STEVE Diamond urged his players to quickly forget their European despair and focus on snatching a top six place in the Premiership and Champions Cup rugby next season.
The Sharks’ boss was disappointed his men fell just short after giving La Rochelle a fierce battle with wing Chris Ashton scoring one try and looking back to near his England best. Diamond claimed:
“We’ve come here and really taken the game to them but just couldn’t get the right side of the result. It was a much better performance than last week but unfortunately we are now out of Europe and have to l...