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2nd April 2015
01:13pm BST

It was the closing minutes of the Heineken Cup Final in 2002 between Leicester and Munster. The Munster team trailed by 15-9.
They were in a very attacking position close to the Leicester line and Peter Stringer, the diminutive Munster and Ireland scrum-half stepped up to put the ball into the scrum.
The ref was on the other side of the scrum and Neil Back seized his opportunity by illegally slapping the ball back onto the safety of his side of the scrum.
Leicester had possession and within seconds had kicked the ball to touch and the match was over, Leicester victorious.
https://youtu.be/TAfepsoVPtQ
So you can imagine how angry they were when they saw what actually happened. We can't be 100% sure if that tweet from Heineken really is Neil Back's number, but sure what the hell? A few playful dig texts can't do any harm, right? RIGHT?!
Our eagle-eyed Eric Lalor thought it was a joke:
'Eh - @Heineken_IE you do know you've included Back's number, right? RIGHT?! #youhadonejobhttp://t.co/l6zv4UtPfUpic.twitter.com/ALiXpZzGRJ — Eric Lalor (@ericlalor) April 2, 2015Obviously, being the messer he is, he just had to text:
it'd be almost rude not to text Mr Back, right? Ha! #textBack !! — Eric Lalor (@ericlalor) April 2, 2015So, he did:
Kicking things off and keeping it jovial #TextBack pic.twitter.com/9eWZ7G1ANd
— Eric Lalor (@ericlalor) April 2, 2015
We shall await with great interest to see what comes of this!
UPDATE - It looks like the lads in Heineken have realised the error of their ways:
Apologies to @NeilBack for the image we posted earlier. We would appeal to our fans to respect his privacy. Thanks.
— Heineken Ireland (@Heineken_IE) April 2, 2015
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