Worcester’s Alan Solomons: ‘It is a different-level Premiership this year’

Experienced director of rugby is ready for a relentless few months with more than half the clubs battling the dropIt is not yet Christmas and already this is a Premiership season like no other. Even Alan Solomons, Worcester’s much-travelled and vastly experienced director of rugby, cannot recall anything like it. Nine clubs, ranging from fourth-placed Wasps to bottom-placed Northampton, being separated by a mere nine points is not conducive to a relaxing festive period.Hence the tension surrounding Friday’s game between the Warriors and Northampton and Saturday’s Leicester v Harlequins fixture…