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The 2021 world champion was in scintillating form throughout the evening and beat world champion Luke Littler and world number one Luke Humphries to reach the final.

Whereas previous Scottish victories had been upsets built on defiance and prevailing in wars of attrition, on that day Townsend's side blew England away with a scintillating display of attacking rugby.

This time round, the Chiefs are slight favourites, but many of those backing 'the Birds' want to see Saquon Barkley cap a scintillating season in style.

There have been a number of contributing factors in Newcastle's recent surge up the Premier League table, but the scintillating form of star striker Alexander Isak has certainly played a major role.

He was in scintillating form in the fourth set, averaging 118.66, but that dropped to just 84 in the fifth set won by Dolan.