The best attack versus the best defence. That's the way Shaun Edwards sees the Leicester versus London Irish in the Guinness Premiership grand final - read his thoughts in the Guardian.
"The figures show that London Irish have scored two tries more than Leicester in the regular season, but I'm looking at current form across the board, and since Christmas the Tigers have been inspirational. Think Cardiff in the Heineken Cup. Think the first half against Bath – it's probably the best they have played this season.
"On the other side of the coin, you have to take your hat off at the way Barrie-Jon Mather has gone about marshalling the Irish defence and here the facts support perception. Irish, along with Sale, went through 22 league games in the regular season conceding just 36 tries and – as I said last week – never lost a game by more than seven points which is why they gathered nine losing bonus points."
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