Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s action

Saracens’ fast European Champions Cup start is fuelled by World Cup frustration, Aaron Mauger is modernising Leicester and Scarlets can be a superpower againThe pillars of a fine Saracens performance were the England players: Richard Wigglesworth, Owen Farrell, the Vunipola brothers and Brad Barritt. They looked mean and full of purpose. There was a pass by prop Mako Vunipola to Farrell was a technical and artistic moment to savour. There is a well of post-World Cup frustration and reinvention to tap into and Mark McCall seems to know how to do it. Toulouse, on the other hand, didn’t want to b…