grandstand finish

noun

1. a close or exciting ending to a sports match or competition

Example Sentences

Tigers still had something in the tank and Emeka Ilione's score five minutes from time set up a grandstand finish but Bath held on.

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A late effort from Gwenllian Pyrs set up a grandstand finish, but the Scots held on for a third successive win over their fierce Celtic rivals.

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Freddie Steward's try either side of two Marcus Smith penalties levelled the encounter at 27-27 to set up a grandstand finish.

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It was a long approach, the tournament was on the line, thousands upon thousands were watching - a genuine grandstand finish.

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Fire responded to give a crowd of 22,009 - a record for a women’s match in The Hundred – a grandstand finish before Deepti seized her moment.

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