• Wasps overpowered after the break
One of the Premiership’s runaway leaders falters, the other strides out with a certain inevitability. Saracens go top, the only team left unbeaten, nine from nine. Their unbeaten run in all competitions extends to 20, their last defeat being to Leinster in the quarter-finals of Europe in April.
They were a long way from their best, a somewhat makeshift line-up in this awkward weekend between the autumn internationals and Europe, but they had too much for a similarly unfamiliar Wasps team. This was not the try-fest of last season’s Premiership play-off between these two, but the dominance of the one side over the other was very much the same, even if it took a while to translate into points. “I’m most pleased that we didn’t become frustrated by the territory and possession we had,” said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall.
Written by Michael Aylwin at Allianz Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/01/saracens-wasps-premiership-match-report under the title “Saracens go top of table and stretch unbeaten run with win over Wasps”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
