By BRENDAN GALLAGHER
Northampton Saints..... 22pts
Tries: Odendaal 19
Conversions: Smith 20
Penalties: Smith 28, 31, 40, 62, 70
Saracens ...........................20pts
Tries: Lewington 54, Cinti 78
Conversions: Daly 55, 79
Penalties: Daly 5, 16
Northampton Saints, having run teams ragged in glorious fashion all season, scrummaged and muscled their way to their first Premiership final since 2014 but a resilient Saracens contested the issue until the final whistle.
This was semi-final for the ages, raucous, edgy but without violent excess, immensely physical, occasionally error prone but...
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