Two tight games ...

Horizon Sports were at both games tonight and our reporters will bring in-depth coverage tomorrow. The Sale Sharks home game to Saracens was promising to be a hard close fought affair. It was hard fought but the Sharks were pressing Saracens throughout the game, although only going in at the break 10-7 up. In the second half a seemingly subdued Saracens defence just let too many tackles slip … the Sharks ran out 22-14 winners, Saracens just missing out on their bonus point.

Meanwhile in North London a very meagre home crowd saw their home team Wasps promise to cause a major upset. Stad Francais were forced into bringing on their star players early in the game as the score was static at 7-5. The French side looked uncharacteristically shakey throughout the game and Wasps twice were their own enemy being caught offside at the breakdown as well as being at the receiving end of a few high tackles. At one point there are reports that Fase stormed out the dug out in disgust. The French side eventually settled down and although they squandered 2 certain try scoring opportunities managed to stop Wasps from gaining the bonus points as the Paris ‘surf boys’ ran out 14-5 winners.

The group table as it stands is

Stad Francais played 3 won 3 points 12
Sale Sharks played 3 won 2 points 10
Saracens played 3 won 0 points 3
London Wasps played 3 won 0 points 2

The final group games will see:

Stad Francais v. Sale Sharks to see who gets the first place in the final.
Saracens v. Wasps to see who plays the loser of the above game in the playoff for the final.