Minute-by-minute report: Join Lee Calvert for updates from the season finale at Twickenham
As the song sort of goes, in the summertime when the weather is high, you can join us here in Twickenham for the denouement of the Gallagher Premiership season, as Sale Sharks take on Saracens. Yes,, but one can’t help but call the song to mind on a glorious day for rugby under a beaming sun in south west London .
While we’re on a nostalgia bent, Sale will have memories of 2006; then-captain Jason Robinson stretched right up and touched the sky with thetrophy – the last occasion of such triumph for the Greater Manchester club. The nearly 20 years since has for the most part been a tale of flirting with the play-offs with a sole semi-final appearance in 2021, losing to Exeter Chiefs in a humdinger.
Saracens have a had a better 20 years, certainly, but not without some bumps. And by “bumps” I mean systematic cheating of the salary cap and relegation as punishment. But however they reached this point – or how lean the last three years have been compared to the preceding decade - the north Londoners remain a formidable squad with plenty of experience of winning matches like this one.
North vs South, nearly men vs regular winners, Ford vs Farrell – there’s much to add to the intrigue and anticipation and after a few hours, more pints, and many expended litres of sweat a new name will be on the trophy.
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