Amlin joy for Quins

HARLEQUINS qualified for the Heineken Cup next season in dramatic fashion as they won the Amlin Challenge Cup, Europe’s second-tier knockout tournament, for a record third time.

Sat, 21 May, 2011 - 01:00
Amlin Challenge Cup final: Harlequins 19 Stade Francais 18 Alan Good

Wing Gonzalo Camacho’s 76th-minute try, converted by Nick Evans, inched Quins home at Cardiff City Stadium.

Stade looked to have done enough through four Lionel Beauxis penalties and drop-goals from centre Mathieu Bastareaud and full-back Martin Rodriguez.

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CourtsRugbyPlace: EuropePlace: Cardiff City StadiumPlace: IrelandPerson: Gonzalo CamachoPerson: Nick EvansPerson: Lionel BeauxisPerson: Mathieu BastareaudPerson: Martin RodriguezPerson: Joe MarlerPerson: Danny CarePerson: CamachoPerson: EvansPerson: Conor O’SheaPerson: BrownPerson: LowePerson: Turner-HallPerson: MonyePerson: CarePerson: MarlerPerson: GrayPerson: JohnstonPerson: KohnPerson: RobsonPerson: Fa'asavaluPerson: RobshawPerson: EasterPerson: SkinnerPerson: ChisholmPerson: RodriguezPerson: AriasPerson: BastareaudPerson: BoussesPerson: CamaraPerson: BeauxisPerson: DupuyPerson: RonceroPerson: BonfilsPerson: AttoubPerson: PalmerPerson: PapePerson: HaskellPerson: BurbanPerson: ParissePerson: George ClancyEvent: Heineken CupEvent: Amlin Challenge CupOrganisation: AmlinOrganisation: QuinsOrganisation: Quins’Organisation: HarlequinsOrganisation: Stade Francais
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