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Catch up on the most dramatic games from a tense final weekend in both the Aviva Premiership and Top 14 – and one of the greatest come-from-behind wins ever in Super Rugby.
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Super Rugby: Hurricanes vs Stormers
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The Barrett brothers are officially the most electric brotherly combo in rugby right now. Friday night’s game against the beleaguered Stormers took it to another level, with more tries than not involving some kind of miracle cross- field kick made to look like the easiest backyard play in the world. To the Stormers’ credit, they kept up with the Hurricanes deep into the second half, making for an engrossing final ten minutes.
Premiership: Northampton Saints vs Harlequins
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This pulsating affair is what happens when you dangle the golden promise of automatic qualification for the Champions Cup in front of two sides on the last match of the season. The maths was straightforward – the hosts had to win and deny their opponents a bonus point. But, while the sums were simple, the match was exactly the opposite, as players from both sides threw everything and then more at each other from can ’til can’t.
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Top 14: Clermont vs La Rochelle
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This was a match Clermont had to win. It was a match La Rochelle could easily afford to lose. On paper, second versus first on the last weekend of the Top 14 season looked an awful lot like it would be a home romp at Stade Marcel Michelin. And, at halftime in an encounter between two much-changed sides, it appeared that pre-match predictions were bang on the money. But when the hosts – with eyes firmly on next weekend’s Champions Cup final in Edinburgh – made a number of substitutions, the fightback began. And suddenly it got a bit tense.
Super Rugby: Cheetahs vs Highlanders
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Here’s all you need to know about this game: with 75 minutes on the clock, the Cheetahs led the Highlanders 41-24; by full time, the Highlanders had won. This will go down as one of the weirdest games of Super Rugby ever played, not to mention of the greatest comebacks. You have to see it to believe it.
Top 14: Montpellier vs Stade Francais
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Another Top 14 match that had home win written all over it. In very large letters. Underlined. Several times. The always-direct hosts have been in brutal form in recent weeks, and the pitch at the Altrad Stadium is littered with the crushed remains of hapless visitors’ deluded hopes. So, few held much hope of a Stade victory in a match they needed to win to have even a shot at the playoffs. Except, clearly, Stade themselves – who had the first and last, decisive, word.
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