In the context of a defeat of such embarrassing proportions, a penalty kicked from inside his own half is an irrelevance. In the context of Gavin Henson’s path back to rugby redemption, however, the mighty strike represented another step forward for the 30-year-old stand-off. Making his second start for the Exiles, Henson again impressed
Saracens were 25-16 ahead and in cruise control with six minutes to go when Henson, whose main influence on the game had been through his kicking, both off the floor and out of hand, transformed an unexceptional afternoon with what has become a rarity in the Premiership: a jaw-dropping moment. Like a midfielder in football threading a defence-splitting, scoring pass through a knot of bodies, so Henson confounded the tightest defence in the Premiership with his skill and audacity.
The 30-year-old was behind his 10-metre line, having gained some ground through a poor return of his own kick, and nothing looked on as he ran from left to right. Suddenly, without appearing to look, he floated a long pass to the wing Nick Scott. The ball travelled 25 metres, out of reach of the defence, and Scott caught it in stride, running over halfway and linking with his fellow wing, Phil Mackenzie, who had scored the opening try of the game seven minutes in.
so maybe I should include him rather than Cipriani?
