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Saracens will play Cornish Pirates at the Honourable Artillery Company, in the heart of the City of London, on Thursday 22 August.

Nigel Wray, chairman, said: “Our matches at the HAC have become calendar events in the City, and we look forward to another fantastic occasion offering great rugby and a great atmosphere in a unique venue. Cornish Pirates are an ambitious club on and off the field and the match will start what should be an exciting season for both teams.”

Josh Lewsey, Cornish Pirates CEO and Performance Director, said: “Everyone involved with the Cornish Pirates is very excited about playing one of Europe’s top clubs as we look to build towards a new future, particularly at such a symbolic and historic location. Saracens are leading the way in terms of an innovative approach, off field ambition and the advocation of rugby’s values. Consequently we have affinity towards their community focused progression and hope to contribute to a fantastic occasion ahead of what we both hope will be a successful season.

Last Match

12/05/2013 - Allianz Park

Saracens went down 27-13 to Northampton Saints at Allianz Park on Sunday ending hopes of an Aviva Premiership final appearance.

Saints led 17-0 at the interval and despite a spirited and much improved second half performance, it was the Midlanders who won through to the final at Twickenham in two weeks time.

Prop Brian Mujati opened the scoring as the forwards drove over from close range and then from turnover ball on halfway, the visitors broke clear for Jamie Elliot to cross the line. Stephen Myler converted both tries and added a further penalty before the break.

Owen Farrell reduced the deficit with two penalties shortly after the interval but replacement GJ Van Velze spoted a gap at the breakdown to race clear and score. Myler’s conversion made it 24-6.

Replacement Duncan Taylor went over with 15 minutes left on the clock and Farrell’s conversion gave the home side hope, but they were unable to build on that score and it was the Saints who claimed the victory.

Match Summary

Attendance

9,998

Scorers

Try: Taylor
Con: Farrell
Pens: Farrell (2)

Team Lineup

Goode, Ashton, Tomkins (Wyles 60), Farrell, Strettle, Hodgson (Taylor 24), De Kock (Wigglesworth 49), Vunipola (Gill 65), Brits (Smit 60), Stevens (Nieto 65), Borthwick, Hargreaves (Botha 70), Brown, Saull (Kruis 49), Wray.

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http://www.facebook.com/nick.doyle.terrier Nick Doyle

Saracens played terrible, and the ref was even worse
- http://www.facebook.com/andrew.roper3 Andrew Roper
  
  you can’t blame the ref that we where so poor Nick!
  - http://www.facebook.com/nick.doyle.terrier Nick Doyle
    
    im not blaming the ref for that, as stated it was atrocious play, and even worse decision making, but there can be no denying the ref also had a shocking performance
Richard Hill

Played off your own park.
Gaz26263

Unbelievable ! After Toulon I didn’t think it could get any worse. Another Sunday ruined.
http://www.facebook.com/graham.waddingham Graham Waddingham

We turned up where were you-song should be stand up and be counted-gutted
Paul

Well, the boys tried hard…. I won’t mention the poor refereeing….whoops, just did…

and the group of Saints fans in the North stand created the most unfamily friendly atmosphere I have ever felt at a rugby match….. Well done, I hope they are proud of themselves….
- no1scrum
  
  What did they do???
http://www.facebook.com/andrew.roper3 Andrew Roper

Come on Sarries fans,lets have no sour grapes, we where totally played off the park,we where totally awful and the Saints wanted the game.We can’t blame the ref even if we think he was awful, he was the same for both sides. Good luck to the Saints in the final. Beat up those Tigers and lets have another name on the trophy for the third time in four years.
- Dodger
  
