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

Wasps’ record-breakers make themselves at home in Coventry, Bath assert their West Country dominance and the salary cap proves a good fit for Dean RichardsNever mind the salary cap, Northampton have established themselves as not only the leading club in England but one which has the wherewithal to make an impact in the Champions Cup. Their second successive Premiership victory over Leicester, which followed a run of nine matches without a win against their East Midlands rivals, was telling not just because they played with 14 men for 63 minutes but also the calculating nature of their attackin…