That was tough on guys like Iestyn Harris, Lee Briers and maybe even Keiron Cunningham, who would have graced the competition, and I think it's a real shame that some of the younger guys coming through the Celtic Crusaders club haven't had the chance to play before they go into the Super League next season.
Since the biennial clash saw Great Britain & Ireland expanded to become a European team in 1979, some heavyweight names have graced the competition.
What does that comment make the likes of Jay Jay Okocha, Kanu, Finidi, Roger Milla, George Weah, Abedi Pele and other major talents that have graced that elite competition?
The heady European adventure of last season, which represented the first time since 1961-62 that Spurs had graced the continent's elite competition, was reward for 2009-10, wHarry Redknappnapp, finally and memorably, sated the board's demand for a top‑four finish.
A comfortable 18th victory on Saturday, combined with Liverpool's defeat at Highbury yesterday, propelled them into a competition they have not graced in 34 years.
From Denmark in 1992 to Greece in 2004, the competition's history is graced with fairytale-like stories of underdogs punching above their weight.
True, competition intensified when newly discovered pictures graced by famous signatures appeared on the block.
Kelly Reichardt, whose Old Joy graced Un Certain Regard a few years ago, could be upped into competition with Night Moves, which stars Dakota Fanning and Jesse Eisenberg as environmental activists.
She graced everything she touched.
On one hand, she showed the usual features of a film star at that time: beauty, grace, elegance, competition (real or supposed) with other leading actresses, gossip on her star fancies, wide international celebrity, and popular fandom.