  If a side can’t score tries they don’t deserve to win anything!
  - CoxyBoy
    
    But Sarries can score tries and have scored 64 tries in all competitions this season, had 7 bonus try points and scored a try today. At the end of the day Sarries were poor today and made the Sinners look good. Well done Saints and good luck in the final. I do hope that Farrell Senior has strong words with Farrell Junior as to how to behave on a rugby pitch. It’s a shame we couldn’t give those players leaving or retiring at the end of season a fantastic send off at the final. Bring on next season. C’mon Sarries!
    - HongKongPhooey
      
      What a day to turn in the worst performance of the season. Farrell – shocker simply not good enough very poor decision making and lacked accuracy, looks manufactured and needs to work being able to alter the game plan when it’s required. de Kock – poor, nervy normally assured not today. Line out – we went in with the best Prem stats and on today’s performance would have finished bottom. I hate to say it but we need to be more ‘Leicester’ like when it comes to the business end of the season.
Kevin ball

What the hell are you on about Paul and what game were you watching??!! This was by far our worst performance of the season (and perhaps the last few seasons) We were 2nd best on every part of the pitch, our decision making was terrible and although the ref wasn’t great you can’t blame him for such a poor performance!! Why when 17 – 0 down and awarded a penalty did we go for 3 points kicking into the wind when surely the better option would have been to go for the line out and possibly push over for a try. Surely the possibility of 17-5 or 7 at h/t would have been better than 17-0!!! I am also afraid to say that Owen put in a totally unprofessional and immature performance today. If he loses his head so badly in a premiership semi final what will he be k
Like in the cauldron of a Lions tour?? Also would like to know is Jaques Berger fit or not? If he is fit why has he not even been in the squad for the last 3 matches?? I think the Toulon defeat totally derailed our season, we were poor in beating a not great Bath side last week and awful today!! We played some great rugby this season but I think the last 3 weeks have shown we still have a lot to learn from teams like Leicester who have peaked at the business end of the season. Such a shame lets learn for next season! C’mon Saracens!!!
Yaz96

From the start of the 2nd half Northampton attempted to take the tempo out the game. Deliverate time wasting in every part of the field, and the ref seem perfectly happy for it to occur. Performance poor, but that certainly didnt help!
Dan Gleebits

Totally agree, Kev-if we look at our last 4 games-Gloucester, Toulon, Bath & today we have been very poor & season was too long for us-we need to pace the season a la Tigers-a lesson to be learned. Think they will stuff Saints in the final (why is this exclusively on ESPN, by the way?). Officials were poor, particularly on the number of forward passes from both sides-why do we have touch judges these days, they never see anything? but they were definitely not to blame for our paucity. Owen has a lot of growing up to do-he was lucky not to be yellow carded after being warned twice by the ref for stupidity-he needs a mentor like Jonny (presumably Charlie has failed here). Yes, what has happened to the Wolfman?-very little interesting news on the squad these days on this forum.
Still, to finish top of the League is an outstanding achievement in our history & makes a nonsense of this play off system (remember Glos a few years ago who also romped away with the League & lost in the semis?)
- Know-all
  
  BT has bought ESPN so you can watch the game (and anything else on ESPN) for free if you have BT Broadband
  - Dan Gleebits
    
    Thought that was from July 1st. How many rugby fans take ESPN?
no1scrum

I’m am gutted, for all of us but I don’t have sour grapes, we just didn’t play well enough today, good luck to Saints for 25th!!!!
I must say Steve Borthwicks comment in the bar about letting us down wrong you this season finished top, with the most wins etc, no silverware this season never mind, next season we will, I am and always will be very very proud of what the team and everyone involved have achieved this year and I thank you!!!!!!!
- Kevin ball
  
  Can’t agree with you I’m afraid no1scrum! I am as gutted as you but Steve is right the team let us and themselves down today, there was not 1 point in the game that we looked as if we could win!! Yes a great regular season but unfortunately rightly or wrongly you don’t win anything for that!!
Lorraine

