The Premiership may have taken a round to crank into gear but this weekend demonstrated there’s more attacking ability and young talent in the English game now than ever before.
It may have been an off-season with more star departures than arrivals in the Premiership but it never fails to entertain and it’s a big name off the field that’s going to provide the biggest shake-up.
When newly promoted Vannes started selling season tickets for their Top 14 debut, more than 50,000 applied causing the club’s website to crash.
Preseason is well underway for clubs in the Gallagher Premiership, with the new season just over a month away.
Saturday’s round 18 match at the StoneX will be crucial in determining the end-of-season semi-final line up.
Saracens confirmed on Tuesday that the 31- and 33-year-old brothers will exit the English Gallagher Premiership club at the end of this season.
Title-chasing Saracens have officially confirmed that brothers Billy and Mako Vunipola will leave the club at the end of the 2023/24 season.
Tom Parton scored the earliest hat-trick in Gallagher Premiership history as Saracens eased to a 46-24 victory over a much-changed Gloucester at the StoneX Stadium.
Player ratings:Â Saracens had an almighty task trying to beat Bordeaux-Begles in France following their 55-15 shellacking in January, and they fell well short again.Â