{"id":394285,"date":"2011-04-24T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T14:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/saracens-win-to-close-gap-on-tigers\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T14:25:49","slug":"saracens-win-to-close-gap-on-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/saracens-win-to-close-gap-on-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Saracens win to close gap on Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span><strong>Saracens (15) 35<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tries:<\/strong> Brits, Joubert, Stevens, Strettle <strong><br \/>Conversions:<\/strong> Goode 3 <strong>Penalties:<\/strong> Goode 3<br \/><strong>Gloucester (5) 12<\/strong><br \/><strong>Tries:<\/strong> Simpson-Daniel, Trinder <strong>Conversions:<\/strong> Mills<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Saracens made it nine straight wins to move within a point of Leicester at the top of the Premiership table.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steve Borthwick&#8217;s side ensured a top two finish, clocking up four tries at Vicarage Road to book home advantage in the Premiership play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>South African duo Schalk Brits and Ernst Joubert ran in first-half tries, prop Matthew Stevens and winger David Strettle crossing after the break.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucester&#8217;s tries came from James Simpson-Daniel and Henry Trinder.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Saracens:<\/strong> Goode; Strettle, Wyles, Barritt, Short; Farrell, De Kock; Stevens, Brits, Nieto; Borthwick, Botha; Brown, Burger, Joubert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> George, Gill, du Plessis, Vyvyan, Saull, Wigglesworth, Penney, Cato.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gloucester:<\/strong> Voyce; Sharples, Trinder, Fuimaono-Sapolu, Simpson-Daniel; Burns, Lewis; Dickinson, S Lawson, Harden; James, Hamilton; Strokosch, Hazell, Deacon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Replacements:<\/strong> Azam, Wood, Doran-Jones, Brown, Narraway, R Lawson, Mills, Molenaar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/9464879.stm\" title=\"Saracens win to close gap on Tigers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saracens win to close gap on Tigers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Saracens (15) 35 Tries: Brits, Joubert, Stevens, Strettle Conversions: Goode 3 Penalties: Goode 3 Gloucester (5) 12 Tries: Simpson-Daniel, Trinder Conversions: Mills Saracens made it nine straight wins to move within a point of Leicester at the top of the Premiership table. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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