It was the cruellest of bounces that ultimately determined the winner of a scrappy affair last Friday night, with Harlequins beating Gloucester 21-14 to keep their Heineken Cup dreams alive.
The pool stages of the Heineken Cup enter the final stretch this weekend, and with nobody guaranteed qualification to the quarter finals, everything is still to play for.
Leinster retained their Heineken Cup trophy in the summer whilst the Queensland Reds played spectacular rugby down under to take the Super Rugby title.
Round 4 sees the reverse fixtures of last week's matches, as Leicester, Edinburgh and others look to turn around last weekend's results to keep their prospects of reaching the quarter finals alive.
With the domestic season done and dusted for another year it is the time of year where fans up and down the country bask in their side's glory or failings
The 2013 Heineken Cup final will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin-the first time the match has been played in the Irish capital since 2003, when Toulouse defeated Perpignan at the Old Lansdowne road.
It's that time of year again, folks. Whilst Northampton gear up for success in the Heineken Cup, Leeds Carnegie and Newcastle Falcons are embroiled in the annual battle