Northampton v Bath: Our recipe for the perfect Premiership final
The TelegraphThe Gallagher Premiership final between Bath and Northampton Saints has all the makings of a classic. As my colleague Charlie Morgan notes, it is a match-up riven with more subplots than Game of Thrones from the battle of Fins to the young pretender Ted Hill taking on the old warrior Courtney Lawes in his last stand and the attacking brain trusts of Lee Blackett and Sam Vesty in the coaching box. In sport in general, I think there’s an unwritten law stating the greater the sense of anticipation the greater the level of anticlimax, particularly with reference to World Cup finals. Whisper it quietly, but the 2003 World Cup final is nowhere near as thrilling on rewatch because the sight and commentary of Jonny Wilkinson’s drop goal – both the peak and the end – is seared into the brains of every English supporter who will automatically consider it a classic. Similarly, the Freddie Burns’ drop goal for Leicester saved what had been a tepid 2022 Premiership final against Saracens.
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Bath prove why they are Premiership title favourites in early statement of intent against Northampton
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Northampton vs Bath result: Courtney Lawes signs off in style as Saints battle to Premiership glory
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Bath have been spared nervy Premiership finale by no-relegation ringfencing, they deserve to go down
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