Guinness Premiership - Twickenham, 5 September 2009, 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT
Saracens (18) 18 - 14 (3) London Irish (FT)

Timeline

Time Saracens  Score  London Irish
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Jackson - penalty goal 3 - 0
8 Danaher - sub off
Stowers - sub on
9 3 - 3 Lamb - penalty goal
13 Stowers - sub off
Danaher - sub on
21 Jackson - try
Jackson - conversion
10 - 3
26 Jackson - penalty goal 13 - 3
34 Saull - try 18 - 3
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Seveali'i - sub off
Richards - sub on
51 Buckland - sub on
Coetzee - sub off
Rautenbach - sub on
Ion - sub off
Perry - sub off
Casey - sub on
Stowers - sub on
Hala'ufia - sub off
53 Brits - yellow card
Ongaro - sub on
van Heerden - sub off
DA Armitage - yellow card
57 18 - 6 Lamb - penalty goal
59 Joubert - yellow card
60 Botha - sub on
Vyvyan - sub off
62 18 - 11 Stowers - try
63 van Heerden - sub on
Ongaro - sub off
Gill - sub off
Mercey - sub on
Hewat - sub on
Lamb - sub off
69 Marshall - sub on
de Kock - sub off
Murphy - sub on
Dermody - sub off
72 18 - 14 DA Armitage - penalty goal
73 Hougaard - sub on
Jackson - sub off
78 van Heerden - sub off
Owen - sub on
80 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Saracens won by a margin of 4 points
Guinness Premiership points Saracens 4, London Irish 1 (1 losing bonus)
 
Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance 67684
 
Referee D Pearson

Teams

Saracens London Irish
Tries Jackson (21), Saull (34) Tries Stowers (62)
Cons Jackson (21) Cons none
Pens Jackson (3, 26) Pens Lamb (9, 57), DA Armitage (72)

Match stats

Saracens   London Irish
2 Tries 1
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
2 from 2 Penalty goals 3 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
32 Kicks from hand 29
39 Passes 151
22 Runs 83
127 Metres run with ball 383
Attacking
3 Clean breaks 4
4 Defenders beaten 11
2 Offloads 7
20 from 23 (87.0%) Rucks won 56 from 60 (93.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
7 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
82/11 Tackles made/missed 24/4
88.2% Tackling success rate 85.7%
Set pieces
4 won, 4 lost (50.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 4 lost (76.5%)
Discipline
18 Penalties conceded 7
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 Goode 0/0 0 6/3/3 22 1 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Cato 0/0 0 1/0/1 8 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Ratuvou 0/0 0 0/3/1 2 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Barritt 0/0 0 0/1/3 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Wyles 0/0 0 3/2/3 51 1 1 0 2 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Jackson 1/0 13 14/3/1 16 1 1 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH de Kock 0/0 0 7/21/2 12 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Gill 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Brits 0/0 0 0/1/2 5 0 1 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 1/0
P Nieto 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Borthwick 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Vyvyan 0/0 0 0/1/1 5 0 0 0 0 4/0 6/0 0 0/0
F van Heerden 0/0 0 0/2/1 3 0 0 0 2 12/0 0/1 0 0/0
F Saull 1/0 5 1/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Joubert 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 1/1 4/0 0 1/0
(H) Ongaro 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mercey 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Botha 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
(F) Owen 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Marshall 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Hougaard 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 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

Irish stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB DA Armitage 0/0 3 10/8/7 27 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 1/0
W Thompstone 0/0 0 0/5/3 8 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Seveali'i 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Mapusua 0/0 0 5/10/10 18 0 2 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Tagicakibau 0/0 0 0/4/13 110 1 1 0 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Lamb 0/0 6 11/21/3 27 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hodgson 0/0 0 2/59/4 28 0 4 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Dermody 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 0 0/0
H Coetzee 0/0 0 0/1/3 2 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ion 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Kennedy 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 6/1 0 0/0
L Perry 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Danaher 0/0 0 0/3/7 49 1 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
F SE Armitage 0/0 0 0/4/5 29 1 1 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Hala'ufia 0/0 0 0/3/7 20 0 0 0 1 1/0 3/0 0 0/0
(P) Murphy 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Buckland 0/0 0 0/1/1 7 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Rautenbach 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(L) Casey 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Stowers 1/0 5 0/2/9 26 1 1 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Hewat 0/0 0 0/14/1 6 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Richards 0/0 0 1/10/4 26 0 1 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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