PAUL REES LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS: NORTHAMPTON v SARACENS AND BATH v SALE

NORTHAMPTON

The Saints finished at the top of the table for the first time in nine years, although they will not want reminding what happened in the play-offs then when home advantage was not enough against the team which finished fourth, Saracens.
Sarries will again make the trip north on Friday night having been, as was the case in 2014-15, doubled by Northampton in the regular season, but the similarities do not go much further because both teams are in different places now.
Northamp...