Saracens overwhelm London Welsh to pip Exeter to play-off spot

London Welsh 17-68 SaracensWith one of their London Welsh jokers still to play, Saracens were always likely to take the fourth play-off spot, and that they duly did. Four tries in nine minutes at the start of the final quarter, three of them by Chris Ashton in the space of five minutes, were enough to make the situation safe, even allowing for Exeter’s own surge of late points at home to Sale. Final-round rugby often has a touch of the surreal about it – see this season’s Six Nations – and so it was here.Except there’s nothing very surreal about a London Welsh hiding – indeed, the 21-17 scorel…