• Owen Farrell on form with two conversions and four penalties
A year ago this weekend, Saracens slumped to their seventh successive defeat, a run so out of kilter with the norm it was like going back in time to find Henry VIII supping with the Pope. The Premiership champions arrived here nursing a 21-match unbeaten record stretching back to April Fool’s Day having put 51 points on the Blues six days before and won with a degree of comfort, doing no more than they had to on the wettest of afternoons.
The Blues fought for 80 minutes rather than the 40 they had at Allianz Park, but Saracens know how to grind out victories. Trailing at half-time, as they had the previous weekend, they absorbed pressure, scored points on their few visits to their opponents’ 22 and, tellingly, survived the loss of the second row Will Skelton to the sin-bin after 62 minutes.
Written by Paul Rees at Cardiff Arms Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/15/cardiff-saracens-champions-cup-match-report under the title “Jamie George’s late try seals victory for Saracens over Cardiff Blues”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
