Saracens win sixth Premiership title with spectacular 35-25 final win over Sale Sharks at Twickenham

Saracens are Premiership champions for the sixth time after a 35-25 final win over Sale Sharks at Twickenham. Twelve months after losing the decider against Leicester, Saracens went one better and ended a four-year title drought. Ad Owen Farrell kicked Sarries into the lead with an early penalty, before George Ford responded in kind to level the scores in the eighth minute.

RugbyEngland run in seven tries to down United States 45-726/09/2019 AT 12:52 Soon afterwards, a brilliant Max Malins 50-22 kick put Saracens deep on the attack, setting the platform for another Farrell penalty. A long Ford penalty levelled things once again in the 18th minute. Just Stop Oil protestors brought the match to a brief halt after 21 minutes, throwing orange paint before being tackled and removed by security, much to the approval of those in the stands.

Sean Maitland was forced off after a head clash and replaced by Elliot Daly. Moments after the change, Malins was taken out as he chased a loose ball in the in-goal area and Saracens were awarded a penalty try. Sale forward Tom Curry was also shown a yellow card for the infraction.

A few minutes later, Ford dragged a penalty attempt uncharacteristically wide and things seemed to be trending in a bad direction for Sale. Still playing a man down, Sale went on the attack and eventually went over. The referee's view was obstructed by the pile of bodies though, and he sent the decision upstairs.

The TMO awarded the try to Akker van der Merwe and Ford kicked the conversion to level the scores at 13-13. Within 60 seconds, Sale were restored to a full complement as Curry trotted back onto the field. But Sale's upswing didn't last long as Farrell's smartly delayed pass created a gap for Malins to