By PAUL REES

Harlequins v Northampton Saints
Monday, December 27. Kick-off 5pm, Twickenham
THE last time Northampton faced Harlequins at Twickenham in the Premiership they were 31-0 down at half-time and ended up conceding a halfcentury of points in the tournament to the Londoners for the first, and only, time.
That was in December 2017. Jim Mallinder had just been sacked as the Saints’ director of rugby after a largely successful ten years in charge and it was their seventh consecutive defeat in a season that saw them finish ninth in the table, once place above their Boxing D...