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WATCH: Harlequins lose European final after last-minute brain freeze

Published 22:19 13 May 2016 BST

Updated 23:40 13 May 2016 BST

Patrick McCarry
WATCH: Harlequins lose European final after last-minute brain freeze

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#BenBoticaWTF was trending on Twitter, this evening, after Harlequins lost the European Challenge Cup final against Montpellier.

Trailing 29-9 with 10 minutes to go, Quins did not give up. Instead, they scored a superb try, through Marland Yarde, and gave themselves a chance to take the game to extra time after a 77th minute penalty. Conor O'Shea's side lost the restart to wrestled back possession with six seconds left of normal time. As the clock ticked red, they were still in their half but in with a shot. Then, Ben Botica stepped up. The Kiwi, who is Montpellier-bound next season, lost the run of himself, the game and the situation. He hacked the ball 50 metres up the pitch and there was no chance he or his teammates would reach it. Jesse Mogg plucked the ball up and hoofed it out. https://twitter.com/SkySportsRugby/status/731228448358686721 As the final whistle sounded, Twitter lit up. Everyone was confused. From old pros... https://twitter.com/Chick_Chalmers/status/731225666079883264 To current ones Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg expressed a similar sentiment before deleting his tweet. Perfectly summed up https://twitter.com/thepenGW/status/731227582977445889 Dirty, rotten... https://twitter.com/ChunkyProp3/status/731227129644453888 Always time for a pun https://twitter.com/sarahlennon08/status/731225553701900289

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WATCH: Harlequins lose European final after last-minute brain freeze