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Win would be the perfect send-off
The Journal
|June 14, 2025
DANNY Care believes the desire to secure fairytale farewells for Ben Youngs and Dan Cole can drive Leicester to Gallagher Premiership glory but insists title favourites Bath “won't care about sentiments”.
Scrum-half Youngs, 35, and prop Cole, 38, will call time on their illustrious careers following today’s mouthwatering final at Allianz Stadium Twickenham.
Harlequins player Care - a long-term England team-mate of the pair - expects Michael Cheika’s Tigers to harness the “emotional energy” of the imminent retirements in an attempt to spring an upset.
“I do love a fairytale; I do believe sometimes things happen fora reason,’ Care, who will be at Twickenham as a pundit for TNT Sports, told the PA news agency.
“Maybe there’s something in the air that it was destined for Ben Youngs and Dan Cole to finish with another medal.
“Having said that, sport can be a very harsh beast and they're not going to just get given it.
This story is from the June 14, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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