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LONDON : Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall poured praise on man of the match Owen Farrell after the flyhalf inspired the London club to a 35-25 victory over a gritty Sale in the English Premiership final on Saturday.
LONDON :Saracens won their sixth title and first in four years when they eventually overpowered a spirited Sale to triumph 35-25 in a superb English Premiership final at a sun-drenched Twickenham on Saturday.
English club rugby has had better seasons but there was nothing wrong with this compelling finale. For the first time since 2019, Saracens are domestic champions and able to smile again after their well-publicised salary cap travails and painful last-ditch defeat last year. They also had the contest’s dominant character in the shape of Owen Farrell, who once again bent a big game to his considerable will.
Owen Farrell insists Saracens return to the Gallagher Premiership final with more strings to their bow as a result of last year’s Twickenham heartache.
G eorge Ford will never forget the first time he played against Owen Farrell. As a young lad playing junior rugby league for Saddleworth Rangers against Wigan St Patricks it did not take him or his teammates long to spot the looming threat. “We were all just stood there and you could see this lad towering over everyone. We were like: ‘He’s not playing, is he? He’s miles older than everyone.’ But it turned out he did play and he killed us. He scored a handful of tries in the first half and got told to temper it down in the second.”
Frontline England players started less than 40% of their clubs’ regular season Premiership matches in the 2022-23 campaign, the Guardian can reveal, exposing the full extent of one of the domestic game’s biggest problems.
LONDON : The way Northampton were brushed aside in the semi-finals was a chilling reminder of how Saracens are able to find their A game - and their A team - when they really need to and Sale will need something special to cause an upset in Saturday's Premiership final.
Only once in the past seven years has an away team won a Premiership semi-final and there was seldom much sign of Northampton bucking the trend in north London. Saracens are now into their seventh final in the last 10 seasons and in pole position to claim their first title since 2019.