Saracens encountered few problems as they launched their European Champions Cup campaign with an emphatic victory over French heavyweights Toulouse at Allianz Park.

London Irish CEO Bob Casey admits his side could be opening the door to America for the Irish provinces after it was confirmed their Aviva Premiership game with Saracens in March will take place in New Jersey.

Japan ended their World Cup campaign exactly how they started it – by making history.

European Champions Cup Pool 1

Munster head coach Anthony Foley says his team "didn’t turn up at times" today after suffering their heaviest European defeat since losing 60-19 to Toulouse during the 1996-97 season.

Saracens took a giant stride towards the European Champions Cup quarter-finals by flooring Irish heavyweights Munster at Allianz Park.

Saracens 46 Clermont Auvergne 6

Rod Nawn rates the Ulster men in a Payne-less game.

Saracens 64 Connacht 6

HEINEKEN CUP POOL THREE:

Connacht 17 Saracens 23

USA 12 Ireland 15

United States 12 Ireland 15

Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony paid tribute to five new faces after the boot of Ian Madigan saw them seal a 15-12 win over the US Eagles in Houston.

Ireland interim coach Les Kiss has handed debuts to Robbie Henshaw and Stuart Olding for the match against the United States Eagles – with three new faces ready to win their first caps off the bench.

Saracens 12 Toulon 24

Saracens 40 Edinburgh 7

Munster will go into their Heineken Cup pool game at Saracens tomorrow (3pm) having been told they are masters of their own destiny by head coach Rob Penney.

Saracens 28 Gloucester 23

England full-back Alex Goode described Charlie Hodgson as the best fly-half in the Premiership after watching him orchestrate Saracens’ 30-13 Heineken Cup victory over Racing Metro on Saturday.

Saracens 20 Biarritz 16

Biarritz 15 Saracens 10

Italy 27 United States 10

UNITED STATES captain Todd Clever admitted he was a nervous man after his side held off a late Russian rally to win their Pool C encounter 13-6 in New Plymouth.

Russia 6 USA 13

Russia technical director Kingsley Jones believes the Bears can emerge victorious from their first ever World Cup finals match – if they can secure set-piece possession against the United States in New Plymouth.

USA coach Eddie O’Sullivan appears to have hammered home the message that emotions must not ground his Eagles when they take on Ireland on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

United States prop Mike MacDonald will become the Eagles’ most capped player with 63 Test appearances in Sunday’s World Cup opener against Ireland.

USA head coach Eddie O’Sullivan last night said he believed he had picked his strongest available squad for the World Cup.

Saracens 14 Clermont Auvergne 24

Saracens 21 Racing Metro 24

Saracens 23 Leinster 25

LEINSTER will be without Brian O’Driscoll for this evening’s Heineken Cup pool two clash with Saracens at Wembley Stadium (5.45pm).

London Irish 33 Saracens 16

Connacht 5 Saracens 22, the Sportsground

Coach Eddie O’Sullivan believes the USA will be under more pressure against Wales tomorrow than they faced against his former side Ireland last week.

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has played down talk of personal rivalry between himself and his predecessor, new USA coach Eddie O’Sullivan, ahead of their sides’ meeting in Santa Clara, California tomorrow.

CO Wexford father Diarmuid Flood who last April killed his wife and children before setting fire to their home and shooting himself in the head and was “very disturbed” and was not in his “normal senses”, the inquest into the deaths of the Flood family from Clonroche heard yesterday.

Eddie O’Sullivan has named a squad split between youth and experience for his first Test as USA Eagles head coach later this month.

Saracens have released former South Africa full-back Brent Russell to join French giants Clermont Auvergne.

SARACENS continued the English romp through the European Challenge Cup with a clinical 53-3 win over French side Mont de Marsan at Vicarage Road yesterday.