Champions Cup – 365 Sporting Days

Bordeaux Begles v Saracens

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 the ball down behind the Saracens line. The first penalty went the way of Saracens as Elliot Daly playing at 13 took the ball into contact. Farrell took the posts option and slotted the ball between the posts. An error by Ben Earl from the kick off gave Bordeaux a scrum put in deep in the Saracens half. with the Irish referee laying out his stall the […]

By Debs K Posted on January 14, 2024

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Saracens v Connacht Rugby

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 out of their own half. […]

By Debs K Posted on December 16, 2023

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Saracens v Ospreys – Champions Cup

I’m not too sure how I feel about the fact that there was a power cut at my house today; so no replay to watch! Annoying really! And no easy catch up option as it was on BT Sport. Oh well, from a few highlights and memory it will be! As I was walking the ground I overheard 2 women […]

By Debs K Posted on April 2, 2023

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Saracens v Racing 92 – a bright afternoon on a gloomy weekend!

In November Saracens were given a £5.4 ish fine and a 35 point deduction, having been found to have breached the salary cap for 3 seasons. As a Saracens fan that’s felt pretty awful, but more was yet to come! There’s been a sense of glee around any negative news around Saracens from some quarters, I was loathe to believe […]

By Debs K Posted on January 20, 2020

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Saracens v Ospreys – The Champions Cup – The Saracens predicament

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 avoid relegation, while at the […]

By Debs K Posted on November 24, 2019

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Racing v Saracens – The Champions Cup Round 1

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 when I make my Eurostar […]

By Debs K Posted on November 19, 2019

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Leinster v Saracens – The Heineken Champions Cup

This final was one of the most highly anticipated for a while, Leinster in possession of 4 stars, sharing the record 4 wins with Toulouse. And Saracens looking to add a third to their tally. I’d bought a Golden Ticket along with a group of friends last May, it was a happy set of Saracens fans who travelled up North […]

By Debs K Posted on May 15, 2019

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Saracens v Glasgow – The Champions Cup

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 only team unbeaten in the […]

By Debs K Posted on January 19, 2019

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Lyon v Saracens

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 92. The welcome was immense […]

By Debs K Posted on January 14, 2019

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Champions Cup Rugby – Week 1

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 soft spots for several others, […]

By Debs K Posted on October 17, 2017