Every team benefits from a certain amount of luck but underlying performances rather than league position are a more reliable guide.
It’s safe to say Neath RFC are putting up one heck of a fight - and not for the first time in the club’s proud history.
Scotland squandered the chance to set up a title decider.
Ospreys replacement fly-half Jack Walsh saw his conversion attempt to clinch a dramatic comeback win agonisingly hit the post.
It’s taken eight years but Brian O’Driscoll, the legendary Ireland midfielder who retired in 2014 after 15 years at the very top, finally sounds like he has come to peace with the sad fact his stellar playing career is over.
Despite knowing full well what Moana Pasifika could bring to the table, the Blues still struggled to deal with the physicality and never-say-die attitude of their Auckland rivals at Mt Smart Stadium on Tuesday evening.
The Leinster hooker was making just his fifth Test start.
The Tigers were unable to join city neighbours Leicester City in winning silverware in the capital.
Former England midfielder Sam Burgess's conviction for intimidating his father-in-law has been quashed after a judge said there was reasonable doubt the offence occurred.