Well, Leicester are in the final (hopefully against Saracens - we'll find out tomorrow.....).
The certainly deserved the result based on the performances of the two teams. I suppose the only "cloud" are the incidents involving the two Tuilagi's. Manu should probably have been shown a red card for his punches on Chris Ashton, and the inability of the officials to see the incident compounded the result as both players were shown a yellow card. Ashton should not have been binned as he didn't even throw a punch, just took a pounding from Tuilagi who should miss the final as surely he will receive a significant ban for the (largely) unprovoked response.
Alesana Tuilagi should at least have been penalised, if not binned too for his swinging arm incidence against Ashton who would have surely scored a try if he had evaded the tackle.
So, Leicester should arguably not be in the final, but I still believe that the team that finishes top deserves the title. I suppose this is the time to say that I'm not a great believer in the bonus point system. I'm not sure that it enhances the game, but we have a situation where Saracens have won 18 games, two more than Leicester, but they find themselves in second place. I suppose that it does prove that Saracens, who largely play a containment game are penalised by the bonus point system as because we contain, we don't score as many tries as some of the more expansive teams like Northampton, Gloucester and London Irish (and many more).
So, lets wait and see what happens tomorrow. I would be fantastic to have a rematch of last years final. Just the enormous matter of beating a fairly rampant Gloucester first......
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