Alex Mitchell watched on TV at his grandmother's house in Warrington, as Saints edged out Saracens 24-20 after extra-time in 2014.
Fast-forward 10 years, and Dingwall, Furbank and Mitchell will pitch up at Twickenham as full England stars bidding to steer Northampton to a Premiership final win of their own.
The last time Northampton won the Premiership, Courtney Lawes and Alex Waller were in the thick of the action, driving Saints to glory.
Fast-forward again and Lawes and Waller will be in the mixer one last time before leaving the club.
Northampton rugby director Phil Dowson played for Saints in that 2014 final, and this time will take his seat in the coaching box.
Two Premiership finals, a decade apart, and Dowson believes there is only one man who has not changed a bit in the interim.
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