With two regular-season games left the table-topping Chiefs are no fewer than 30 points ahead of Northampton in fourth place. What should be one of the season’s biggest fixtures suddenly has a ho-hum feel, with Saracens primarily focused on the following week’s European final against Leinster. Next year’s Premiership final will be on 20 June, with the league not commencing until the weekend of 20 October because of the Rugby World Cup. The European final will be on 23 May, an unprecedented four weeks before its domestic counterpart. Imagine you are Owen Farrell or Maro Itoje and have just won the 2020 European final in Marseille.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2019 09:00 UTC