After what felt like a mini close-season but was, in fact, a mini close-season, it was back to my accustomed position at the back of the south sta— what on earth has Rob done to his hair‽
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Retreat, rest, recuperate, recover, regroup.
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I will admit to having a little chuckle at the end of the match, seeing all those empty bits of the stands that had, five minutes and two tries before, been fully occupied.
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I’m going to get a GIF of Bedders’s try on a loop. That way, I’ve got something on hand if I’m ever desperately in need of a giggle.
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On reflection, this result has been on the cards since pretty much the start of the season. Stuttering against Saints first up, the debacles at Exeter and Quins, unconvincing against Newcastle and ponderous against Bath and Sarries. The engine has been misfiring from the outset.
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Hmm. It seems that, perhaps, Asher is human after all.
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Attempt number four to write something coherent about a complex reaction to this game and to the season so far.
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I had various options for this report running through my head in the week leading up to the game. From bleakly catastrophic to unexpectedly euphoric, anything seemed possible. In the end, heart-burstingly proud probably sums it up best.
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I had a quick rummage in the old clichés drawer and found it tangled up with a couple of trite aphorisms. A quick dusting and a bit of polish and I can bring you: ‘This was a game of two halves’.
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Saturday afternoon, six-fifteen, Sarries-Northampton has just finished. I’m sitting in my armchair, thinking, “We’re still top. How did that happen?”
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an old grey dog 
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