3 days ago
Saracens' miss out on play-offs despite Bath win
Gallagher PremiershipSaracens (19) 36Tries: Segun, George 2, Daly, Dan, Burke Cons: Burke 3Bath (7) 26Tries: Green, Offiah, Tuipolutu, Hennessey Cons: Bailey 3
Saracens chalked up the bonus-point win over Bath they needed to retain any hope of making the Premiership play-offs but results elsewhere thwarted their needed a bonus-point victory and for two of the teams above them to fail to prevail on the final day of the regular season, and were always in charge against an under-strength Blue, Black and White George scored two tries, and Rotimi Segun, Elliot Daly, Theo Dan and Fergus Burke all crossed the line but with Saracens' rivals all winning, they could not move out of sixth win gave Alex Goode, playing his 402nd and final game before retirement, an emotional send-off but scorelines in other parts of the country meant the Men in Black failed to finish in the top four for only the third time since handed debuts to seven players and their youngsters staged a big finish as 18-year-old Tyler Offiah, son of rugby league legend Martin, marked his debut with a second half try, quickly followed by scores for Kepu Tuipolutu and Louie to follow.
Saracens: Carre, George, Riccioni, Itoje, Isiekwe, McFarland, Onyeama-Christie, Willis, van Zyl, Burke, Segun, Tompkins, Daly, Elliott, GoodeReplacements: Dan, Mawi, Beaton, Tizard, Gonzalez, Earl, Bracken, CintiBath: Kirk, Spandler, Griffin, Jeanes, Richards, Staddon, Cowan, Green, Schreuder, Bailey, McConnochie, Parry, Hennessey, Emens, Tuipolutu, Cordwell, Verden, Graham, Timmins, le Roux, Offiah, Karl Dickson
