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Harlequins end wait for Premiership title with thrilling final win over Exeter

  • Exeter Chiefs 38-40 Harlequins
  • Lynagh’s late double settles Twickenham thriller

It would be hard to imagine a more packed weekend of sport but the twists and turns of rugby union’s Premiership have latterly been unrivalled. To expect a finale as good as the semi-finals felt impossibly greedy and yet it still came to pass on a lovely sunlit evening as Harlequins, incredibly, were crowned English champions for the first time since 2012.

Exeter had looked more likely winners after a stunning second-half comeback from 26-14 down yielded two converted tries in the space of five minutes through Sam Simmonds and Ollie Devoto. They reckoned without the mightiest of Quins’ recoveries, a brace of tries from wing Louis Lynagh sealing a scarcely believable win. There have been some great finals but this was surely the best of them all.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3qtGtKe

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