Called it: “From this point on, fear nobody; least of all Harlequins in two weeks.”
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View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 12 Harlequins 11
New season, new kit, new faces; same old squeaky bum time.
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View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 37 Harlequins 31 [GP]
The probability that we could beat Quins at home was always quite high (we’ve done it seven times in the last ten years). Even beating them and scoring five tries is worth a punt. Beating them, scoring five tries and denying them anything is just crazy talk.
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View from the armchair: Harlequins 36 Sale 3 [GP]
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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View from the Birtles: Sale 21 Harlequins 31 [AP15s]
Despite the score, I see continued signs of improvement in the Sale Sharks women’s team. Sale were definitely the better team in the first half and it was only later on, into the second half, that Quins’ greater experience started to show as they took the game away from Sale with some well-worked tries.
Even so, Sale never gave up and their third try with the last play of the game was no consolation prize but a genuine reward for hard work and never giving up.
They deserve the opportunity to continue their progress into next season.
View from the south stand: Sale 40 Quins 19 [PRC]
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that someone, somewhere in the bowels of Premiership Rugby, has an inkling of what is happening regarding the league tables and qualification for the semi-finals. I’m pretty sure that nobody else has the faintest clue.
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View from the south stand: Sale 13 Harlequins 29 [GP]
See? I told you. I told you. What did I say last week? “It’s really hard to shake off the feeling that the bubble is going to burst any second, that we’re going to come up against a team that we just can’t handle and that’ll be it, back to scrapping just outside the top four again.”
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View from the armchair: Harlequins 14 Sale Sharks 36 [GP]
Commentator: “Esterhuizen is immense in the centres – a real wrecking ball”.
Manu: “Hi, my name’s Manu. Have we met?”
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View from the south stand: Sale Sharks 28 Harlequins 22
There comes a point as a supporter (usually when the cold has consigned your toes to a distant memory) when you find yourself wondering why on earth you actually pay good money for this. But there are also those times (often in the same game) when you say this is why I pay good money to be here.
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View from the south stand: Sale 45 Harlequins 12
I call them ‘meringue games’: a big win, looks good, but somewhat unsatisfying. When the opposition isn’t up for it, or has essentially surrendered before the start, it takes the gloss off of what should be a celebration.
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