Andy Farrell and Paul Gustard were both taken into the England fold from Saracens, a well-trodden path that a few more of the club’s current backroom team are certain to make.

Each of them place great store in what they call ‘emotional intensity’ – a mind-set, somewhere between confidence and aggression, that governs their confrontational defence.

Farrell and Gustard are long gone, but this legacy remains.

Against Munster on Saturday, Saracens were prepared to meet an early surge. Mid-way through the first half when Jackson Wray misjudged a tackle on Duncan Williams, there could be no argument with the decision and explanation of referee Romain Poite.

Wray was fortunate not to see red: