Exeter and Harlequins shine through mediocrity as new order emerges from the Premiership Welcome developments The initiative which will see all Premiership games provided with a Television Match Official at a cost of £350,000. Moves by Sale and Saracens to new stadiums away from the dumps they currently reside in. An outbreak of civility amongst the league's England players who now insist on shaking hands before interviews. Unwelcome developments The proliferation of abusive, badly written posts on social network forums and newspaper websites. Don't get personal, stick to the issues and use spell-check. Where rugby apes football The constant harassment of officials by players. Scrum-halves are the worst. It should be the captain's prerogative and no-one else's. The life expectancy of a coach. Martin Haag (Bath), Bryan Redpath (Gloucester), Tony Hanks (Sale), Sir Ian McGeechan (Bath), Alan Tait (Newcastle) have all departed this season, some voluntarily, others less so. The desire to exploit lucrative overseas markets. Saracens were due to play games in Cape Town and Abu Dhabi before they were cancelled. Leicester have considered travelling to the States for pre-season fixtures. Most ill-disciplined club Newcastle. One red card and 11 yellows before yesterday's game against Wasps. Bath and Exeter topped the squeaky clean brigade with 5 yellows apiece. One for the pub Question: Which player recorded the highest individual points total (29) this season against the same club twice? Answer: Billy Twelvetrees against Wasps on Sept 11 and Jan 12, notching an identical tally of two tries, two conversions and five penalties on each occasion. Best analyst on TV Former Gloucester director of rugby, Dean Ryan, by some distance the most incisive, lucid dissector of games going, and all the better for admitting that he still feels shy and insecure on the box. Game of the season Exeter's 37-12 thumping of Sale, a thoroughly clinical, energetic performance. It came after a home defeat against Bath and sparked a run of three victories against Gloucester (away), London Irish (home) and Worcester (away) which had Exeter Chiefs pushing for a play-off spot. "We made the switch to becoming more ambitious, seeing what we could achieve rather than worrying that we could get relegated," explained Rob Baxter, Exeter's coach. The things they said "The issuing of yellow cards is a pretty random affair with little or no consistency shown by referees and no real enforced guidelines from the IRB." Former England prop Jeff Probyn says what many think. Good luck to Sir Richard Branson and his beautiful Necker Island but it's not for me. Nigel Wray preferring to spend a chunk of his £230 million personal fortune [Source: Sunday Times Rich List] financing Saracens" move to Copthall Stadium, Barnet. On Monday he told me he was staying. On Wednesday I was told by his agent he was signing for Gloucester. Leicester's director of rugby Richard Cockerill on Billy Twelvetrees" move to Gloucester. ""Maybe if he was fit, he might be able to referee a bit better in the future. He's got a belly on him. Sale's Steve Diamond gets stuck into referee Wayne Barnes. Pomposity or just bad planning The Premiership final should never be scheduled after the Heineken Cup final to climax the domestic season. It just makes Premier Rugby look a trifle arrogant, especially when English representation in Europe disappeared at the quarter-final stage. Under the radar Leicester's run of six consecutive four-try bonus point victories before yesterday's clash with Bath, a Premiership record, has not got the attention the remarkable feat deserves. Saracens chairman Nigel Wray appeared on Radio 4"s Loose Ends talking about his collection of sporting memorabilia, one of the biggest in the world, which includes WG Grace's last bat. Myth buster Thomas "The Tank" Waldrom, who has carried the ball miles for Leicester all season, lending substance to the belief that big is best in the Premiership. Not true. Face to face, Waldrom is a rather portly, physically unimposing figure. Effective player, though. Coach of the season A joint award shared by Leicester's Richard Cockerill and Rob Baxter of Exeter. Team of the season Mike Brown (Harlequins); Gonzalo Camacho (Exeter), George Pisi (Northampton), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Charlie Sharples (Gloucester); Toby Flood (Leicester), Danny Care (Harlequins); Marcos Ayerza (Leicester), Chris Whitehead (Exeter), Dan Cole (Leicester), Mouritz Botha (Saracens), Christian Day (Northampton), Tom Croft (Leicester), Julian Salvi (Leicester), Nick Easter (Harlequins).