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RAYN SMID Ealing No.8 v BILLY VUNIPOLA Saracens No.8

These 28-year-olds have vastly different CVs but you’d be hard pressed to know who was who given their respective performances. Where Eddie Jones’ battering ram was ineffective and non-committal, Ealing’s South African skipper was commanding and engaged. His presence in the lineout eventually saw Saracens decline to contest them as he left a greater impact on his side’s historic win.