Middlesex Sevens
Barbarians retained their Middlesex Sevens title at Twickenham with a hard-fought 38-28 victory over Leicester in the final.
The select Barbarians side took control of the final after just 30 seconds and never looked like losing, despite a late Tigers rally.
Paniela Qauqau grabbed a hat trick in just five minutes as Leicester were sent reeling by wave after wave of Barbarian attacks.
A penalty try and a Tim Barlow score enabled Leicester to salvage some pride, but for the Barbarians, victory was never in doubt.
Gareth Flockhart and Dave Scully grabbed tries to assure a second successive title.
Both finalists had looked impressive in qualifying.
Leicester breezed past Nottingham and London Broncos without breaking sweat and were easily the better team in a tough semi-final win over pre-tournament favourites Saracens.
The Barbarians also looked strong in the heats and with a brace of sevens specialist from World Cup winning Fiji, always looked like reaching the final.
London Welsh did put up a brave fight in the first round only to be denied by two late tries by Glasgow's Derek Stark.
However, Harlequins presented little opposition in the second round, and a 17-38 victory set up a fascinating semi-final clash with Kenya.
The Kenyans, making their first appearance at the home of rugby, were the tournaments surprise package delighting the Twickenham crowd with their free-flowing game.
They claimed the scalps of Chichester and Gloucester before being over-run by the Barbarians just 20 minutes short of a fairytale debut final appearance.
qBath scored a convincing 31-17 victory against Wasps at Loftus Road to seal their top four finish in the Allied Dunbar Premiership.
After a sluggish beginning which saw neither team able to penetrate the opponents' 22-yard line, the European Cup cham-pions turned on the style and took command with a four-try blitz before half-time.
Eric Peters, Adedayo Adebayo, Ieuan Evans, and Jeremy Guscott all crossed over to give Bath the decisive advantage.
Alex King, Wasps captain for the day, paid tribute to the Bath backs who tore apart his team but also admitted his team's poor handling had contributed to their downfall.
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