Gen Z wonderkid, Devon revival & Moody returns - Prem talking points

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Noah Caluori, Saracens' helium-heeled wing, announced himself pinch a sensational 5 tries connected his first Prem commencement and vanished nan play pinch a call-up to train pinch nan England elder side.

The 19-year-old made 233 metres pinch shot successful manus successful a 65-14 thrashing of Sale, but conscionable arsenic breathtaking to England coach Steve Borthwick will person been nan vertical region travelled.

Caluori stands 6ft 4in gangly but soars to unprecedented altitudes successful pursuit of a precocious ball.

In summation to crossing 5 times himself, he earned a punishment effort erstwhile - attempting to declare an Owen Farrell cross-kick shot complete his caput - he was taken retired by other number Tom O'Flaherty way, measurement beneath him.

Caluori is besides a slippery runner - beating 10 defenders - and showed a canny footballing brain, mounting up a second-half effort for Ben Earl pinch a well-judged grubber backmost inside.

Although Borthwick has handed them retired little often than predecessor Eddie Jones, he is acold from nan first young prima to beryllium invited into England training.

Marcus Smith, Jacob Umaga, Josh Hodge, Zach Mercer and Ted Hill person received akin call-ups.

Australia and Leicester fly-half James O'Connor, who scored a hat-trick connected his first Wallabies commencement arsenic an 18-year-old, tin besides attest that not each teenagers footwear connected to afloat realise their hype.

But Caluori's unsocial expertise seems easy to bring into nan crippled and particularly difficult to counter.

Despite Saracens coach Mark McCall's Sir Alex Ferguson-style attempts to temper expectations, we are surely going to spot plentifulness much of him.

Not conscionable connected nan transportation either. For a rebranded nine successful a rebranded league, he could beryllium a caller Gen Z figurehead, pinch a burgeoning showreel and engaged TikTok output.

It whitethorn beryllium conscionable arsenic good that his Swiss begetter Andreas useful successful sports marketing.

Is location thing stirring successful Devon?

There person been a fewer mendacious dawns - 'Exeter 2.0' collapsed aft a accelerated commencement to nan 2023-24 run - but nan Chiefs look for illustration they whitethorn person yet rediscovered their mojo.

Their 38-0 walloping of Harlequins intends Exeter are up successful fifth, pinch 1 conclusion successful their first 4 matches.

While galore eyes were connected debutant Len Ikitau, Australia's subordinate of nan year, it was longer-standing Exeter stars who came good.

Centre Henry Slade scored 2 and group up another. The backmost statement of Ethan Roots and Greg Fisilau, ably abetted by different Aussie debutant successful Tom Hooper, put fearful dents into nan distant defence.

Fly-half Harvey Skinner, astatine nan nine for much than a decade and feared by immoderate to beryllium nan weakest nexus successful a stellar backline, was excellent.

They return connected winless Gloucester astatine location successful nan last lucifer earlier nan convention takes a break for nan autumn internationals.

After being publication nan riot enactment by proprietor Tony Rowe during a 2024-25 run that Slade described arsenic "embarrassing", Roots says mindsets person changed this term.

"There has been an cognition displacement astatine nan nine astir our standards and what we will and will not let to happen," he told TNT Sports.

The Red Bull buzz continues astatine Newcastle, contempt a 4th successive loss.

The nine recorded a 2nd successive sell-out astatine Kingston Park pinch a capacity 10,210 taking successful a 36-19 conclusion by Northampton.

The scoreline was deceptive, though. On 62 minutes full-back Boeta Chamberlain skated successful for a effort and Brett Connon converted to propulsion nan Bulls level astatine 26-26.

However, nan people was chalked disconnected for a vulnerable clear-out by George McGuigan, earlier Fin Smith kicked a 76th minute-penalty and Alex Coles romped complete for a precocious people to adhd immoderate gloss for Saints.

Number 8 Amanaki Mafi and scrum-half Simon Benitez Cruz - 2 of Newcastle's summertime recruits - were awesome and much reinforcements are en way pinch Tom Christie and Christian Wade some arriving earlier nan extremity of nan year.

Prop Eduardo Bello, who missed each of past play pinch a knee injury, is besides closing successful connected a comeback.

Lift-off connected nan Red Bull era was ever apt to return immoderate time, but nan task is picking up pace.

An absolute humdinger of a crippled saw Leicester retrieve from 10 points adrift to inflict defending champions Bath's first convention conclusion since they soft-pedalled into nan play-offs successful May.

With Henry Arundell and Adam Radwan lurking successful nan opposing backmost threes, location was plentifulness of high-revving action, but nan Tigers' scrum power helped them claw their measurement backmost and replacement Billy Searle kept his nervus to onshore nan decisive punishment pinch nan timepiece successful nan red.

Lewis Moody's first quality astatine Mattioli Woods Welford Road since he revealed he has centrifugal neurone illness was nan astir memorable portion of nan day.

Accompanied by erstwhile team-mates Martin Johnson, Martin Corry, Tom Croft, Geordan Murphy, Leon Lloyd and others, nan erstwhile Leicester and Bath prima took successful nan ovation from his fans astatine half-time.

The affection for Moody from some fans and erstwhile dressing room colleagues was evident and inevitable. It was telling that, arsenic he made his measurement astir nan stadium, nan Leicester crushed unit collapsed disconnected from repairing nan first-half divots for full-blooded embraces pinch a existent gentleman.

Leicester number 8 Olly Cracknell scored Tigers' first effort from close-range, picking, feinting, absorbing Quinn Roux's first surge disconnected nan statement and past shunting his measurement done successful nan other guidance pinch a secondary limb drive.

Small, clever specifications that show why interaction specialists tin find a spot successful modern coaching set-ups.