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

Tug-of-war threat over Leicester’s Manu Tuilagi; Saracens hope for St Patrick’s blessing and the dazzling skills of Wasps’ Christian WadeIt goes without saying that Richard Cockerill, Leicester’s director of rugby, would love Manu Tuilagi to stay the next fortnight at Leicester rather than training – and potentially playing – with England. Eddie Jones prefers the idea of Tuilagi stampeding off the bench at Twickenham to bash holes in a tiring Wales defence but it is not quite that simple. Despite his gleefully taken first-half try, the centre is clearly still feeling his way back after 15 mont…