Heineken Cup , Pool 1 - Brussels, 20 October 2012, 16:40 local, 14:40 GMT
Saracens (20) 30 - 13 (3) Racing Metro (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Saracens  Score  Racing Metro
0 start of first half start of first half
1 0 - 3 Barkley - penalty goal
8 Hodgson - penalty goal 3 - 3
21 Wyles - try 8 - 3
22 Hodgson - conversion 10 - 3
28 Borthwick - try 15 - 3
29 Hodgson - conversion 17 - 3
35 le Roux - yellow card
36 Hodgson - penalty goal 20 - 3
40+1 end of first half
Gill - sub off
Vunipola - sub on
end of first half
van der Merwe - sub off
Metz - sub on
40+2
41 Gill - sub off
Vunipola - sub on
van der Merwe - sub off
Metz - sub on
40 start of second half start of second half
42 Germain - sub on
Barkley - sub off
49 Ben Arous - sub on
Lo Cicero Vaina - sub off
51 Wigglesworth - sub on
de Kock - sub off
Matadigo - sub on
le Roux - sub off
53 Botha - sub off
Hargreaves - sub on
55 Smit - sub on
Brits - sub off
57 Noirot - sub on
Szarzewski - sub off
58 Hodgson - penalty goal 23 - 3
59 Strettle - sub on
Wyles - sub off
60 Stevens - sub off
Nieto - sub on
Jane - sub on
Fall - sub off
61 23 - 8 Imhoff - try
62 23 - 10 Estebanez - conversion
63 Orlandi - sub on
Ducalcon - sub off
64 Brown - sub off
Saull - sub on
68 23 - 13 Germain - penalty goal
69 Farrell - sub off
Tomkins - sub on
76 Fraser - try
Hodgson - conversion
30 - 13
80+2 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
82

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 17 points
 
Ground name King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Teams

Saracens Racing Metro
Tries Wyles (21), Borthwick (28), Fraser (76) Tries Imhoff (61)
Cons Hodgson (22, 29, 76) Cons Estebanez (62)
Pens Hodgson (8, 36, 58) Pens Barkley (1), Germain (68)

Match stats

Saracens   Racing Metro
3 Tries 1
3 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 1
3 from 4 Penalty goals 2 from 3
85.7% Kick at goal success 75.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 28
184 Passes 119
129 Runs 74
517 Metres run with ball 337
Attacking
64% Possession 36%
74% Territory 26%
8 Clean breaks 7
7 Defenders beaten 6
12 Offloads 11
92 from 102 (90.2%) Rucks won 46 from 50 (92.0%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 4 from 4 (100.0%)
19 Turnovers conceded 25
Defensive
51/6 Tackles made/missed 105/7
89.5% Tackling success rate 93.8%
Set pieces
14 won, 1 lost (93.3%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 12 won, 2 lost (85.7%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/0 0 7/10/11 65 0 1 1 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 1/8/5 27 0 0 2 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Farrell 0/0 0 0/16/4 11 0 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/8/11 36 1 1 1 3 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Wyles 1/0 5 1/0/7 65 1 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hodgson 0/1 15 13/34/7 43 1 2 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH de Kock 0/1 0 6/59/5 20 0 1 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/1/4 12 1 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Brits 0/1 0 0/8/14 56 3 1 3 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Stevens 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Borthwick 1/0 5 0/2/8 15 0 0 1 0 3/0 6/1 1 0/0
L Botha 0/0 0 0/1/6 14 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Brown 0/0 0 0/2/7 40 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Fraser 1/0 5 0/0/8 18 1 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Wray 0/0 0 0/5/8 39 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Smit 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Vunipola 0/0 0 0/1/5 23 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Nieto 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Hargreaves 0/0 0 0/1/3 6 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Saull 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Wigglesworth 0/0 0 1/26/2 1 0 0 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Tomkins 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Strettle 0/0 0 0/1/4 16 0 0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

RaMet stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hernandez 0/1 0 6/21/8 54 1 0 1 5 3/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Fall 0/0 0 3/1/4 55 3 2 0 0 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Bergamasco 0/0 0 0/5/4 21 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Estebanez 0/0 2 1/6/3 8 0 0 2 3 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Imhoff 1/0 5 3/2/5 41 1 1 0 2 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Barkley 0/0 3 6/5/2 15 0 0 0 0 5/0 1/0 0 0/0
SH Machenaud 0/0 0 9/41/4 24 0 1 1 5 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/5 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Szarzewski 0/0 0 0/3/4 4 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
P Ducalcon 0/0 0 0/3/4 2 0 0 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Ghezal 0/0 0 0/4/3 2 0 0 2 1 7/2 1/0 1 0/0
L van der Merwe 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 1 2/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Battut 0/0 0 0/3/1 2 0 0 0 0 13/0 3/0 0 0/0
F le Roux 0/0 0 0/2/2 4 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 1/0
N8 Cronje 0/0 0 0/13/7 16 0 0 2 3 7/1 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Noirot 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 0 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ben Arous 0/0 0 0/1/4 17 1 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Orlandi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Metz 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 1 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
(R) Jane 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Matadigo 0/0 0 0/3/4 42 1 2 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Germain 0/0 3 0/3/3 20 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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