Last-gasp try wins it for Saints as sorry Saracens lose out to TV official’s decision

IN THE end an entire season of blood, sweat and tears came down to one man sitting in a lorry in a Twickenham car park.

Referee JP Doyle, unsure whether to award a try by Alex Waller, turned to television match official Graham Hughes – sitting in a broadcaster’s trailer behind the North Stand – who had the destiny of the Premiership title in his hands.

Eventually, after countless replays on the big screen, Hughes decided in Northampton’s favour.

Awarding Waller’s try was probably the right decision. But it was also cruel for a Saracens side who finished the regular season nine points clear at the top of the table on top of last week’s crushing defeat to Toulon in the Heineken Cup final

SARACENS: Goode 8; Ashton 6, Bosch 7, Barritt 7, Strettle 6 (Wyles, 56min); Farrell 7 (Hodgson, 62), De Kock 7 (Wigglesworth, 50); Barrington 8 (Gill, 84), Brits 8, Stevens 7 (Johnson, 54), Borthwick 7, Botha 6 (Hargreaves, 50), Brown 6, Burger 7 (Wray, 50), B Vunipola 7. NORTHAMPTON: Foden 7; K Pisi 8, G Pisi 7 (Wilson, 62), Burrell 7, North 7; Myler 6, Fotuali’I 7 (Dickson, 50); Corbisiero 6 (A Waller, 54), Haywood 7 (Hartley, 54), Ma’afu 6 (Mercey, 50); Manoa 6 (Day, 56), Lawes 8, Clark 7 (Dowson, 56), Wood 7, Dickinson 7. REFEREE: JP Doyle (Ireland).