1) Saracens and Quins left scratching thei#r heads

The referee, JP Doyle, ruled out two Saracens attempts in the second half. Billy Vunipola charged at him and on via Chris Robshaw’s address for the primary. The TMO felt Robshaw turned into unimpeded, but Doyle reckoned he had blocked his view. Difficult that one. Jury out. Then, Saracens thought that they had scored a beauty; however, at the final ruck, Danny Care shoved Liam Williams, who charged at Care. Neither motivated the final results, but it turned into a foul play. Doyle despatched each to the bin and awarded Saracens the penalty. This feels bizarre. If the penalty turned into Saracens’, shouldn’t advantage have applied? But if Williams’s retaliation became worth a yellow, shouldn’t the penalty were reversed in Quins’ favor? Saracens scored each time at the following play anyway. Michael Aylwin

2) Newcastle on a roll in a dogfight

Steve Diamond became almost beside himself at the time of the alleged incident. The Sales Director of rugby changed into most effective, slightly less animated while requested about it afterward. Midway via the first 1/2, the Sale hooker Rob Webber clashed with the Newcastle lock Calum Green at the lowest of a ruck near the site visitors’ strive line. Television footage confirmed Green getting his head stuck in a neck roll-type squeeze, and Webber complained to the referee, Craig Maxwell-Keys, that he had been bitten.

Following a scuffle between the pair after which an initial evaluation of disallowed tries through Andrew Davidson, Maxwell-Keys reviewed the unsavory incident with Sean Davey, his television healthy reliable. Citing officers, in this situation Andy Blyth, have 24 hours to quote a player from the very last whistle, and it ought to end up clear on Monday if any disciplinary lawsuits had been introduced. Ross Heppenstall

3) Wasps in need of a pick-me-up

The wasps gained four in their first five league suits, but because they are losing at domestic to Gloucester in October, they have misplaced nine out of 12, along with the return at Kingsholm after they blew an eleven-0 lead. They are the best 3 points off a guaranteed place in subsequent season’s Champions Cup; however, the simplest 8 factors above the bottom club, Newcastle, the direction the Premiership’s no-shape club is heading in.

We are wherein we deserve to be, and we want to choose ourselves up,” stated the club’s director of rugby, Dai Young, whose next suit is at home to fellow strugglers Worcester. “We recognize we’re capable of picking up the wis we; howeverever, we need to forestall undoing the good paintings we do.” Paul Rees

4) Bristol going for walks out of home comforts

With five rounds to move, Bristol is ninth. They would have taken that at the beginning of the season but with the bottom four clubs all having received six and misplaced eleven fits, bonus points have made the difference. They picked up any other against Worcester; however, it turned into scant comfort after missing out on a win that could have given them a ten-factor cushion. 5 groups are combating to avoid the drop, and Bath may want to be a part of them if they lose to Bristol at Twickenham on 6 April.

Three of Bristol’s five fits are in opposition to teams around them, concluding with a Newcastle visit. They have the handiest domestic suits left, and one is against Saracens; however, their teaching, Pat Lam, is asking up. “We can’t get stuck up within the table,” he said. “There are 25 points on offer, and that’s how we see it.” Paul Rees