'Underdogs' Saracens are ready to ride another wave of controversy against Leinster
4 years, 3 months ago

'Underdogs' Saracens are ready to ride another wave of controversy against Leinster

Daily Mail  

Saracens insist they are ready to ride another wave of controversy after Owen Farrell was banned for their Euro dynasty match against Leinster. Talisman Owen Farrell has been banned for the Dublin quarter-final but flanker Jackson Wray insists the club are ready to deal with the latest setback. Saracens insist they are ready to ride another wave of controversy after Owen Farrell ban 'We're gutted to have lost Owen but it's up to us now to go and do what we need to do,' said Wray. 'With everything that's gone on with us this season and losing Owen now and having to go over there, there is an element of being the underdog.

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4 years, 3 months ago

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Daily Mail  

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