Heroic Connacht rattle Saracens

HEINEKEN CUP POOL THREE:

A brace of penalties from Farrell were the only scores of a defence-dominated second half at the Sportsground, as 8/1 outsiders Connacht — inspired by man of the match Kieran Marmion — stayed in the hunt for a shock victory.

They almost got it right at the death as bodies piled in close to the Sarries line, but replacements Aly Muldowney and Paul O’Donohoe were held up short and the relieved visitors got out of Galway with the points.