Mark McCall, Saracens’ director of rugby, is taking aim at the millennial generation. With typical gruffness, he identifies their problem – although you suspect that he harbours a few more grievances – as a lack of patience. “Sometimes you want success instantly and you want to achieve everything you ever wanted instantly. That does not always happen.”

There are exceptions to McCall’s rule and Ben Spencer, the highly-talented scrum-half, counts among them. On Saturday, Spencer starts among the replacements as the English champions take on Exeter Chiefs in a rerun of last season’s Aviva Premiership final. It is second versus third and although Exeter started the season poorly, they are now building up a head of steam ahead of their trip to Allianz Park.

“They are a club we admire a lot,” McCall said. “There’s even more to admire now because they had a very difficult start to the season and were not where they wanted to be after six games. It says a lot about the club that they did not panic, they stuck to what they know and now they are the form team in the Premiership. They showed a lot of resilience.”