SARAC
No.Name
15Sean Maitland, FB
14Mike Ellery, W
T
13Marcelo Bosch, C
12Brad Barritt, C
11Chris Wyles, W
10Alex Lozowski, FH
2
9Richard Wigglesworth, SH
1Mako Vunipola, P
T
2Schalk Brits, H
3Juan Figallo, P
4Maro Itoje, L
5George Kruis, L
6Michael Rhodes, FL
7Schalk Burger, FL
8Billy Vunipola, N8
Replacements
16Jamie George, R
T
2
17Titi Lamositele, R
18Petrus Du Plessis, R
19Jim Hamilton, R
20Jackson Wray, R
21Ben Spencer, R
22Nick Tompkins, R
23Matt Gallagher, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: StoneX Stadium
3:00 PM, October 9, 2016
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'+130-14 End of second half
80'That's the end of that, Saracens pulling away in impressive fashion in the last ten to take the victory. Wasps suffer their first defeat of the season.
76'Substitute on - Nick Tompkins , Saracens
76'Player substituted - Brad Barritt , Saracens
76'Substitute on - Jim Hamilton , Saracens
76'Player substituted - Maro Itoje , Saracens
76'Substitute on - Titi Lamositele , Saracens
76'Player substituted - Mako Vunipola , Saracens
75'30-14 Conversion - Ben Spencer , Saracens
74'The resulting lineout drive finds its way over the Wasps line and Saracens claim their fourth try of the game. Second of the day for George.
74'28-14 Try - Jamie George , Saracens
74'Yellow card - Josh Bassett , Wasps
72'Waves of ball runners to contend with for Wasps now as Saracens really get their game going in the last ten minutes. Bassett scrags Maitland around the neck on the Wasps 22 and gets binned for his troubles.
71'Player substituted - Christian Wade , Wasps
71'Substitute on - Frank Halai , Wasps
71'Player substituted - Richard Wigglesworth , Saracens
71'Substitute on - Ben Spencer , Saracens
70'Saracens turning it on at just the right moment, Jamie George going over from close range after they break out on halfway then take it through the phases. Nine point margin now after the hosts third try.
70'23-14 Conversion - Alex Lozowski , Saracens
69'21-14 Try - Jamie George , Saracens
68'Substitute on - Matt Gallagher , Saracens
68'Player substituted - Mike Ellery , Saracens
67'A Josh Bassett break up the left hand touchline gets Wasps into the Sarries 22, and they bang away before Maro Itoje strips Alex Rieder of the ball in one clean motion before the Wasps man knows what has happened. A penalty goes Wasps way at the ruck though and Gopperth cashes in.
67'16-14 Penalty goal - Jimmy Gopperth , Wasps
61'Wigglesworth offload out of contact on the Wasps 5' is shelled by Billy Vunipola, and Wasps escape punishment again. They could probably just have rolled over the try line if they had kept it tight.
61'Substitute on - James Gaskell , Wasps
61'Player substituted - Matt Symons , Wasps
61'Player substituted - Ashley Johnson , Wasps
61'Substitute on - Alex Rieder , Wasps
60'Ref's decisions starting to dictate this game. Curious call of deliberate knock on against Bassett results in Sarries camping in Wasps 22 and performing lineouts until a penalty arrives. Lozowski misses an easy kick though, and the pressure is off. For the moment.
58'Player substituted - Juan Figallo , Saracens
58'Substitute on - Petrus Du Plessis , Saracens
57'Substitute on - Kyle Eastmond , Wasps
57'Player substituted - Rob Miller , Wasps
56'Saracens deviate from their kick and chase gameplan for ten seconds as Barritt chucks a big miss pass out to Ellery on the right wing. Ball goes into touch.
55'Player substituted - Simon McIntyre , Wasps
55'Substitute on - Matt Mullan , Wasps
55'Substitute on - Jake Cooper-Woolley , Wasps
55'Player substituted - Marty Moore , Wasps
55'16-11 Penalty goal - Alex Lozowski , Saracens
54'Saracens banging away around the fringes results in a penalty for not rolling away against the visitors, and Lozowksi makes the kick to take the lead out to 5.
