For a competition that can sometimes struggle for narrative the Premiership has hit the jackpot with the two semi-final fixtures next Saturday. Northampton’s often sublime, occasionally ridiculous victory against Newcastle ensured a trip to Welford Road to meet Leicester while Saracens and Harlequins, both beaten on Saturday, will as expected lock horns in north London. It does not take a marketing expert to bill next Saturday as Derby Day.
Two contrasting but equally fascinating fixtures are in store and, if Saracens and Harlequins do not share the history that Leicester and Northampton do, there is just as much antipathy, given the salary cap misdemeanours of Mark McCall’s side in recent years.
