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Saracens seal Premiership title as Owen Farrell steals Sale’s thunder

English club rugby has had better seasons but there was nothing wrong with this compelling finale. For the first time since 2019, Saracens are domestic champions and able to smile again after their well-publicised salary cap travails and painful last-ditch defeat last year. They also had the contest’s dominant character in the shape of Owen Farrell, who once again bent a big game to his considerable will.

Sarries needed every ounce of character at their disposal because a gloriously sun-splashed occasion, briefly interrupted by a few Just Stop Oil protestors flinging their orange powder around, contained any number of twists and turns. Saracens had led 20-13 at half-time but entering the final 15 minutes it was the Sharks who led 25-23.

In th end, though, Sarries were able to seize the moment. Sale’s young full-back Joe Carpenter had a clearance kick charged down by Duncan Taylor and, with turnover ball secured, Elliot Daly arrowed his way into the left corner. Then, with only nine minutes remaining, scrum-half Ivan van Zyl was adjudged to have grounded the ball despite a sensational last-ditch tackle from Carpenter and Sarries finally had some scoreboard daylight.

Both teams’ legs would have been desperately heavy in the final stages but all involved deserved credit for putting on a relentless show. The remarkable Tom Curry was absolutely everywhere for Sale and Max Malins was back at his sharpest but it was Farrell, narrowly shading his duel with George Ford, who ultimately guided his team home.

The drama partially made up for the gaps in the stands, with the attendance over 10,000 down on the 72,784 who watched last year’s final between Saracens and Leicester. Sarries and Sale do not have the biggest followings in the

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