For some players, the enforced break inflicted by Covid-19 may have been slightly welcomed due to the toll the season had taken on their bodies physically and mentally.
The Wanderers were handed a heavy defeat in their Premiership Rugby Shield semi-final at Saracens Storm on Monday night.
It has now been nine long, agonising matches since Saints last beat Saracens.
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