Connacht Rugby v Saracens — Champions Cup
Champions Cup · Round 1
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Connacht
2nd in Champions Cup
· UTC
45
36
Full-time
1st half 19–192nd half 26–17
Saracens
5th in Champions Cup
Connacht scorers:
Tries Prendergast 18′, Forde 24′, Hurley-Langton 30′, Prendergast 47′, Frawley 52′, Blade 61′, Frawley 64′
Cons Gilbert 19′, Gilbert 31′, Gilbert 48′, Gilbert 53′, Gilbert 65′
Saracens scorers:
Tries Va’enuku 6′, Caluori 12′, Tompkins 40+2′, Segun 50′, Va’enuku 58′, Daly 80′
Cons Farrell 7′, Farrell 40+3′, Farrell 58′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 17:30
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 18:30
- Sydney (AEDT)
- Sun 03:30
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Sun 05:30
Venue
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Form and season so far
Season figures: Champions Cup table.
Champions Cup table
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time45–36
- 80′ Try Saracens: Elliot Daly Try 45–36
- 79′ Yellow card Connacht: Cian Prendergast Yellow card
- 70′ Replacement Connacht: Sam Illo On for Thomas Connolly
- 70′ Replacement Saracens: Tom James On for Tomos Williams
- 68′ Replacement Connacht: Niall Murray On for Darragh Murray
- 68′ Replacement Saracens: Fergus Burke On for Sione Va’enuku
- 68′ Replacement Saracens: Nathan Michelow On for Ben Earl
- 65′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 45–31
- 64′ Try Connacht: Ciaran Frawley Try 43–31
- 63′ Replacement Connacht: Sean O'Brien On for Sean Jansen
- 61′ Try Connacht: Caolin Blade Try 38–31
- 59′ Replacement Connacht: Josh Ioane On for Bundee Aki
- 58′ Conversion Saracens: Owen Farrell Conversion 33–31
- 58′ Try Saracens: Sione Va’enuku Try 33–29
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Thomas Connolly On for Sam Illo
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Caolin Blade On for Colm Reilly
- 54′ Replacement Connacht: Eoin de Buitléar On for Matt Victory
- 53′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 33–24
- 53′ Replacement Connacht: Billy Bohan On for Francois van Wyk
- 52′ Try Connacht: Ciaran Frawley Try 31–24
- 51′ Replacement Saracens: Alfie Barbeary On for Toby Knight
- 51′ Replacement Saracens: Eoghan Clarke On for Jamie George
- 51′ Replacement Saracens: Phil Brantingham On for Eroni Mawi
- 50′ Try Saracens: Rotimi Segun Try 26–24
- 49′ Replacement Saracens: Corne Weilbach On for Marcus Street
- 48′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 26–19
- 47′ Try Connacht: Cian Prendergast Try 24–19
- Half-time19–19
- 40+3′ Conversion Saracens: Owen Farrell Conversion 19–19
- 40+2′ Try Saracens: Nick Tompkins Try 19–17
- 40+2′ Yellow card Connacht: Shamus Hurley-Langton Yellow card
- 31′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 19–12
- 30′ Try Connacht: Shamus Hurley-Langton Try 17–12
- 24′ Try Connacht: Cathal Forde Try 12–12
- 19′ Conversion Connacht: Sam Gilbert Conversion 7–12
- 19′ Replacement Saracens: Nick Isiekwe On for Olamide Sodeke
- 18′ Try Connacht: Cian Prendergast Try 5–12
- 12′ Try Saracens: Noah Caluori Try 0–12
- 11′ Replacement Connacht: Daniel Ryan On for Shane Jennings
- 7′ Conversion Saracens: Owen Farrell Conversion 0–7
- 6′ Try Saracens: Sione Va’enuku Try 0–5
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Connacht
Coach: Stuart Lancaster- 1 Francois van Wyk Prop
- 2 Matt Victory Hooker
- 3 Sam Illo Prop
- 4 Darragh Murray Lock
- 5 Josh Murphy Lock
- 6 Cian Prendergast (captain) Flanker
- 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton Flanker
- 8 Sean Jansen No. 8
- 9 Colm Reilly Scrum-half
- 10 Ciaran Frawley Fly-half
- 11 Shane Jennings Wing
- 12 Bundee Aki Centre
- 13 Cathal Forde Centre
- 14 Finn Treacy Wing
- 15 Sam Gilbert Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Eoin de Buitléar on at 54′
- 17 Billy Bohan on at 53′
- 19 Niall Murray on at 68′
- 21 Caolin Blade on at 56′
- 22 Josh Ioane on at 59′
- 23 Daniel Ryan on at 11′
Saracens
Coach: Brendan Venter- 1 Eroni Mawi
- 2 Jamie George
- 3 Marcus Street
- 4 Olamide Sodeke
- 5 Hugh Tizard
- 6 Maro Itoje (captain)
- 7 Toby Knight
- 8 Ben Earl
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Owen Farrell
- 11 Rotimi Segun
- 12 Sione Va’enuku
- 13 Nick Tompkins
- 15 Elliot Daly
Replacements
- 16 Eoghan Clarke on at 51′
- 17 Phil Brantingham on at 51′
- 18 Corne Weilbach on at 49′
- 19 Nick Isiekwe on at 19′
- 20 Nathan Michelow on at 68′
- 21 Alfie Barbeary on at 51′
- 22 Tom James on at 70′
- 23 Fergus Burke on at 68′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Connacht 49%, Saracens 51%
Carries: Connacht 134, Saracens 116
Metres made: Connacht 648, Saracens 400
Line breaks: Connacht 10, Saracens 8
Tackles made: Connacht 206, Saracens 168
Tackles missed: Connacht 18, Saracens 22
Turnovers won: Connacht 5, Saracens 6
Lineouts won: Connacht 10/11, Saracens 15/18
Scrums won: Connacht 6/6, Saracens 3/3
Penalties conceded: Connacht 16, Saracens 7
Yellow cards: Connacht 2, Saracens 0
Red cards: Connacht 0, Saracens 0
Passes: Connacht 215, Saracens 217
Tries: Connacht 7, Saracens 6
Try assists: Connacht 5, Saracens 6
Conversions: Connacht 5, Saracens 3
Penalty goals: Connacht 0, Saracens 0
Drop goals: Connacht 0, Saracens 0
Turnovers: Connacht 9, Saracens 16
Offloads: Connacht 15, Saracens 6
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
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