Mike Henson
Broadcast Journalist at BBC Sport
@bbcsport journalist, also @thesetpieces @VICE @FourFourTwo @guardian_sport @AthleticsWeekly @F365. Previously @sportcal & @skynews
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Mike Henson
Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson accused Bordeaux-Begles' players of being "out of order" after Henry Pollock appeared to be grabbed around the neck on the final whistle of Saints' Champions Cup final defeat on Saturday. "There was a fracas at the end, there was foul play involved," Dowson said. Advertisement"Henry Pollock was particularly upset by it because I think it was uncalled for and out of order.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Mike Henson
A behind-the-scenes film of Northampton's semi-final win over Leinster showed how Saints used their homegrown togetherness as motivation to beat their more-fancied opponents. Saints fly-half Fin Smith insisted that his England team-mate - who has caught the eye with a series of outstanding displays in a remarkable breakthrough season - was the innocent party. "They were after him. I don't think they liked him," said Smith. "They all sort of charged at him and were trying to get hold of him.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Mike Henson
Pollock didn't play badly. None of Northampton did. The 20-year-old made more metres than any other forward on the pitch. He turned over one ball in the shadow of his own posts and was a key part of a heroic rearguard. For much of the second half, Northampton defended their line like they had been backed up to a cliff edge. At the other end, Pollock twice streaked away for scores that had the Principality's rafters rattling and threatened to turn Saints' resistance into all-out rebellion.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Mike Henson
It wasn't just Damian Penaud celebrating astride a model zebra that gave a surreal air to the Champions Cup final aftermath. On the touchline, Henry Pollock was trying to get to grips with a strange new reality. Advertisement"Sometimes it's not your day I guess," he told 5 Live Sport. "Sport can be cruel."Or so he has heard. So far, this season, the game has lavished only glory and garlands on the back row star.
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1 week ago |
ca.sports.yahoo.com | Mike Henson
Northampton's Champions Cup dream was crushed as French giants Bordeaux-Begles' second-half power saw them muscle out a 28-20 victory in the final in Cardiff. Saints, who upset four-time champions Leinster in the semi-finals, had threatened to conjure another shock with Alex Coles' tries at either end of the first half giving them a 20-20 share of the scoreline at the break.
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Nice moment this. With names read out in alphabetical order, Theo Dan knows that hearing Ben Earl's announced directly after Tom Curry means he himself has missed out. Still on his feet celebrating with his mate. https://t.co/57BDKNoWUS
Henry Pollock does Conor McGregor's 'billionaire strut' as part of the final-whistle celebrations at the Aviva. 5:30 in: https://t.co/Q2BOy9bpTX
Gen-Z figurehead Henry Pollock on delighting and dividing people: https://t.co/o6UWQFNF9h