Saracens Males have been nicely crushed by a scientific Bordeaux Begles outfit as they left a raucous Stade Chaban-Delmas with a 55-15 defeat.
The high-flying French aspect have been dominant from begin to end, nonetheless Sarries did present some actual character within the second half and gave themselves some positives forward of an important recreation towards Lyon subsequent Saturday at StoneX Stadium.
The hosts got here near opening the scoring with simply two minutes on the clock as a free ball discovered Luis Bielle-Biarrey on the wing, however as he hacked the ball forward Ivan van Zyl stayed calm and managed to win the race.
It was Sarries that landed the primary blow although, an excellent kick chase introduced a penalty 25 metres out, and Owen Farrell made no mistake from 25 metres out to make it 3-0 after 4 minutes.
Bordeaux hit again quickly after although with the primary strive of the night. A scrum deep within the 22 gave them the platform, after which the ball was shifted to Bielle-Biarrey out on the left, and he stepped the ultimate defender to go over within the nook. Matthieu Jalibert’s conversion gave them a 7-3 benefit.
The raucous residence crowd smelt blood and one other strive adopted right away because the hosts stamped their authority on proceedings. A disguised inside ball from Jalibert fooled the defence, and Romain Buros was straight by the hole to race below the posts. The extras have been profitable because the lead grew to 14-3.
It obtained even higher for the hosts on the 20 minute mark, as strive quantity three arrived to place them additional within the ascendancy. A penalty was kicked to the nook, after which their maul powered over with Maxime Lamothe dotting down on the base. The conversion went vast, however the problem was getting larger for the Londoners.
Sarries then began to develop in to the sport, a Maro Itoje chargedown nearly created a strive however sadly the ball carried on bouncing and went useless.
Nonetheless, it was Bordeaux who struck once more earlier than the break to safe themselves the strive bonus level. A jinking break from Maxime Lucu noticed him race in to the 22, after which the prolific Damian Penaud was on his shoulder to emphatically rating within the nook.
Sarries did have an ideal probability to get again within the recreation simply earlier than the break, however Theo Dan was held up over the road and Bordeaux headed down the tunnel with a 24-3 lead.
The second half began in the identical style as the primary, as Sarries have been punished emphatically as Bordeaux crossed for strive quantity 5. An overthrown lineout gave them a counter assault, after which the ball finally ended up within the arms of Nicolas Deportere who couldn’t be stopped from only one metre out.
The guests desperately wanted a response and Andy Christie nearly offered it as he made a half break, however the door was rapidly shut and the Bordeaux defence held agency.
Alex Goode then went inches from scoring as a ball spat out of a ruck, however simply as he appeared to dot the ball down he was penalised for holding on towards an aggressive defence.
Bordeaux then struck once more to place the sport past doubt on a troublesome night for the guests. Turnover ball discovered Penaud on the wing, and he stepped previous two defenders earlier than passing again inside to Jalibert who had a easy run to the road. Lucu added the extras, and now Sarries trailed 36-3.
Penaud, who was in scary type then intercepted simply earlier than the hour mark and raced clear from 70 metres, taking the hosts previous the 40 level mark.
Sarries refused to lie down although, and two tries in as many minutes confirmed the immense spirit amongst the group.
Nick Tompkins went over from a pleasant lineout transfer to present the travelling followers one thing to shout about, after which Theo Dan intercepted and used his searing tempo to run away from 50 metres, and now rapidly the deficit was all the way down to 43-15.
Alex Lewington then had an opportunity as a sliced clearance headed straight to him, however the defence managed to scramble again simply in time.
Regardless of rising hopes of a comeback, Bordeaux had the ultimate say because the ball bounced kindly for Pablo Uberti who had a transparent run to the road, and Jalibert’s conversion introduced up the 50 level mark.
There was nonetheless time for yet one more rating as Deportere went over within the remaining play from lengthy vary. That proved to the be the final act of a troublesome day on the workplace for Sarries who will mud themselves down for the go to of Lyon subsequent weekend.
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