Saracens vs London Irish

[Puja]

We didn't even bother making a thread for this one, but what a ridiculous game. London Irish were 34-8 down on 62 minutes, and down to 14 players having had Adam Coleman sent off in the first half, and somehow came back to draw 34-34 with a last minute try and touchline conversion.

Highlights are here and definitely worth a watch: https://www.premiershiprugby.com/prtv/

Puja

[Danno]

Wow.

Are you sure? It's the tail end of the mushroom season so I feel like I have to check.

[FKAS]

I feel this deserves a full watch later. Sounds like a crazy game.

[fivepointer]

What a comeback. To do that with 14 men is really quite something.

Seems that every game featuring LI this season has had great entertainment.

[Scrumhead]

Yep. Totally agree. Irish seem to be massively improved this season which I definitely didn’t see coming.

[FKAS]

Watching the game now and Sarries are all over them. 25 mins in and Coleman has been rightly red carded for a reckless tackle and Paddy Jackson has gone off injured. Sarries probably should be more than 8-3 ahead. How on earth do they throw this away.

LI have recruited well in recent times. Creevy, Van de Merwe, Coleman, Simmons, Mafi have all given them a bit more quality in the tight five. The academy at LI always brings through some quality but a decent tight five does mean they have more platform. They could do with a little more in the backrow.

[FKAS]

Final quarter of the game it looked like Sarries who were down a man. Lethargic and undisciplined. LI scored a couple of beautiful tries from out wide. Had Rory Jennings not missed a routine conversion on the penultimate kick then LI would have had all five points.