Aviva Premiership - Reading, 20 September 2014, 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT
London Irish (19) 32 - 36 (23) Saracens (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time London Irish  Score  Saracens
0 start of first half 0 - 5 start of first half
Streather - try
2 0 - 7 Farrell - conversion
9 0 - 10 Farrell - penalty goal
11 Cowan - try
Geraghty - conversion		 7 - 10
14 7 - 13 Farrell - penalty goal
21 7 - 18 Wigglesworth - try
23 7 - 20 Farrell - conversion
27 Lewington - try 12 - 20
28 Geraghty - conversion 14 - 20
30 Treviranus - sub off
Low - sub on
31 Lewington - try 19 - 20
35 19 - 23 Farrell - penalty goal
40+2 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Geraghty - penalty goal 22 - 23
43 Burger - sub off
Wray - sub on
44 Lewington - try
Geraghty - conversion		 29 - 23
50 Narraway - sub off
Guest - sub on
'Aulika - sub off
Halavatau - sub on		 29 - 26 Goode - penalty goal
Barrington - sub on
Gill - sub off
Burger - sub on
Wray - sub off
Johnston - sub on
Longbottom - sub off
Botha - sub on
Hamilton - sub off
51 Steele - sub off
O'Leary - sub on
54 Sinclair - sub off
Leo - sub on
56 de Kock - sub on
Wigglesworth - sub off
Streather - sub off
Taylor - sub on
Joubert - sub off
Wray - sub on
57 29 - 29 Goode - penalty goal
65 Geraghty - penalty goal 32 - 29
69 Hodgson - sub on
Farrell - sub off
79 32 - 34 Vunipola - try
80 end of second half 32 - 36 Hodgson - conversion
end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 4 points
Aviva Premiership points Saracens 4, London Irish 2 (1 try bonus, 1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance 6665
 
Referee LW Pearce

Teams

London Irish Saracens
Tries Cowan (11), Lewington (27, 31, 44) Tries Streather (0), Wigglesworth (21), Vunipola (79)
Cons Geraghty (11, 28, 44) Cons Farrell (2, 23), Hodgson (80)
Pens Geraghty (41, 65) Pens Farrell (9, 14, 35), Goode (50, 57)
    Team
15 FB
Andy Fenby
14 W
Alex Lewington
13 C
Fergus Mulchrone
12 C
Shane Geraghty
11 W
James Short
10 FH
Chris Noakes
9 SH
Scott Steele
1 P
Tom Court
2 H
David Paice
3 P
Halani 'Aulika
4 L
George Skivington (c)
5 L
Jebb Sinclair
6 F
Blair Cowan
7 F
Ofisa Treviranus
8 N8
Luke Narraway
    Replacements
16
Gerard Ellis
17
Matt Parr
18 P
Leo Halavatau
19 L
Dan Leo
20 F
Kieran Low
21 N8
Tom Guest
22 SH
Tomas O'Leary
23
Eamon Sheridan
    Team
15 FB
Alex Goode
14 W
Chris Ashton
13 C
Tim Streather
12 C
Brad Barritt (c)
11 W
Chris Wyles
10 FH
Owen Farrell
9 SH
Richard Wigglesworth
1 P
Rhys Gill
2 H
Jamie George
3 P
Kieran Longbottom
4 L
Jim Hamilton
5 L
Hayden Smith
6 F
Ernst Joubert
7 F
Jacques Burger
8 N8
Billy Vunipola
    Replacements
16
Scott Spurling
17 P
Richard Barrington
18 P
James Johnston
19 L
Mouritz Botha
20 F
Jackson Wray
21 SH
Neil de Kock
22 FH
Charlie Hodgson
23 C
Duncan Taylor

Match stats

London Irish   Saracens
4 Tries 3
3 from 4 Conversion goals 3 from 3
2 from 5 Penalty goals 5 from 8
56.0% Kick at goal success 73.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 21
70 Passes 60
74 Runs 77
237 Metres run with ball 376
Attacking
57% (60%/50%) Possession (1H/2H) 43% (40%/50%)
7 Clean breaks 4
16 Defenders beaten 9
6 Offloads 4
41 from 42 (97.6%) Rucks won 35 from 40 (87.5%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
8 Turnovers conceded 7
Defensive
56/9 Tackles made/missed 56/16
86.0% Tackling success rate 78.0%
Set pieces
2 won, 4 lost (33.3%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 2 lost (66.7%)
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 8
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Fenby 0/0 0 2/1/10 41 0 3 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Lewington 3/0 15 0/3/8 85 3 4 1 2 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Mulchrone 0/0 0 0/1/2 15 1 1 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Geraghty 0/1 12 7/6/4 4 0 0 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Short 0/0 0 1/0/1 6 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Noakes 0/1 0 9/7/7 8 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Steele 0/2 0 5/29/3 16 1 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Court 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Paice 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
P 'Aulika 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 3 0/0
L Skivington 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 7/0 2/0 1 0/0
L Sinclair 0/0 0 0/1/7 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Cowan 1/0 5 0/0/1 5 1 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Treviranus 0/0 0 0/1/6 25 0 2 1 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Narraway 0/0 0 0/3/5 7 0 1 2 0 4/1 3/0 2 0/0
(P) Halavatau 0/0 0 0/0/1 14 1 4 0 0 1/0 0/0 2 0/0
(L) Leo 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
(F) Low 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 5/0 0 0/0
(N8) Guest 0/0 0 1/2/5 4 0 0 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) O'Leary 0/0 0 2/12/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 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

Sarac stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Goode 0/0 6 6/8/12 115 0 2 1 1 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Ashton 0/0 0 2/2/5 28 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Streather 1/0 5 0/2/4 31 2 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/3/5 7 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Wyles 0/0 0 0/1/7 53 1 2 0 1 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
FH Farrell 0/1 13 2/8/5 16 0 0 0 0 4/2 0/0 1 0/0
SH Wigglesworth 1/0 5 9/14/4 29 1 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H George 0/0 0 0/3/1 2 0 0 0 0 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Longbottom 0/0 0 0/1/3 4 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Hamilton 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 0 0 0 4/0 2/0 2 0/0
L Smith 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 2 1/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Joubert 0/0 0 1/1/4 13 0 0 0 1 3/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Burger 0/0 0 0/1/4 2 0 0 0 0 5/3 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Vunipola 1/0 5 0/8/15 58 0 3 2 1 1/4 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Barrington 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Johnston 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Wray 0/0 0 0/0/2 10 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) de Kock 0/0 0 0/6/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Hodgson 0/0 2 1/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Taylor 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 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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