Brad Barritt insists Brendan Venter's touchline ban will only give them extra motivation to win the Guinness Premiership title.

The Men in Black will be without their director of rugby for the final tomorrow [5.30pm kick off] at Twickenham but Barritt has backed his team-mates to pull off the victory for their coach.

Barritt said: "Brendan has been a hugely inspirational figure at the club. He has brought an energy and calmness and it will be very disappointing for him to miss out. It's only going to give us extra motivation as a side to perform for him.

"We're confident we can pull it off for him. We support him 100 per cent and even if he's not there then he will be in spirit. The input he has had has been massive and he has given us that hard edge and winning mentality so it is a huge slap in the face to be banned."

Barritt's brilliance led to the centre scooping Sarries’ player of the year award despite plenty of competition. His team-mates and coaching staff recognised the tough tackling back's consistency throughout the campaign and Barritt was genuinely surprised by the honour. Despite his satisfaction from the award, the 23-year-old is quick to point out it will count for little if Saracens lose out to Leicester Tigers tomorrow.

The former Sharks player said: "It is a huge honour especially with so many outstanding performances from our players. It was a huge surprise and testament to all the players in the team. Everyone has done their bit. Schalk Brits has been outstanding as has Ernst Joubert. Alex Goode has been exciting all year and Andy Saull has been a revelation. Besides them so many other players have performed well.

"The trophy is insignificant compared to the big prize this weekend. There is no point getting to the final and losing. No one remembers who comes second and our focus is on winning this game."

Barritt was selected in the Premiership team of the season and his form led to widespread support for a call-up to the England squad for their tour of Australia. He failed to make the 44-man group and will instead play for England Saxons this summer but Barritt is refusing to let the disappointment of his omission get to him.

He added: "It was disappointing but it will only make me work harder and improve as a player. I'm not getting despondent. I have a dream and goal to play for England and I just have to get my head down and perform for Sarries. It's up to me to just keep performing and if I do that then I can push my cause.

"I've been delighted with how the season has gone. I have grown as a player and a person throughout the year and having an extended run in a position has given me confidence. Everyone knows their roles and it's special when you have a selfless team in that regard."

Saracens are on the verge of creating history by winning their first Premiership title but Barritt has his eyes on the bigger picture. Win or lose tomorrow, the all-action centre wants the club to make sure they are competing for silverware on a regular basis.

Barritt said: "Their [Leicester] history shows how successful they've been and we want to get to that level. We don't just want to be here for one year and we want to create a bit of a dynasty.

"It instilled a lot of confidence in us beating Leicester. It was nice to end the hoodoo and get that first win there. In the final it's a knockout game and both teams have equal shots. Leicester are a team you have to have respect for."

Venter has backed his players and coaching staff to cope without him after the appeal to overturn his Twickenham ban failed.

Sarries' director of rugby will watch the Guinness Premiership final from his Harpenden home, with his five-year-old son Joshua, after an independent panel decided not to quash his ban.

Venter's touchline ban, which was handed out by the Rugby Football Union for making provocative and inappropriate gestures to Leicester Tigers fans in their recent game, was reduced from 14 to ten weeks but the South African will still miss out on the biggest game in their history.

Venter said: "It's not my show. This is a group of people that came up with a system from pre-season and they are as much part of the decision making process as I am.

"From a coaching point of view I had no fear because I said to Edward Griffiths we've always run the club as a group of friends and coaches. We are so much on each other's wavelength that it’s scary sometimes.

"I had a conversation with them where I explained the concepts that everything I bring to them is basically the decisions we all come up with. As much as our team is built around us not I, so is the management and I think they really understood what I was talking about.

"The only person really to suffer is me. I'm the one that gets taken away the privilege of enjoying Twickenham and the whole day that goes with it. In fairness that was why they were doing the punishment. They can't punish the team, they're punishing me. I will miss out on that."