Worcester Warriors' Ted Hill: 'Fans deserve it more than anyone'

The skipper lifted the trophy after what was a thrilling cup final, in which Warriors prevailed on virtue of tries scored in the 25-25 draw after 100 minutes.

Extra-time was needed but no points were scored, despite Paddy Jackson missing four penalties in a row for London Irish, and Worcester were crowned champions.

Ted Hill did the Hendo shuffle. Must be a red. What a guy.

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"Coming to London is a long old trip for people, they put all their hearts and money into following this club and supporting us and they deserve it more than anyone," he said.

"But it's a huge night for everyone at the club.

"Irish were a tough team, you have seen that through the Premiership and European campaign

"We knew they would come back. It wasn't perfect, penalties galore from our point of view but one thing you can never fault about this team is there fight

"Our fight is something we pride ourselves on. We went back on that today and thankfully we got that result."

The penalty count against Worcester was remarkably high, with 22 going against them in total from referee Wayne Barnes.

Jackson turned six of those into three pointers, all in a row, before he went and missed four on the bounce in extra-time.

Hill accepted luck may well have been on their side, not that he cared one bit.

"Sometimes the rugby gods are with you," he added.

"We put ourselves in a tricky position but people don't remember that, they just remember the winning team

"The penalty count was lopsided, to say the least.

"But we know that's a work on though for us. But we don't get these nights often, it's a huge night for us all."