Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Premiership action

Saracens have hit form at the right time, Sam Burgess is still in limbo and Gloucester have the chance to end Quins’ Champions Cup ambitionsSaracens have hit form at the point in the season when tournaments come to be decided. They have won seven successive matches in all competitions and head to France at the end of the week for the European Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne, opponents they defeated by 40 points at the same stage last season, buoyed by the return of the England outside-half Owen Farrell from a knee injury. While the scoreline against Leicester was convincing,…