ridden out wide after next, shaken up to lead before the last, almost joined run-in, stayed on to assert towards finish, won at Fakenham 2m 4f mdn (4) gd in Jan beating Aviation (11-7) by 1/2l, 8 ran.

Not even a so-called neutral venue of Saracens’ home ground would deny them. The Women’s Six Nations might be around the corner but this Premiership Women’s Rugby finale had the feel of a ...