Yes no denying it, we had a shocker of a game, however the Saints were on top form, we were missing key players, we have had a long season and today wasnt our day. We have finished on top of the table for the first time ever, we were in the semis for the Heineken and no other Prem team was and have moved into our fab new home, all great achievements this year and something to be proud of. I thank the players for all the moments this season where we have won and been smiling…they far outweigh todays ….Stand up for the Sarries.. Cant wait to see what next season brings us……x
shoey

I agree we didn’t turn up today, but some seriously inept refereeing was a contributing factor. There was a period in the last third of the second half, we were 11 points down or a converted try and a penalty to draw level. We are 10 meters from their line moving forward in a rolling maul looking like we could score and with a penalty advantage. He then blows the whistle for them to come back for the penalty. The maul was moving, we were in control so why blow the whistle? We then get turned over with a very dubious decsion and then they score their 3rd try and they’re out of sight. There were many situations like this today like where they were clearly offside and he gave them the scrum as going forward etc…JP Doyle sorry mate you had a right mare today and you don’t have the experience or strength to officiate at a big occassion like today. He definately made our players heads go down in despair on several occassions…clearly this didn’t help Sarrie cause.
Dazza

We were out muscled today by a stronger back row. Without Joubert, Burger and Fraser we lacked the physicality to compete at the breakdown and get the ball away quickly enough. We’ve also missed Barritt a lot in the last few games. He makes a big difference for us in the decision making and organisation in the back line. There were signs against Bath, and today was one game too far without some of our top players. Additionally the ref was shocking, which didn’t help. How much time can you waste and get away with it, and how many times can Tongahuia lose his bind, put his forearm, elbow or knee on the floor and not get penalised? Well roll on next season, and Billy Vunipola and James Johnston. Well done Sarries on finishing top, better luck next season.
MarkD

First time at Allianz Park. Great place, good amosphere.Shame Saracens didnt turn up…..
Looking forward now to next seson and a few trips down the A1
http://www.facebook.com/aerofitray1 Ray Dowling

TOTALLY GUTTED!!!!!!. For anybody blaming the ref open your eyes we have not been good enough when it mattered this season and have been poor for the last four games. Without jourbet and barrett we are pretty ordinary and no disrespect to Jackson wray but he is not in the same league yet. Farrell in the centre doesn’t not work against the good teams and Charlie is only good when we are on the front foot which we wasn’t for the whole game. I said it before the lions selection and I say it again Owen is not ready to pull on the glorious red shirt yet and he showed why yesterday with a totally poor and unprofessional performance. Well done Northampton who came with a game plan, stuck to it with total commitment and got what they deserved. If you are first to the breakdown in numbers every time you will always get the refs decision!!! Enjoy the final on 25th May and have a party at the end of season celebrations for our great game that I love so much. For us we must learn and take the hurt forward next season with Mr Johnstone and Mako’s brother joining us it will give us some good cover in important positions especially number 8. Finally a massive thank you to firstly the club for finally giving us our fantastic new home, the pioneers for all there assistance and especially John Smit and Carlos Neito for the service to our club and the pleasure they have given me watching them. Also good luck in retirement to Joe Maddocks who didn’t really get a far run in the team and Andy Saull at Newcastle next season who I am sure we will see back at AP next year. See you all on 9th September when our love affair starts again for the men in black.
James

A few things ive noted from all of these comments..
1. The unfamily like behaviour.. when sarries came to FG I heard abuse being shouted and those stupid air horns going off (much like today)
2. The ref didn’t seem perfect but if neither team.made aby errors the whistle wouldn’t blow.
3. Sarries are brilliant squad but just accept when a team was better than you on the day!
simon reynolds

Firstly thanks to the club and its backers for coming up with a fantastic stadium and a home of our own. Thanks to the players for another season of commitment and skill.

