Aviva Premiership - Barnet, 28 February 2015, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Saracens (13) 22 - 17 (10) Newcastle Falcons (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Saracens  Score  Newcastle Falcons
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 5 Saull - try
7 Hodgson - penalty goal 3 - 5
9 Strettle - try 8 - 5
10 Hodgson - conversion 10 - 5
17 10 - 10 Tuilagi - try
29 Hodgson - penalty goal 13 - 10
33 Spencer - sub on
de Kock - sub off
Mordt - sub on
Hodgson - sub off
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
45 13 - 15 Welch - try
46 13 - 17 Catterick - conversion
48 Gill - sub off
Barrington - sub on
Figallo - sub on
du Plessis - sub off
de Jager - sub off
Hamilton - sub on
55 Spencer - penalty goal 16 - 17
60 - sub on
Blair - sub off
61 Spencer - penalty goal 19 - 17
62 Green - sub on
Thompson - sub off
77 Spencer - penalty goal 22 - 17
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 5 points
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 4, Newcastle Falcons 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Allianz Park, Barnet
Attendance 7473
 
Referee A Small

Teams

Saracens Newcastle Falcons
Tries Strettle (9) Tries Saull (2), Tuilagi (17), Welch (45)
Cons Hodgson (10) Cons Catterick (46)
Pens Hodgson (7, 29), Spencer (55, 61, 77) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Ben Ransom
14 W
Chris Wyles
13 C
Marcelo Bosch
12 C
Brad Barritt
11 W
David Strettle
10 FH
Charlie Hodgson
9 SH
Neil de Kock
1 P
Rhys Gill
2 H
Jamie George
3 P
Petrus du Plessis
4 L
Maro Itoje
5 L
Alistair Hargreaves (c)
6 F
Nic de Jager
7 F
Jacques Burger
8 N8
Jackson Wray
    Replacements
16
Brett Sharman
17 P
Richard Barrington
18 P
Juan Figallo
19 F
Jim Hamilton
20
Matt Hankin
21 SH
Ben Spencer
22 FH
Nils Mordt
23
Tim Streather
    Team
15 FB
Alex Tait
14 W
Sinoti Sinoti
13 C
Adam Powell
12 C
Juan Pablo Socino
11 W
Alesana Tuilagi
10 FH
Tom Catterick
9 SH
Mike Blair
1 P
Rob Vickers
2 H
Scott Lawson
3 P
Juan Pablo Orlandi
4 L
Kane Thompson
5 L
Dom Barrow
6 F
Will Welch (c)
7 F
Andy Saull
8 N8
Mark Wilson
    Replacements
16
Rob Hawkins
17
Alex Rogers
18
Mark Irving
19 L
Calum Green
20
Chris York
21 SH
Ruki Tipuna
22
Rory Clegg
23
Tom Penny

Match stats

Saracens   Newcastle Falcons
1 Tries 3
1 from 1 Conversion goals 1 from 3
5 from 5 Penalty goals 0 from 0
100.0% Kick at goal success 33.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 22
126 Passes 67
123 Runs 73
286 Metres run with ball 261
Attacking
25% (33%/0%) Possession (1H/2H) 75% (67%/100%)
2 Clean breaks 4
12 Defenders beaten 16
5 Offloads 3
85 from 87 (97.7%) Rucks won 45 from 48 (93.8%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
12 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
67/16 Tackles made/missed 119/12
81.0% Tackling success rate 91.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 3 won, 2 lost (60.0%)
15 won, 2 lost (88.2%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 5 lost (72.2%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 15
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Ransom 0/1 0 3/3/15 81 0 3 0 3 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Wyles 0/0 0 2/4/9 41 1 2 0 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Bosch 0/0 0 1/5/10 22 0 1 0 0 0/3 0/0 1 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/4/6 14 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Strettle 1/0 5 0/3/7 25 1 1 2 2 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
FH Hodgson 0/0 8 4/4/2 6 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH de Kock 0/0 0 6/23/3 6 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
H George 0/0 0 0/1/6 12 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P du Plessis 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Itoje 0/0 0 0/2/7 13 0 1 1 1 11/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Hargreaves 0/0 0 0/3/5 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 4/3 2 0/0
F de Jager 0/0 0 0/2/8 10 0 1 0 0 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/1/4 3 0 0 0 1 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Wray 0/0 0 0/5/13 20 0 3 0 2 4/2 4/0 0 0/0
(P) Barrington 0/0 0 0/1/5 1 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Figallo 0/0 0 0/0/5 3 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 2 0/0
(F) Hamilton 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 3/0 0 0/0
(SH) Spencer 0/0 9 9/48/8 17 0 0 2 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Mordt 0/0 0 1/16/5 11 0 0 0 0 1/1 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

Newc stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Tait 0/0 0 2/6/10 66 1 2 1 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Sinoti 0/0 0 0/1/5 13 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Socino 0/0 0 0/2/3 3 0 1 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuilagi 1/0 5 1/1/8 87 1 3 0 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Catterick 0/0 2 6/12/4 30 1 3 1 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 10/27/3 12 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Vickers 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 2 0/0
H Lawson 0/1 0 0/3/9 13 1 2 1 0 9/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Orlandi 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Thompson 0/0 0 0/0/4 3 0 1 0 0 7/0 6/2 1 0/0
L Barrow 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 12/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Welch 1/0 5 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 3 12/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Saull 1/0 5 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 2 16/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Wilson 0/0 0 0/1/5 15 0 1 0 0 16/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Green 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 2 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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