Donnacha Ryan 'not surprised' by Saracens surge as Racing 92 prepare for semi-final

Ryan predicts another tough examination from the three-time winners at La Defense Arena

Donnacha Ryan's Racing 92 have played Saracens twice already in this season's Champions Cup. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Donnacha Ryan was not surprised to see three-time winners Saracens suffocate the will out of Leinster in Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final to become the first visiting side to win a knockout game in Dublin since Munster in 2006.

“I wasn’t at all surprised,” Ryan — a European Cup winner with Munster in 2008 and a losing finalist with Racing 92 in 2018 — said ahead of the Top 14 side’s semi-final against the defending champions in Paris this afternoon.