Excited fans mingle in the sunshine as the atmosphere builds at Twickenham ahead of the Guinness Premiership final between Leicester and London Irish
Leicester captain Geordan Murphy faces his London Irish counterpart Bob Casey on the eve of the game, which could see the Tigers clinch the first part of a Premiership and Heineken Cup double
Much is made before the game of the age of the Exiles' Mike Catt, 37, but the former-Bath captain looks in great shape and kicks off the game
Leicester make a dubious start in front of an estimated 80,000 plus, missing catches, making poor clearances, and conceding a drop goal to Peter Hewat, Sam Vesty's running their only apparent outlet
Delon Armitage has the chance to double the Irish lead but his penalty fades right of the posts, minutes later Leicester's Julien Dupuy makes no mistake with the boot and it's 3-3
Irish spend the last ten minutes of the half under Leicester's posts but, refusing penalties to take the scrum, get no more than Jordan Crane sent to the sin-bin to miss the first ten minutes of the second half
The Exiles can only turn the early second-half man-advantage in to three points, refusing them earlier, again from the boot of Armitage
Crane returns but the Tigers squander momentum they regain, only for Irish to do likewise, before Leicester counter through Lewis Moody and Ayoola Erinle's good work to set up Crane for the try, Julien Dupuy converts
Although caught out of position in defence in the first half, Dan Hipkiss is available to the Leicester attack throughout the second, and only a brilliant Mike Catt tackle can stop him
Irish make it close with another Delon Armitage penalty but the Tigers are in control, shown by poor decisons by the Exiles, and celebrate the win. Leinster are next in the Heineken Cup Final
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