I nearly didn’t watch this one. At least, I nearly didn’t watch it live; I was going to hold off and wait for the result to see if I was going to bother. Then I had a look at what BT was offering up as entertainment, bought my PRTV pass, and settled down for what I was expecting to be a painful couple of hours.
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Don’t wake me up. I’m having this lovely dream where we’ve just beaten Exeter to go to three from three for the season and six wins on the bounce overall.
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Probably the best performance I’ve seen in the last couple of seasons from the women. The pack was dominant and the backs mostly looked fluid and nippy.
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I think I’ve figured it out: with fifteen men on the pitch, there’s less room and they keep getting in each other’s way. Take one off and the increased space means they can interact more smoothly. Or something…
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If you want a phrase that epitomises Sale Sharks over the seasons, it would be “that was a lot closer than it should have been”, AKA “squeaky bum time”.
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It’s quite difficult to watch a — let’s face it, not very meaningful — rugby match when you’re also checking your phone every 30 seconds for the latest update from the Hundred eliminator match down in Southampton.
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I was there, you know. Up in the gods at HQ, about a mile from the pitch when George sent the ball back inside from the left wing, fell over and didn’t get back up.
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’Cause it’s a bitter-sweet symphony, that’s life…
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It’s a bit much when your reaction to a gritty, hard-fought win is, “the try bonus would have really helped” – it would have kept the “Boys’ Own” fantasy of sneaking a top-four finish alive, at least for another 22 hours.
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I will admit that, before the game started, there was a bit of me that was thinking, “please don’t let it be a slaughter”.
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an old grey dog 
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