Wales' late, late show, Sexton's drop-goal, Russell's pass, Super Saturday 2015 and Wales' first Slam since 70s, but which is No.1?
He had played off the bench in the 2019 final win over Leinster in Newcastle, but that celebratory Saracens day wasn’t what came to his mind when quizzed at the 2024/25 tournament launch in Cardiff.
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.
Gloucester head coach George Skivington admitted “losing the opening game is tough to take” after clinical Saracens came away from Kingsholm with a 35-26 victory.
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.
The 32-year-old Loughborough University-educated Balmain made 139 appearances for the Cherry and Whites since joining in 2017. He had been touted for a move to the Top 14 or Pro D2 in France but will instead link up with Saracens.
The Montpellier-bound No8 hasn’t been in the starting team since the April 6 Investec Champions Cup hammering at Bordeaux, instead appearing off the bench in the league matches against Gloucester, Bath, Bristol and the Sharks.
When it came to the pivotal mover and shaker in the play-off race, it was the result at the at the home of the defending champions that eclipsed everything else.
Mark McCall has sifted through the ashes of a terrible Saturday for Saracens where not only did a limp 10-20 defeat to Sale cost them a home semi-final in the Gallagher Premiership, a pre-match injury suffered by the retiring Sean Maitland ended his career a couple of weeks early.
This fixture featuring last year’s Twickenham final clubs was the tie of the final Gallagher Premiership round. Second versus fourth with so much on the line in North London.