England’s Flood is left in the shade by Farrell

The 19-year-old, who started the season on loan at Bedford, kicked 17 points and played with an authority that belied his age as Saracens beat the Tigers 22-18 to lift their first league crown.

Farrell will end his breakthrough year playing at the Junior World Cup in Italy but he wants to follow his father into the senior England team.

Andy Farrell played for England at the 2007 Rugby World Cup after switching codes and moving the family south from Wigan to join Saracens, where he now coaches.

“I’d love to get an England jersey on my back now,” said Farrell junior. “I have always been a person with big aspirations and I have always been confident I could take my chance (on the big stage) but you never know until you are out there.

“To come to a special place like Twickenham and do that to Leicester is unbelievable. My Dad was very excited afterwards.

“This year I think I have surprised myself as well as surprising other people. I have still got a hell of a lot to learn. This is only the start for me.”

Farrell was recalled from Championship club Bedford in November after Derick Hougaard ruptured his Achilles and he played a pivotal role in Saracens’ 13-game winning run to the title.

A year out of school and playing the biggest game of his young life, Farrell was coolness personified at Twickenham while the more experienced Flood struggled to impose his authority.

Flood missed two simple kicks but Farrell was faultless with the boot, including one rushed effort when referee Wayne Barnes warned he was running out of time.

There was a significant moment in the frantic closing stages, as Saracens mounted a fierce goal-line stand to protect their lead, when Farrell dumped Flood on his back-side.

Manager Martin Johnson was left frowning in the Twickenham stands as he watched a shadow England team blow a 17-point lead against the Barbarians.

Tries from Henry Trinder, Ugo Monye and James Simpson-Daniel had put England in charge before the Barbarians mounted a comeback either side of the interval.

England thought they had escaped with the win with a late try from the Exeter flanker Tom Johnson.

But Tim Visser’s second try sealed the Barbarians’ win.