Evans admits hit-and-run Quins were lucky

SO, the party is over, the Connacht dream of Parker Pen Challenge Cup glory ended, with it the concurrent dream that would have come as reward, a place in next year’s Heineken Cup.

Even Harlequins coach Mike Evans admitted it, however; the visitors were lucky, damned lucky, lost the game, lost perhaps a bit of pride, but courtesy of the nine point cushion they had earned in the first leg two weeks ago at the Stoop, they squeak through.

“We were looking down the barrel with twenty minutes to go, hadn’t really been in the game, hadn’t seen too much of the ball, a combination of Connacht’s very good ball retention and our inability to hold onto it for more than a few phases.