JACKSON Wray has labelled winning the Premiership final with Saracens as the greatest moment of his career so far.

The former King John School pupil came off the bench midway through the first half of Sarries’ 28-16 win against Bath at Twickenham.

And Wray admitted it had been a dream come true to triumph.

“I would say winning the game was the best moment of my career so far by a mile,” said the 24-year-old.

“I was injured when Saracens last won the final back in 2011 and that was still a special day to be a part of.

“But being on the pitch this time and being out there when the final whistle went was something else.

“It was a great moment and it was also a huge relief to know that all the hard work we had put in during the season was going to end in success for us.”

Wray, who played for Westcliff during his youth, had started the final on the bench.

However, he was called into action after just 33 minutes following an injury to skipper Alistair Hargreaves.

And the manner of his introduction meant there was no time for any nerves.

“I was warming up by the sticks when I suddenly got the shout to go on so it all happened really quickly,” said Wray.

“But that meant there was no time for nerves or anything like that and it was good to be able to play 50 minutes of such a big game.”

Saracens started the match, which was played in front of more than 80,000 fans, in stunning style and led 25-3 at half-time.

But Wray always knew Bath would fight back strongly, like they did, in the second half.

“Bath are a very good team so we were expecting them to have a bit of a purple patch which was what happened,” said the flanker.

“We were ready for it and we defended really well to make sure we weathered it too.

“We gave away a few penalties which was poor from us but once we got that sorted Bath struggled and we’re just so happy to have won.”