| Saracens (12) 30 |
| Tries: Daly, Earl, Lewington, Woolstencroft Cons: Farrell 2 Pens: Farrell 2 |
| Edinburgh (16) 26 |
| Tries: De Bruin, Goosen Cons: Boffelli 2 Pens: Boffelli 4 |
Saracens battled exhausting to overturn a half-time deficit and earn a 30-26 bonus-level win over Edinburgh of their Heineken Champions Cup opener.
Edinburgh scored the opening attempt by means of Luan de Bruin, earlier than Elliot Daly crossed for the hosts.
Ben Earl added a second attempt earlier than the break however the boot of Emiliano Boffelli meant Edinburgh led 16-12 at half time.
Alex Lewington and Tom Woolstencroft sealed the bonus level however a Wes Goosen rating earned Edinburgh a dropping bonus.
Premiership leaders Sarries got here into the sport in kind having gained their opening 9 league matches, but it surely was the guests who took the early initiative at StoneX Stadium.
The guests performed with intent and have been rewarded for selecting to kick for contact as an alternative of the posts when De Bruin powered over from the ensuing line-out.
Daly obtained the hosts up and operating as he gathered Owen Farrell’s crossfield kick to beat his defender and rating Sarries’ first attempt, earlier than Earl caught an attacking line-out and was pushed over the road by his staff-mates for the second.
Boffelli’s 4 penalties edged the guests in entrance on the break however then Lewington scored the attempt of the sport as Daly turned from scorer to supplier with a pin-level kick by means of for his winger to catch and dot down.
Farrell stretched the hosts’ lead by six factors with two penalties earlier than almost gifting Edinburgh the lead.
Damien Hoyland intercepted Farrell’s move to run clear, solely to be hauled down metres from the Sarries line. The ball was recycled however Farrell, aided by staff-mate Nick Tompkins, held it up to deny the guests.
Then, after turning defence into assault, Tom Woolstencroft powered over from shut vary to seal the victory and the bonus level, earlier than Edinburgh claimed a deserved dropping bonus level as Goosen dotted down late on.
Line-ups
Saracens: Daly; Lewington, Lozowski, Tomkins Maitland; Farrell, Van Zyl; M Vunipola, George, Riccioni, Itoje, Tizard, McFarland, Earl, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Woolstencroft, Mawi, Clarey, Hunter-Hill, Christie, Wray, Davies, Goode.
Edinburgh: Boffelli; Goosen, Bennett, Lang, Van der Merwe; Kinghorn, Vellacott; Schoeman, McInally, De Bruin, Hodgson, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Crosbie, Mata.
Replacements: Harrison, Venter, Nel, Sykes, Muncaster, Shiel, Savala, Hoyland.
