The Tigers made the most of Aled Davies’s yellow, while Saracens scored only three when Matt Scott was in the sin-bin
This was popular. The most well-supported club in English rugby, so far from their customary place at the top of it for so long, have retaken the podium. They took it courtesy of a last-minute drop goal by one of the most popular players in English rugby, so long of career that it came as some surprise to learn this was his first Premiership final. And, boy, did it go down well.
And they did it all against … well, we can safely say, fairly or not, Saracens are not the most popular club in English rugby.
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