Ben Earl, newly crowned Premiership player of the year, has admitted he is still not over losing to Harlequins in last year’s semi-final.
At lunchtime today the flanker runs out against the same opponents in the same play-off round for a Saracens team whom the bookies fully expect to succeed Quins as English champions.
Fifty-one weeks have elapsed since he was on loan at Bristol, scoring the first try as Pat Lam’s Bears raced into a 28-0 lead over the west Londoners.