52'Player substituted - Michael Rhodes , Saracens
52'Substitute on - Jackson Wray , Saracens
51'45 yard drop goal attempt by Elliott Daly in the 50th minute wobbles wide. No place for that kind of thing in the game.
51'Player substituted - Schalk Brits , Saracens
51'Substitute on - Jamie George , Saracens
51'Drop goal-missed
48'13-11 Penalty goal - Jimmy Gopperth , Wasps
46'Wasps with a decent period in the Sarries half - keeping the ball well and rewarded as the hosts' discipline lets them down with an off the ball tackle. Gopperth knocks it over from out in front to make it a two point game again.
42'Cipriani takes quick tap on halfway and bursts through into space on the Sarries 22, chips ahead and almost regathers but bounce goes to Lozowski instead who brings it out from behind his own line. Penalty to Wasps eventuates but Sarries hold the man up from the resulting lineout drive to defuse.
41'Joe Simpson on for Wasps - Robson injured.
41'Player substituted - Dan Robson , Wasps
41'Substitute on - Joe Simpson , Wasps
41'+113-8 End of first half
41'13-8 Try - Mike Ellery , Saracens
40'Try on half time for the hosts, forwards banging away up the middle before chucking it wide for Mike Ellery to go over in the right hand corner. That half went very quickly!
40'13-8 Start of second half
39'Player substituted - Kearnan Myall , Wasps
39'Substitute on - Joe Launchbury , Wasps
37'8-8 Try - Josh Bassett , Wasps
36'Cipriani. That's why he's in the England team... oh he's not. Wasps stringing together a few phases without ever really threatening until Cipriani drops the hammer, glides through a gap on the 22, draws his man and puts Bassett over in the left hand corner. A thing of beauty and game on. Meanwhile Kearnan Myall gets up after a head clash and leaves the field - Launchbury coming on for Wasps.
34'Sarries penalised again at a lineout - this time for playing the man in the air against Itoje.
32'BIG Saracens scrum just outside Wasps 22 results in a penalty that is slotted by Lozowski. Wasps need that to not happen again.
32'8-3 Penalty goal - Alex Lozowski , Saracens
28'Powerful carry by Ashley Johnson up the guts into the Sarries 22 - Wasps first real ball carrying impact of the game. Billy Vunipola infringes at the subsequent ruck and Gopperth knocks over the penalty. Intriguing game so far, wouldn't pick a winner at this point.
28'5-3 Penalty goal - Jimmy Gopperth , Wasps
25'Both sides infringing at every ruck at the moment. They appear to be feeling the ref out a bit.
24'Lots of trivial errors from Saracens undermining them at the moment - first positioning at a lineout then ripping a player out of a lineout. Wasps get a lineout as a result in the Sarries 22, but Juan Figallo rescues them with strong work on the ground to draw the penalty.
20'Wasps get up near the Saracens 22 for the first time, but just as some momentum is building with some phases being strung together Hughes knocks on and Sarries bang it away down field.
15'Lozowski deep in the pocket hoists a speculator which is not claimed by Miller at fullback for Wasps, but Barritt knocks on for Sarries and the chance is gone.
13'Saracens are getting up very quickly in defence. No surprises there, but Wasps need to counter that with their kicking game.
12'Billy Vunipola wins his first battle against his opposite number Nathan Hughes, ripping possession away on halfway to send Sarries off on a counter. Schalk Brits' offload goes astray but both teams looking dangerous when they have the ball.
10'Wasps looking good off their lineout, with nice hands from Cipriani sending Christian Wade up the middle. Breaks down but nice hands from Elliot Daly tidies up. Promising stuff so far.
5'Fluent work by Sarries down the left hand touchline off the back of a lineout on halfway results in a penalty. The hosts opt for the corner and from the lineout Mako Vunipola goes over from close range. Clinical start from the champions.
4'5-0 Try - Mako Vunipola , Saracens
1'A warm welcome to Allianz Park as we look forward to the biggest game of the Aviva Premiership so far this season. Visitors Wasps are on fire with five wins from five, but today they face the defending English and European champions. Something has got to give.
1'0-0 Start of first half