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Saracens and Racing name their semi-final teams

25 Sep 2020

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Saracens have kept faith with the same team that eliminated Leinster from the Champions Cup last weekend for Saturday’s semi-final against a Racing XV showing two changes from their quarter-final win at Clermont.

The win by the Londoners in Ireland was viewed as a major upset as Leinster had just been crowned PRO14 champions and came into the European tie on the back of 25 straight wins, a streak that stretched all the way back to May 2019 when they were beaten by Saracens in the 2018/19 season European final.

With Owen Farrell suspended, Alex Goode ran the show from out-half last weekend, scoring a try and a plethora of kicks for a 19-point haul that was pivotal to the 25-17 Aviva Stadium success.

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Goode will now run the team again in a Saracens XV where only Sean Maitland and Jackson Wray remain from the pool defeat at Racing last November. Tighthead Vincent Koch and semi-final replacements Callum Hunter-Hill and Manu Vunipola were also involved off the bench that day.

Back row Michael Rhodes, the man of the match in Dublin, had feared missing the semi-final after he was cited for an incident with Robbie Henshaw. However, he was cleared at a disciplinary hearing to play.

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Racing, meanwhile, recall Teddy Thomas for the injured Louis Dupichot while veteran former Ireland lock Donnacha Ryan comes in for Bernard Le Roux. The only change on their bench sees Boris Palu step up for the promoted Ryan.

RACING: 15. Simon Zebo; 14. Teddy Thomas, 13. Virimi Vakatawa, 12. Olivier Klemenczak, 11. Juan Imhoff; 10. Finn Russell, 9. Teddy Iribaren (capt); 1. Eddy Ben Arous, 2. Camille Chat, 3. Georges Henri Colombe, 4. Donnacha Ryan, 5. Dominic Bird, 6. Wenceslas Lauret, 7. Fabien Sanconnie, 8. Antonie Claassen. Reps: 16. Teddy Baubigny, 17. Hassane Kolingar, 18. Ali Oz, 19. Boris Palu, 20. Baptiste Chouzenoux, 21. Maxime Machenaud, 22. Antoine Gibert, 23. Francois Trinh-Duc.

SARACENS: 15. Elliot Daly; 14. Alex Lewington, 13. Duncan Taylor, 12. Brad Barritt (capt), 11. Sean Maitland; 10. Alex Goode, 9. Richard Wigglesworth; 1. Mako Vunipola, 2. Jamie George, 3. Vincent Koch, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. Tim Swinson, 6. Mike Rhodes, 7. Jackson Wray, 8. Billy Vunipola. Reps: 16. Tom Woolstencroft, 17. Richard Barrington, 18. Alec Clarey, 19. Callum Hunter-Hill, 20. Calum Clark, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Manu Vunipola, 23. Dom Morris.

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Ed the Duck 8 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

The two points are true but not necessarily connected. The law of averages says England were due to catch a break and vs France and Scotland, they really did. That doesn’t make them the better team though, since they patently weren’t but it did provide a necessary confidence boost and this was clear when they kicked on vs the teams that finished 5th and 6th overall.

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Andrew Nichols 12 minutes ago

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Ed the Duck 13 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

…and yet not their Lions place, I wonder why?

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Ed the Duck 14 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Easy to see why pollock was picked, tougher to argue he’s a better player right now than Jack Willis, Tom Willis, Ben Curry, Rory Darge, Jamie Ritchie or even Aaron Wainwright!

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NB 23 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

At his best James a very good player, and none other than Rassie has paid tribute to his lineout D. But he seems to be slipping in and out of Leinster top XV more often now, what with RG and the young boy Mangan around. He was closer to his peak in 2021 than he is now.

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NB 26 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Nobody really knows how good Aussie will be. There was a lot of relief in the country that they finished 2-2 in November and it did represent improvement. But how much?

Will they pick Skelton? Will Tupou get back in time? Will Jorgo and JAS be fit? Lots of unknowns.

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NB 28 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

I don’t think we can really carp about England ‘winning games they should have lost’ after the ‘why are England losing games they should have won?’ whingeing of the previous 8 or 9 months… Can we?🤣

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ch 28 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

Fair enough. It was done very quickly. Thank you for replying. On many forums they would simply have ignored my post or or worse pretend to be another reader and use an alias to criticise my post. Keep up the good work.

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NB 30 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

George was good in the 6N off the bench, and those last five or six players in the squad play a vital role in pulling the squad together. Both Jamei and Courtney could do it easily.

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JC 34 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

They were awful against Scotland and should have lost that game and France will be kicking themselves that they haven’t a grand slam by murdering countless opportunities. They should have got trounced there as well. They looked good against Wales and Scotland but that isn’t a good barometer. They have the players but not the coaching staff to implement the correct game plan or be able to consistently get them to make correct on field decisions.

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JC 44 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

He has been injured to be fair to him, alot of the season. When fit he generally has been starting ahead of RG, with Synman having great effect from the bench. Leinster looked a better outfit when he was starting. Excellent all rounder.

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JC 47 minutes ago

As the balance of power shifts away from Ireland, has Andy Farrell got his Lions calls right?

The difference here is they’ll have the pick of the home nations in the back line in particular. Along with some serious back row selections. Doris at 8 is a miss alright. Fin smith at outhalf directing with JGP has alot of potential. Lets be honest if this was SA or even maybe NZ, you would be concerned but Australia for all their improvements under schmidt are a very average side. I would fancy Scotland to probably beat them on a three legged tour down there. It would be tight though.

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sh 52 minutes ago

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Not to be that guy, but this piece says 15 Irish in 37 is the highest proportion since the WWII, despite the fact that the last time the Lions toured Australia there were 15 welsh in the initial 37 player squad (this can change with injuries)

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JC 1 hour ago

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Both are past it and there is better options picked. It isn’t the springboks so the extra bulk isn’t as important.

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