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**dudeabides** · 02-28-2010, 01:39 PM

Sundays games!

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Guinness Premiership - Round 16 Review
February 28, 2010

At the other end of the table, Leeds Carnegie continued their battle for survival with a 26-10 victory over London Wasps at Headingley on Sunday. Ceiron Thomas was the star of the show for the home side with an assured and accurate first-half kicking display put the hosts on course for their first home win in the top flight since March 2008.

A converted try from fly-half Danny Cipriani kept the hosts in touch but their cause was not helped by the sin-binning of prop Ben Broster for knocking the ball away. A flurry of second-half penalties allowed Thomas to guide Leeds to their fourth win of the season with the Welsh fly-half finishing with an 18-point haul. The home side's victory was given extra garnish with Hendrie Fourie's late try and Joe Ford's penalty.

Elsewhere, London Irish were emphatic 29-14 winners over local rivals Harlequins at the Madjeski Stadium. Quins were made to pay for their frequent misdemeanours with Exiles fullback Tom Homer finishing with a personal tally of 22 points.

The home side were first on the scoreboard, taking the lead after five minutes with a 30-metre penalty from Homer after Quins lost a lineout on their own 22. Quins were rewarded with a penalty try midway through the half after a series of five-metre scrums but a try from Steffon Armitage and the boot of Homer saw the home side regain and cement a lead. Quins continued to be the architects of their own misfortune and the game was effectively sealed in Irish's favour after 58 minutes when Bob Casey intercepted a stray Quins pass to send fellow lock Nick Kennedy on a 35-metre run to the line, Homer converting with an excellent touchline kick. Quins at last got something for their battling effort when George Lowe finished off a neat movement, with Nick Evans adding the conversion.

Bath's march up the table continued as Saracens crashed to a 19-14 defeat at Vicarage Road - their fourth league reverse in five outings. Referee David Rose littered the game with penalties, mostly against the hosts, and turned the game when he gave Bath a second-half penalty try.

Ryan Davis fired Bath into an early lead with a penalty but Derick Hougaard levelled things up midway through the half and Saracens took the lead soon after when Wikus van Heerden pounced on a loose lineout ball to score a try. Davis and Hougaard then exchanged further penalties that gave the hosts a narrow 11-9 lead at the break.

After a series of close-quarter infringements Rose ran out of patience with Saracens just short of the hour and awarded a penalty try, converted by Davis. But the crowd reacted with fury and made their feelings known towards the official. Saracens hit back with another penalty from Hougaard but the Sarries No.10 was off-target with a drop goal attempt and two penalties as the game drew to a close - his last miss coming in the closing seconds of the game.

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