- Quarter-final: Toulon 72-42 Saracens
- Isa and Jaminet both score hat-tricks for French side
Amid all the chaos, the 16 tries, the 114 points and the sizeable scare that an understrength Saracens side gave Toulon, one certainty remained. French power will always prove decisive and as much as you must give credit to Saracens for the manner in which they forced the response from the hosts, there was an inevitability to the outcome here once Toulon gathered themselves to complete a 72-42 victory.
Would Saracens’ England quintet of Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Elliot Daly, Tom Willis and Ben Earl made a difference? Would the visitors have been able to hang on? We will never know but given the inexperience of Saracens’ bench, perhaps we can say with some certainty that Toulon would not have hit 70 had they been in the side.
​Quarter-final: Toulon 72-42 SaracensIsa and Jaminet both score hat-tricks for French sideAmid all the chaos, the 16 tries, the 114 points and the sizeable scare that an understrength Saracens side gave Toulon, one certainty remained. French power will always prove decisive and as much as you must give credit to Saracens for the manner in which they forced the response from the hosts, there was an inevitability to the outcome here once Toulon gathered themselves to complete a 72-42 victory.Would Saracens’ England quintet of Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Elliot Daly, Tom Willis and Ben Earl made a difference? Would the visitors have been able to hang on? We will never know but given the inexperience of Saracens’ bench, perhaps we can say with some certainty that Toulon would not have hit 70 had they been in the side. Continue reading…
