Saracens kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with victory over Ulster but the vast error count turned the clash into a huge disappointment

SOUTH AFRICAN official Jonathan Kaplan - who was in charge of Ireland’s contentious RBS 6 Nations victory over England two months ago - will referee the Lions this summer.

Leinster 13 Leicester 29

Leicester will tackle French champions Stade Francais in a Heineken Cup elimination match at Welford Road next Friday night.

Neil Back today defended his illegal hand-in-the-scrum manoeuvre that ensured European kings Leicester made Heineken Cup history, and claimed: ‘‘I did what I felt was necessary.’’

Munster suffered European Cup final agony again as Leicester were crowned kings of Europe for a second successive season at an emotion-charged Millennium Stadium.

Munster 6 Leicester 5