The arrivals of Chris Jack and Brent Russell can mean only one thing for
long-suffering Saracens supporters: no longer will their team be the biggest
underachievers in the Guinness Premiership.

London Wasps felt it was points lost, Bristol felt it was points won, after a
rare beast of a game that was both physical and skilful - the best of the
Guinness Premiership.

Worcester, after a seventh defeat in eight league games, face a
second-successive Christmas at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership. They
are beginning to turn the corner, however, and the new year could see them
move up the table.

Nobody seems quite sure how good Sale Sharks can be this season, least of all
themselves. Champions in 2006, they slumped to tenth in the table last
season when they were ravaged by injuries, and they have shown only fleeting
signs of their old selves this season, so this was a very important result
for their self-belief. In a bruising, error-strewn but exciting game,
Leicester were below their best and if Andy Goode had not endured a rare
errant day with the boot - he missed three penalty goal attempts and one
conversion - the result could have gone the other way.

Worcester, after a seventh defeat in eight league games, face a
second-successive Christmas at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership. They
are beginning to turn the corner, however, and the new year could see them
move up the table.