• Saracens 38-19 Wasps
• England hooker scores hat-trick of triesEuropean rugby returns this week but only one of these sides looks alert to embrace the onrushing challenge. For Saracens,the defending champions and domestic table-toppers, their opening pool encounter in Northampton should hold few fears on the evidence of this lopsided warm-up. For Wasps, and now enduring their leanest Premiership spell for three and half years,Friday night’s trip to face Ulster will loom horribly quickly.
Even without Billy Vunipola and Owen Farrell, a late bench withdrawal with a slight calf problem, and Saracens had far too much ammunition for their former capital rivals. Their Lions and England hooker,Jamie George, claimed a hat-trick of pushover tries and the outcome was not in doubt at any stage. It leaves Wasps third from bottom of the Premiership with only Worcester and London Irish beneath them and final season’s final memories fast receding.
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Source: guardian.co.uk