Heineken Cup review

Leicester coach John 井戸／弁護士席s is acutely aware of the 抱擁する irony as he looks for a 大規模な favour from arch-競争相手s Wasps to keep alive his own team's Heineken Cup hopes.

Biarritz 現れるd as favourites to 最高の，を越す Pool One after becoming only the third French team to 勝利，勝つ at Welford Road, 儀礼 of a 21-17 勝利 which enabled them to 完全にする a 著名な 二塁打.

Wasps, who lost twice to Leicester, could still go through if they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Biarritz in the south of フラン on Saturday and 伸び（る） a 特別手当 point, while the Tigers must 伸び（る） a 最大限 運ぶ／漁獲高 from their trip to Italian minnows Calvisano to keep their ４半期/4分の1-final prospects alive.

If Wasps 勝利，勝つ at the Stade Aguilera and neither 味方する 伸び（る） a 特別手当 point, all three 味方するs will be locked on 19 points at the end of the group 行う／開催する／段階 and the Tigers will go through on the number of tries 得点する／非難する／２０d against their 長，指導者 競争相手s.

"We've got to hope the team we have beaten twice can do us a favour," said 井戸／弁護士席s. "It's not beyond the realms of 可能性.

"We've got to wish Wasps 井戸／弁護士席 but it's going to be very hard for them."

That 井戸／弁護士席s' men are still in the tournament is 負かす／撃墜する to a last-gasp 決起大会／結集させる which brought two 変えるd tries in the final eight minutes and with it an 予期しない 特別手当 point which could 証明する priceless.

Tigers （人命などを）奪う，主張するd a point

The two-time former 支持する／優勝者s looked 負かす／撃墜する and out when they 追跡するd 18-0 after 25 minutes and there seemed no way 支援する when livewire scrum-half Harry Ellis was sin-binned on 53 minutes for 肘ing his opposite number Dimitri Yashvili in the 直面する.

But 飛行機で行く-half Andy Goode opened the Tigers' account two minutes into the second half with a 刑罰，罰則 goal and, after 近づく-行方不明になるs by winger Ollie Smith, Goode and 代用品，人 Alex Tuilagi, they 海難救助d a point thanks to tries from Tuilagi and Ellis.

Biarritz, confounding their critics with a disciplined 業績／成果 on their travels, were good value for their first-half lead.

Lo ck Jerome Thion and winger Jimmy Marlu 得点する／非難する／２０d 井戸／弁護士席-遂行する／発効させるd tries, Yachvili kicked a couple of goals and 飛行機で行く-half Damien Traille 追加するd a 減少（する） goal as the Frenchmen plundered points with 事実上 every excursion into the Leicester 22.

"For the first 25 minutes they were as good a 味方する as we have come up against in the last three or four years," 認める 井戸／弁護士席s.

"We played tremendously 井戸／弁護士席 in the second half and could have 得点する／非難する／２０d three or four more tries but it wasn't enough and you've got to say, on the balance of play, they probably deserved the result."

Wasps rugby director 過密な住居 Gatland 表明するd his delight at the fact the 統治するing European 支持する／優勝者s' ４半期/4分の1-final 運命 was now 支援する in their own 手渡すs after a 45-14 demolition of Italian minnows Calvisano.

"What happens now is in our 手渡すs," said Gatland. "It's exciting, because if we 勝利，勝つ at Biarritz with a 特別手当 point, we will go through, and if we do that, it will be fantastic because everyone knew how 堅い this group was.

Gatland 希望に満ちた

"Our success in Perpignan last year will be 有益な to us. To know we have done it before (won a 決定的な Heineken Cup game in フラン) will be very useful."

Wasps （人命などを）奪う，主張するd eight tries - Jonny O'Connor (two), 示す 先頭 Gisbergen (two), Josh Lewsey, Craig Dowd, Lawrence Dallaglio, Tom Voyce and Ben Gotting touched 負かす／撃墜する - as Gatland's men 選ぶd against taking 転換s to give them more try-得点する／非難する／２０ing time.

Northampton captain Steve Thompson 得点する／非難する／２０d a try two minutes from time to put Saints in sight of the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦, 儀礼 of 敗北・負かすing Llanelli Scarlets 22-20 at Stradey Park.

The Zurich 首相の職 strugglers, beaten nine times in league 活動／戦闘 this season, 反抗するd their 国内の problems to 記録，記録的な／記録する a fourth victory from five Pool Three starts.

If they （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Franklin's Gardens 訪問者s Glasgow on Friday night and 安全な・保証する a 特別手当 point in the 過程, then Saints are 確かな to 進歩.

"The difference between us winning the sort of tight games we were losing at the start of the season is work-率 and self-belief," said England 星／主役にする Thompson, whose 35metre dash for glory stunned Llanelli.

In the European Challenge Cup ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦, Saracens will take a 19-6 lead with them to フラン next 週末 and the return 遭遇（する） against 1997 Heineken Cup 勝利者s Brive after 飛行機で行く-half Nicky Little kicked 14 of their points.

物陰／風下d 回復するd from a half-time 赤字 to earn a 決定的な 29-13 victory in their European 保護物，者 ４半期/4分の1-final first-脚 衝突／不一致 against Petrarca at Headingley.