Saracens and many of their fans headed to Bordeaux for their first Champions Cup match of 2024, they went on the back of a loss to Leicester Tigers. Owen Farrell kicked off and Bordeaux cleared into Saracens half. A pass from Farrell missed everyone which gave the home team a chance to attack, Ivan van Zyl touched … More Bordeaux Begles v Saracens
A quick summary of how the competition is going to work this season (Covid allowing). With Marseilles at last getting their finals on the weekend of May 27th. Pool Stage Clubs were allocated into three pools of five – Pool A, Pool B and Pool C. The pool stage will consist of five rounds with … More Saracens v Edinburgh – The Challenge Cup
2021 sees a change to the way the Champions Cup is structured. The competition will consist of 2 Pool of 12 teams. The 24 teams, 8 from each league – the Premiership, The Top 14 and the Pro 14 have been put into 4 tiers. A draw was held to decide which team from each … More European Rugby 2021 – What will it look like?
In common with most of my fellow Saracens fans I waited with baited breath for the team announcement for this second Champions Cup match. That will be a weekly occurrence for the rest of the season with the predicament the club finds itself in. A 35 point deduction means the club will be fighting to … More Saracens v Ospreys – The Champions Cup – The Saracens predicament
I spent 8 days in Paris at the end of October, with a weekend trip to Rheims included, my daughter, Alex has lived in the city for nearly 7 years so it’s a place I like to visit as often as I can. By some strange coincidence there’s often a rugby match to go to … More Racing v Saracens – The Champions Cup Round 1
An evening event in Bradford meant an early morning and a long journey on the A1 to get to Allianz Park for this final pool game between Saracens and Glasgow. Both teams were assured a place in the final 8, this game was to decide where each would finish, Saracens were looking to remain the … More Saracens v Glasgow – The Champions Cup
Guest Blogger Anthony Archer made the trip to Lyon to watch this Champions Cup game, here are his thoughts – Loyal Saracens fans descended on Lyon at the weekend for Round 5 of the European Rugby Champions Cup, many with the memory of the last visit to this impressive city, the 2016 Final against Racing … More Lyon v Saracens
European Rugby is back! There’s something special about this competition, I try to watch as much of it as I can. That meant 2 games for me over this first weekend – Harlequins v La Rochelle followed by Northampton Saints v Saracens. I’m maybe an odd sports fan, I have my teams but I have … More Champions Cup Rugby – Week 1
Where to start after the fact? On May 13th 2017 Saracens joined good company in retaining the Champions Cup, they did so in one of the best finals for a few years. I’ve been a Saracens season ticket holder since 2009, and no, I’m not the only one as so many other Premiership rugby fans … More European Rugby Cup Finals – Gloucester v Stade Français, Saracens v Clermont Auvergne
I have to write about far more than the match on this one, so I’ll ask you to bear with me. I’m in the middle of writing a piece for another site, with the title – “What a Difference a Home Makes’ – and this Champions Cup weekend was a prime example of the things … More Saracens v Glasgow Warriors
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