• Pool 1: Saracens 55-13 Oyonnax
• Eight-try Saracens travel into Christmas unbeaten this seasonWe were dealing with certainties in Barnet. Everyone knew what was going to happen before it happened and so it did. We had the expected rout of unmotivated French visitors; we had a hat-trick from Chris Ashton,which seemed more than familiar, albeit distantly so. We even knew the fate of a prospective England coach. All seemed straight with the world in the week before Christmas.
We cannot fairly add the qualification of Saracens from Pool one of the Champions Cup to the list of certainties but an eight-try win over Oyonnax represented the next-best thing. Only Ulster can deny them and the Irish side still bear to come to Barnet. Related: Dawn of the England wolfpack? Saracens old boys will provide new ideas for Jones Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com