Cardiff 26 Leicester 26. HC Semi 2

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Cardiff v Leicester, Heineken Cup
Martin William’s finds that life sometimes just ain’t fair!
Picture from BBC Sport.

Yesterday’s match had power, passion and exceptional skills, this match had all the drama as Leicester held their nerve to win a tense penalty shoot out after 100 minutes of play. This certainly was an exciting weekend of rugby!

As you would expect, when a Guinness Premiership team is involved, the game quickly became a war of attrition as the bigger Premiership pack tried to wear down their opponents and for 70 minutes the stifling play and “professional” tactics of the English side looked to have the game sown up. However, with two Leicester players in the sin bin, Cardiff finally managed to cut loose and scored two tries in the last ten minutes to bring the score to 26 all.

With the game going into extra time Cardiff looked to have the upper hand but they quickly ran out of puff . . .

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