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SAINTS 25
21 BATH
Saturday 8 June, Twickenham Stadium, London. Attendance: 81,699
AS A CHORUS of Hey Jude rang around Twickenham with ten minutes remaining, you could sense 28 years of hurt lifting from the shoulders of each and every fan in blue, black and white. Bath looked to be defying an early red card for prop Beno Obano – after a high tackle on Juarno Augustus – to become English champions once more.
They came close but not close enough. Eventually,