To the fans
Stop the idiots blowing horns just as the kicker goes to kick the penalty or conversion
Accept defeat graciously

As for the team learn, as you have in the past, from defeats and get better.
I agree with comments about Tiny. How can he get away with it? Either on the floor, no bind or at 90 degrees to the scrum. Stevens had him all ends up in first half. However what happened at Half time. They adapted and we didn’t and our superiority in the scrum from the first half disappeared.
Ref was shocking and we will never know what would have happened if some decisions had gone our way. However their third try was shocking defence and again on Ashton’s wing. He can be a great player going forward but we haven’t seen enough of that to excuse his defence.
As has been said they outmuscled us and when our game plan was not working we reverted to kicking possession away and getting shirty.
Great tactics from them to put our backs to ground in the tackle and destroy our offloading game. Tompkins, who has been brilliant this season, was made ineffectual.
Unfortunately we all just have to accept that on the day we were beaten by the better side. We still have some way to go to match the Tigers and reach 9 consecutive finals. We should always aim high and have the squad to do so.

STAND UP FOR SARACENS
HollywoodKen

Kev I agree we were well below the performance we have seen for most of the season. Northampton were hungry for the victory and outplayed us. As you say since Toulon we have gone back to the way we were when we always finished mid-table. Let’s learn from this and come back stronger and more determined for the whole of next season. We really need to concentrate on our discipline and improve our tackling. We really have missed Brad and Jaques in this respect. Let’s look back at the season and see what we did really well and develop this further and work on not making the stupid mistakes we have made over the last few weeks. If we are going to be as successful as Leicester we must out play every team every game.
Quercus

Although we all have some very good memories,hardly a great season guys. Much as I love Sarries three semi final defeats [all of which could and probably should have been won] and a losing A team final defeat shows something is lacking somewhere.

On a separate issue not sure how tantrum prone Owen gets in the side, let alone the Lions. Charlie is a far better 10, and Brad, Joel, and Duncan are far better centres.osing A team final defeat shows something is lacking somewhere.
On a separate issue not sure how tantrum prone Owen gets in the side, let alone the Lions. Charlie is a far better 10, and Brad, Joel, and Duncan are far better centres.

With a full team I believe we are without doubt the best side in the Premiership: sadly as a squad we are not and we only need to lose a couple of players for our performance to drop off rapidly. Hopefully next season will be better.

Thanks to Richard Hill, Carlos, Andy Saul, Adam Powell, John Smit, Joe Maddock and any others leaving at the end of this season for the pleasure they have given us.
Trevor

Well done to Northampton Saints on their great win over the Saracens who are a top class side. Saracens can`t blame the Ref who had a good game who was assisted by the TMO.

