Owen Farrell’s fervour drives Saracens into battle with Bath cavaliers

Northampton 24 Saracens 29
In this season belonging to George Ford, there is something appropriate in that in the Aviva Premiership Final on Saturday, he will come up against Owen Farrell, his long-time friend and the man whose England No 10 shirt he now has among his possessions.

Ford, the Bath fly half, versus Farrell at Twickenham is the final in short-form cliché.

Trickery versus efficiency, vision versus game plan, cavalier v roundhead.

You know the form and it pretty much holds true.

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