Ulster Rugby v Racing 92

1999

Colomiers thinking, ‘What the hell are we in for here?’ “It felt like we had won that game before a ball was kicked. We were in the changing rooms and people just couldn’t wait to get back out there and get it going. It was like an electric charge running through you or something.” m |_; oѴ7 -mv7o‰m; !o-7ķ ‰_;u; |_; u-‚Ѵ; and hum of the trains that ran underneath the West Stand of the stadium could be both heard and felt during a game, the Orient Express could have been steaming across the ’22’ and had its engines drowned out by the roar. Ulster, their 22 players and their tens of thousands of fans, were ready to go. $_; Cm-Ѵ ‰bѴѴ -Ѵ‰-‹v 0; v;;m -v -m †m=ou];‚-0Ѵ; o11-vbom l-uh;7 0‹ - =ou];‚-0Ѵ; ]-l;ķ |_; ƑƐŊѵ v1ou; |_; ruo7†1| o= vbŠ "blom -vom r;m-Ѵঞ;v -m7 David Humphreys’ drop goal for the victors. It felt as though the game could have 1omঞm†;7 -ѴѴ 7-‹ -m7 -vom vঞѴѴ ‰o†Ѵ7mĽ| have missed, nor would Colomiers have been able to get any closer than arm’s length. )b|_ om; Cm-Ѵ 0Ѵ-v| o= Ѵ-‹|om $_ol-vĽ whistle, the most unlikely kings of Europe were crowned. Extract details taken from ‘The Last Amateurs’ 0ooh 0‹ om-|_-m u-7Ѳ;‹ ˆb- Ѳ-1hv|-@ u;vvĶ which is available in shops and online from all good booksellers.

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