If Saracens do go on to win the Premiership this season, perhaps they will hang one of their medals off the fish tank at their clubhouse in St Albans. The team’s two goldfish were key figures in this victory — featuring heavily in their ‘goldfish memory’ narrative borrowed from Ted Lasso.
They watched clips from the uplifting drama about a struggling American soccer coach in the build-up and vowed to move on from events of the past few weeks. Forget the victory over Bath, forget about Billy Vunipola getting tasered on a social in Mallorca and focus on making the play-offs.