Champions Cup Pool 1: Saracens v Oyonnax, 19 December

                 
Saracens  v Union Sportive Oyonnax Rugby
Saturday 19 December 2015
KO: 13:00
Allianz Park, Barnet

Live on Sky Sports / beIN Sports

Referee George Clancy (Ireland):

Touch Judge 1 Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland):

Touch Judge 2 Jonathan Peak (Ireland)
Fourth Official Ashley Rowden (England)
TMO Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
Assessor Nigel Yates (England)
Citing Commissioner Stefano Marrama (Italy)

A. Head to Head

1 Played 1
1 Wins 0
0 Losses 1
0 Draws 0
45 Points 10

B. Recent Form

13 December 2015
Oyonnax 10 - 45 Saracens

C. Teams

Saracens

[tbc]

Oyonnax

[tbc]

An accurate depiction of Clownshoes!!

"Very close.....far away....."

GC,

You are a complete and utter bar steward. I cannever look at Rosamund Pike with the same admiration ever again after this


If Sarries put out a near first choice team the scoreline could become embarrassing. I suspect though they may be resting a lot of players.

Are Sarries that awesome or did Oyonnax rest players last week, and will they be doing so this week?

LondonTiger wrote:GC,

You are a complete and utter bar steward. I cannever look at Rosamund Pike with the same admiration ever again after this

Nobody's perfect, LT. Nobody's perfect.

I just noticed that Clownshoes has the whistle, with the Gibbon running the touchline.

What could possibly go wrong?

Given the form of the respective two teams, this could/should be a massacre. Will be interesting to see how strong a team Sarries go for, last week they were pretty much full strength, barring a couple of injuries I think. Will they rest a few this week, or put out a similarly strong side? Either way, hard to see past a BP win for them.

If I was coach

1.Barrington
2.Brits
3.Figallo
4.Hamilton
5.Kruis
6.Rhodes
7.Fraser
8.Vunisa

9.Spencer
10.Hodgson
11.Ellery
12.Taylor
13.Tompkins
14.Ashton
15.Ransom

16.Gill
17.Saunders
18.Du Plessis
19.Itoje
20.Brown
21.De Kock
22.Goode
23.Bosch

Saracens lacking their usual clinicalness (doesn't sound right but is a real word apparently) early on but seem to be picking up now ... officiating average

Another demolition job by the look of it.

The gap between the teams is huge. Does anyone know if this is the best team Onionax can put out?

Doubt it - but that intercept was annoying - cost me a margin and bonus point on Superbru

Heaf wrote:Doubt it - but that intercept was annoying - cost me a margin and bonus point on Superbru

Dirty maggots.

Sarries only in 2nd gear but a very comprehensive victory.

They're the team to beat this season. Good to see lots of English talent in there.

Lovely try by Jamie George. Farrell and Ashton had good games and Itoje is developing very nicely. Such a shame Alex Goode can't transfer his Sarries form to England. He's such a good club player. Mako must be pushing Marler hard for his place.