After a build-up dominated by rows and trivia Leicester showed their class to deliver an extraordinary twist in the tail in this season's Guinness Premiership finale. The Observer's Michael Aylwin reports.
"For a fleeting few seconds on a magnificent climax to the English season, it had looked so glorious for the team that had stolen so many headlines and riled so many opponents. Saracens' extraordinary run to end this campaign seemed set to be consummated in glory when Glen Jackson, in his last match, sent over a penalty with three minutes to go at Twickenham to snatch Saracens a one-point lead.
"But they are some champions, these Leicester Tigers, and when nerve was called for, it was the perennial champions of England who showed it, and Saracens who did not. Dan Hipkiss's burst for the winning try, straight from the restart, was decisive. And what a fitting end it was to a season that has ended up rewarding so richly those who stuck with it through the dark days."
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