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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Aylwin at Twickenham

Leicester win popularity contest in narrative shaped by Davies’s card

Aled Davies of Saracens goes to the sin-bin for a high shoulder challenge.
Aled Davies of Saracens goes to the sin-bin for a high shoulder challenge. Photograph: Simon West/Action Plus/Shutterstock

This was popular. The most well-supported club in English rugby, so far from their customary place at the top of it for so long, have retaken the podium. They took it courtesy of a last-minute drop goal by one of the most popular players in English rugby, so long of career that it came as some surprise to learn this was his first Premiership final. And, boy, did it go down well.

And they did it all against … well, we can safely say, fairly or not, Saracens are not the most popular club in English rugby.

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