They reckoned without an outstanding Saracens team whose hunger for improvement shows absolutely no sign of flat-lining. On the evidence of this eight-try annihilation Saracens will take a serious amount of stopping even when they come up against opposition breathing far more fire and brimstone than the pallid Saints could muster here. Bitter-sweet return for Leigh Halfpenny as Scarlets lose at Toulon Read moreQuick, slick, direct, clever: Saracens ticked every available box and more. There was a similarly stark contrast in the fortunes of Wales’s two Lions wingers, Liam Williams and George North. A driven lineout soon produced a second try for Brad Barritt and a sparsely attended Sunday matins service would have produced more noise than the Franklin’s Gardens congregation.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2017 19:41 UTC