sexton! His sweet drop-goal sailed through
the posts to tie up matters once more and, despite Malone’s two desperate
drop-goal efforts of his own, the match ended drawn. Irish hearts are broken and
Saints are through!
Saints are joined in the last eight by Munster (their
likely opponents back at Thomond Park), Leinster, Biarritz, Clermont Auvergne, Ospreys,
Stade Francais and Toulouse.
The quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup will be held on
the weekend of 9/10/11 April.
They won’t put us on the Friday night again, will
they?
COME ON YOU SAINTS!
NEWS: SAINTS MARCH ON IN THE HEINEKEN CUP!
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Date: 23/01/2010 20:45
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I'd rather it was Friday night than a Sunday, that way we get the benefit of Euan Murray.
I would imagine, though, that Sky will see it as their main game and want it played on Saturday.
Are any of the QF's likely to be on the Friday? 2 on Saturday 2 on Sunday was what happened last year. Can't see us being at the very top of the bill the way some of the fixtures are likely pan out. Although being the only English side is bound to effect the decision.
In my view, having a return fixture from one of your pool is wrong. Because of the Italian situation it tends to happen quite frequently. They should switch the fixtures of the 2 best runners up to avoid the situation.
This is the third time we've had it. We've played away to Toulouse, Biarritz and now (probably) Munster in the QF's having had them in our group as well.
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