Saracens

16 Jul 2010 - 20:05

Saracens won the London leg of the JP Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens at The Stoop on Friday night to book a place at the finals next month.

Three wins in their three games against London Irish, Harlequins and Wasps secured a place in the finals of the competition on Friday August 5 at The Rec in Bath.

Sarries started the evening with a 29-0 win over London Irish and followed that up with a 21-5 victory over Harlequins before wrapping up the evening with a 19-10 win over Wasps.

Saracens got off to a flying start in their opening game of the tournament with a 29-0 victory over London Irish.

Jackson Wray struck with an early double, finding space out wide to go in the corner on both occasions and then Kevin Barrett sniped around the back of a scrum to run home from 30 metres to give Sarries a 15-0 lead at half time.

After the break, Nils Mordt crossed and converted his own score and then replacement Owen Farrell was on the end of a pass from Jake Sharp to score. Sharp converted to round of the scoring.

With only a few minutes rest between matches, Sarries were next up against Harlequins. Quins dominated possession in the opening two minutes of the game but Sarries defence held firm. With their first attack, a sweeping move ended with George Kruis crossing in the corner.

A loose ball on halfway was collected by Barrett with six minutes on the clock and after spotting the Quins defence very flat, he chased down his own kick ahead to score. Mordt converted.

After the break, another flowing move ended with an almost identical score for Kruis, but this time the second row’s show and go saw him step inside his man and cross the line. Mordt converted. Quins managed a late consolation scored but the 21-5 victory set up the final game of the evening against Wasps.

Kruis picked up where he left off in the final match of the evening, running in a fantastic score with just two minutes on the clock which was converted by Sharp. A turnover on the Wasps line extended the lead when the dancing feet of Jake Sharp took him over the line and he converted his own score.

The victory was wrapped up midway through the second half when Luke Baldwin collected a loose ball on his own 22 and raced all the way to the line. Two consolation scores for Wasps made the final score 19-10 as Sarries marched into the finals.

Game 1: Saracens 29 London Irish 0
Saracens Scorers
Tries: Wray (2), Barrett, Mordt, Farrell
Cons: Mordt, Sharp

Game 2: Saracens 21 Harlequins 5
Saracens Scorers
Tries: Kruis (2), Barrett
Cons: Mordt (3)

Game 3: Saracens London Wasps
Saracens Scorers
Tries: Kruis, Sharp, Baldwin
Cons: Sharp (2)