Farrell stays cool as Sarries steal vital victory over Biarritz

PETER STRINGER’S Saracens are on the brink of a place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals, after England new boy Owen Farrell kept his nerve to kick them to a 20-16 victory over Biarritz in Pool 5.

Farrell stays cool as Sarries steal vital victory over Biarritz

They led 14-6 at the interval courtesy of a try from scrum-half Ben Spencer — who Stringer replaced in the 56th minute — and Farrell’s first three penalties before Biarritz came back at them in the second half.

Dimitri Yachvili scored all of the points for Biarritz, including a charge-down try off a Stringer box-kick, as the French visitors pushed Saracens to the wire and earned a losing bonus point.

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