Sarries leave Gaffney pink with embarrassment

SARACENS’ director of rugby Alan Gaffney admitted his players’ faces were as pink as their shirts after the 40-29 defeat to Wasps that kept Ian McGeechan’s men on track for the Premiership play-offs.

Gaffney’s men wore pink jerseys in support of Breast Cancer Care and they were equally as charitable in defence as Raphael Ibanez, Tom Voyce and Paul Sackey added to Dominic Waldouck’s brace to blitz the home side in a frantic opening half.

“The first 40 minutes were close to the most embarrassing I’ve been involved in,” said Gaffney, who drew little comfort from seeing Francisco Leonelli record a second hat-trick in as many home Premiership games.