Saracens boss slams Jackson as Mapletoft sees Irish through

SARACENS coach Steve Diamond last night criticised Glen Jackson after the Kiwi fly-half’s woeful kicking cost his club a place in the Powergen Cup semi-finals.

Jackson missed five of his seven shots at goal including one from just wide of the posts as Saracens crashed out of the competition with a 21-15 defeat to London Irish.

Tries from Matt Cairns and Kris Chesney kept them in the game, but Diamond insists it would have been a different story had Jackson remembered his kicking boots.