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With their defence holding a high line and flatfooted, the substitute David Kalivoda lofted the ball forward.

With the 36-year-old Nick Easter continuing to belie his advancingyears with another storming all-round display and Quins' collective defence holding firm against increasingly urgent opponents, it was a psychologically priceless win for a side in a lowly ninth position in the domestic league.

Between 1955 and 1958 he was minister of finance, then minister of defence, holding this post from 1959 to 1966 – unmoved and unmoveable – while prime ministers succeeded each other: Antonio Segni (1959), Fernando Tambroni (1960), Fanfani (1960-62), Giovanni Leone (1963) and Aldo Moro (1963-66).

Goode landed two more shots at goal, to one from Saracens, the Warriors defence holding out to inflict a second successive defeat on the visitors.

After the break the Dragons clicked into gear, laying siege to the Rovers line, the Hull KR defence holding firm until the 57th minute when Blanch scored a contentious effort to narrow the gap to two points with a strong suspicion of a knock-on in the lead-up to the try.

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The Cards' defence holds strong however.

But the new defence held out.

4.10pm BST 70 min Great defence holds England up.

The England defence holds firm and Etzebeth knocks on.

But the Eels' defence held on, scoring what could be a season-defining win.

In their disciplined way, the white defence held off the untidy attacking assaults of the French.

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