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Saracens climb into top four with win over Harlequins in McCall’s home farewell

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Not exactly a blaze of glory to send off Mark McCall on his last home match, but to win a good old-fashioned London scrap in such a way will no doubt be its own source of satisfaction. All the more so in that it means Saracens attain the top four for the first time since October with one round to play. All the more so given the bonus point that looked for 75 minutes as if it were a distant luxury. Two tries in a crazy last few minutes meant one of those accrued too, to make the sweltering afternoon perfect, if not quite glorious. Theo Dan steered an attacking lineout over the line with the clock in the red to set off the faithful of a sold-out crowd with the final delirium of knowing they have two points’ grace over Exeter, who play at Leicester tomorrow. Whatever the result there, the final playoff spot will boil down to next Saturday’s match at Sandy Park, where the Chiefs will host Saracens. Winner goes through, simple as that. Saracens, we are used to saying, will love nothing more.…

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