Saracens found themselves in the last chance saloon in this competition after succumbing to a record defeat in Bordeaux. A win by Connacht against Bristol meant the task was a less onerous one, with a bonus point of any description with a less than 20 point gap. Whether this team could bounce back was open … More Saracens v Lyon – The Champions Cup
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 welcome home game for the visit of the Chiefs. Both teams came to the game loaded with their stars. A Saracens knock on gave the first scrum, Chiefs came away with the ball, Saracens then conceded a penalty, then another as Chiefs attacked, their efforts were held up. Amelia MacDonald Cleared the ball for … More Saracens Women v Exeter Chiefs Women
Having lost in South Africa, this was a match Saracens really needed to win. The match started with an uncharacteristic Theo McFarland error as he knocked the ball on from the kick off. So, an early scrum! The Connacht 9 delayed the put in and Saracens were awarded a free kick to get the ball … More Saracens v Connacht Rugby
With Saracens flying out to South Africa it gave a a chance to head to Richmond to watch London Welsh. Now playing in London & SE Division, Regional 1 & South Central (L5) being the 5th tier of rugby in England. Their visitors on the day were Horsham, who they’d beaten narrowly by 6 points, … More London Welsh v Horsham
A new season for the Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby competition and the league sees 2 new teams enter, being Ealing Trailfinders and Leicester Tigers Women, it’s also seen Worceyster Women removed from the competition. There is also a new TV ‘deal’ for the league with TNT showing games. With that in mind I was shocked … More Saracens Women v Loughborough Lightning
There was some controversy in the build up to this match as the Saracens team was loaded with the returning England players. Tigers hadn’t gone that route but had a decent team out nonetheless. With one Mike Brown at 15. We had an early look at Ben Earl storming down the wing, he passed to … More Saracens v Leicester Tigers
My view for this one is from the East Stand, the only stand open for the game. This competition doesn’t seem to have captured the imagination or interest of the home fans. It makes sense to have one full stand rather than 4 sparsely occupied, however having paid £800 for a season ticket I’d rather … More Saracens v Hartpury RFC – The Premiership Rugby Cup
As we approach the start of the Premiership Rugby season proper those teams who’ve played this competition in the orginal spirit it was intended for have strengthened their teams, understandably with no warm up games for the intended main teams. The line ups for this match is as follows, I had to look up a … More Harlequins v Saracens – The Premiership Rugby Cup
An afternoon at The Stonex Stadium is no unusual thing for me, to be watching the Red Roses play is, I think we’ve seen one women’s international game before, that being England v USA in 2018. This was the second in a 2 match series against Canada who sit 4th in the World Rankings to … More England – Red Roses v Canada
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