Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Premiership action | Guardian writers

Bath are becoming a wreck at home, 14-man Saracens show remarkable resolve against Gloucester and Northampton need a new scrum-halfAfter a fifth home Premiership defeat of the season, The Rec is becoming the Wreck. While Wasps showed spontaneity, Bath were numbed by paralysis, the confidence and assurance they were armed with last season scattered by a series of poor results. They were missing their England backs, but their narrowness in attack is not a new symptom. Bath showed spirit in defence, especially in the first half when Wasps had most of the ball, but it was not enough against oppone…