Premiership’s disjointed sprint finish begins with playoff battle bonanza

Second to seventh all play each other this weekend but European calendar threatens to stall momentumThe Premiership season is rounding the final bend and entering the home straight. Organisers like to call this point in the campaign “The Run-in” and they could hardly have wished for a better set of fixtures this weekend to begin it with. Sixth host fourth when Saracens entertain Gloucester, fifth go to seventh with Sale travelling to Harlequins and on Sunday, second and third lock ho