With the Six Nations taking a weekend off, all eyes returned to the Gallagher Premiership. It was another memorable weekend in the top flight, with the returning Welsh winger Louis Rees-Zammit taking the headlines, ahead of England vs Wales in Cardiff this weekend.
Here are five English players who impressed over the weekend, with the hopes of running into Rees-Zammit on Saturday.
A debut try for Mike Brown, a brace for Bristol’s Harry Randall and two try assists including the match winner, for Northampton’s Tom Collins, put them all in contention this weekend.
Mike Brown – Leicester Tigers
Mike Brown rolled back the year’s on his debut for Leicester Tigers, in an astounding Man of the Match performance against Saracens.
In a re-match of last year’s Gallagher Premiership Final, Leicester once again secured the win, in a 24-18 victory over Sarries. Brown started at full-back at the Stone X Stadium, and quickly began beating defenders with darting runs.
An eleventh minute kick-return saw Brown beat four Saracens defenders, before offloading to keep the play alive, the next phase of play saw Cameron Henderson crash over to score, with the Saracens defenders caught off-guard.
The Harlequins legend even scored a memorable debut try, linking up effectively with old England teammate Chris Ashton. Brown cut in off the right wing, and stepped past Sean Maitland before diving over to score.
