Their academy is so good it produces some of the best players in the world yet is obliged to offload them to stay within a salary cap that is peanuts compared to the French league. Farrell, George, Kruis, Itoje, Goode, just some of the excellent players that came through more than 4 years ago...
A day after finding out they've been relegated from the Premier League they play one of Europe's finest in Racing 92, they lose Billy Vunipola to a suspected broken forearm, they concede an intercept try, have a man sent off (and all before half-time), yet still find a way to win and possibly...
They've done the wrong thing, but now it seems they're going to be relegated anyway, in which case they've been ****ed over because they've been fielding weakened sides in Europe in the hope of making up the 35 point penalty in the domestic league.