The Chiefs’ defence could not cope with the variety of Saracens’ attacks in the Premiership final at Twickenham but the future is rosy for Rob Baxter’s well-run club
The English champions have been toppled might be one way of looking at this. Another is that Saracens have simply reiterated their status as by some distance the best side in England.
Last season they surrendered their domestic crown to Exeter but there was little doubt even then that they were the best side in England. They proved themselves comfortably the best side in Europe – and England is in Europe – but a trip to Exeter for the Premiership semi-final the weekend after their triumph in Europe proved an assignment too far – just.
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