BEN WARD had assured those who would listen that his club were proof that ring-fencing the Premiership was a bad idea. And rather than revel in what must surely be the highest point of his coaching career, he offered a measured response after the game.
“If we’re honest, we’re disappointed to concede the bonus point because in a competition that could come back to bite us,” Ealing’s director of rugby said.
Ward praised the way his team scrambled on defence and stuck to a plan, even though it was, as he said, “a very un- Ealing performance&rdqu...