For 17 years Mike Catt has been gracing the game in England, for club and country, but this evening he runs out with London Irish for the Guinness Premiership play-off semi-final against Harlequins. david Hands writes in The Times.
"The irony, of course, is that, at 37, London Irish still hope that Catt can do it all at the Twickenham Stoop and project his club into their first Premiership final before passing on the baton to Malone or Jamie Lennard, the newcomer from Doncaster Knights.
"Only once before have the exiles been in this position, in 2006 when they were trounced 40-8 by Leicester in the play-offs - Catt kicking their penalty goal - although seven of that starting XV remain, eager to demonstrate that this is a side who have grown together."
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