Fixtures

Date / K.O. Time	Home	Score	Away	W/D/L	Venue	League
Fri 10th Aug 2012 - 19:45	Bedford Blues	12 - 24	Saracens	W	Goldington Road	Friendly
Fri 17th Aug 2012 - 20:30	Benetton Treviso	14 - 11	Saracens	L	Studio Comunale di Monago	Friendly
Thu 23rd Aug 2012 - 18:15	Saracens	61 - 17	Stade Francais	W	HAC	Friendly
Sun 26th Aug 2012 - 14:30	Saracens	10 - 8	Rotherham	W	Old Albanian RFC (A League)	Friendly
Sat 1st Sep 2012 - 16:30	Saracens	40 - 3	London Irish	W	Twickenham	Aviva Premiership
Sat 8th Sep 2012 - 16:30	Sale Sharks	16 - 23	Saracens	W	Salford City Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sat 15th Sep 2012 - 15:30	Saracens	9 - 9	Leicester Tigers	D	Wembley Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sun 23rd Sep 2012 - 14:15	Exeter Chiefs	14 - 12	Saracens	L	Sandy Park Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sun 30th Sep 2012 - 14:00	Harlequins	16 - 18	Saracens	W	The Stoop	Aviva Premiership
Sun 7th Oct 2012 - 14:15	London Welsh	23 - 28	Saracens	W	Kassam Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sat 13th Oct 2012 - 13:35	Edinburgh	0 - 45	Saracens	W	Murrayfield	Heineken Cup
Sat 20th Oct 2012 - 16:40	Racing Metro	13 - 30	Saracens	W	King Baudouin	Heineken Cup
Sat 27th Oct 2012 - 15:00	Northampton Saints	3 - 16	Saracens	W	Stadium MK	Aviva Premiership
Sun 4th Nov 2012 - 14:00	Saracens	29 - 24	London Wasps	W	Vicarage Road Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Fri 9th Nov 2012 - 19:45	Leicester Tigers	21 - 38	Saracens	W	Goldington Road	LV=Cup
Fri 16th Nov 2012 - 20:00	Sale Sharks	25 - 23	Saracens	L	Sale Salford City	LV=Cup
Fri 23rd Nov 2012 - 20.00	Worcester Warriors	12 - 3	Saracens	L	Sixways Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sun 2nd Dec 2012 - 15:00	Saracens	28 - 23	Gloucester Rugby	W	Vicarage Road Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sat 8th Dec 2012 - 18:00	Munster	15 - 9	Saracens	L	Thomond Park	Heineken Cup
Sun 16th Dec 2012 - 15:00	Saracens	19 - 13	Munster	W	Vicarage Road	Heineken Cup
Sat 22nd Dec 2012 - 13.15	Bath Rugby	0 - 22	Saracens	W	Recreation Ground	Aviva Premiership
Sun 30th Dec 2012 - 14:15	Northampton Saints	16 - 17	Saracens	W	Stadium MK	Aviva Premiership
Sun 6th Jan 2013 - 15:00	Sale Sharks	12 - 32	Saracens	W	Salford City Stadium	Aviva Premiership
Sat 12th Jan 2013 - 16:40	Racing Metro	28 - 37	Saracens	W	Le Beaujoire Stadium	Heineken Cup
Sun 20th Jan 2013 - 12:45	Saracens	40 - 7	Edinburgh	W	Vicarage Road	Heineken Cup
Sun 27th Jan 2013 - 15:00	Saracens	19 - 11	Cardiff Blues	W	Allianz Park	LV=Cup
Sat 2nd Feb 2013 - 15:00	Worcester Warriors	12 - 22	Saracens	W	Sixways Stadium	LV=Cup	Report
Sat 9th Feb 2013 - 15:00	London Irish	29 - 13	Saracens	L	Madejski Stadium	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sat 16th Feb 2013 - 15:00	Saracens	31 - 11	Exeter Chiefs	W	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sat 23rd Feb 2013 - 20:00	Leicester Tigers	27 - 32	Saracens	W	Welford Road Stadium	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sun 3rd Mar 2013 - 14:15	Saracens	35 - 14	London Welsh	W	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sun 10th Mar 2013 - 13.00	Sale Sharks	21 - 18	Saracens	L	Salford City Stadium	LV=Cup	Report
Sun 24th Mar 2013 - 14:00	Saracens	27 - 12	Harlequins	W	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sat 30th Mar 2013 - 15:00	London Wasps	13 - 22	Saracens	W	Adams Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sat 6th Apr 2013 - 18:30	Saracens	27 - 16	Ulster	W	Twickenham	Heineken Cup	Report
Sun 14th Apr 2013 - 15:00	Saracens	47 - 17	Worcester Warriors	W	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sat 20th Apr 2013 - 15:00	Gloucester Rugby	28 - 23	Saracens	L	Kingsholm Stadium	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sun 28th Apr 2013 - 15:00	Saracens	12 - 24	Toulon	L	Twickenham	Heineken Cup	Report
Sat 4th May 2013 - 14:30	Saracens	23 - 14	Bath Rugby	W	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Sun 12th May 2013 - 15:00	Saracens	13 - 27	Northampton Saints	L	Allianz Park	Aviva Premiership	Report
Thu 16th May 2013 - 18:15	Saracens	19 - 0	South African Barbarians	W	HAC	Friendly	Report