Saracens silenced the jeers of the Gloucester fans as they recorded a 21-12 win at Kingsholm, in their first game since being given a 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine for salary cap breaches.
They were still able to call on Scotland's Sean Maitland, former England scrum-half Richard Wrigglesworth and experienced squad players like Will Skelton, Nick Tompkins and Jackson Wray, while new signing Jack Singleton started on the bench, as did England's late World Cup call-up scrum-half Ben Spencer.
Within five minutes Gloucester had pulled a try back - Marshall sprinting down the right, precisely chipping over the onrushing Saracens defence and kicking he ball on before diving into the corner. Gloucester struggled to find a way through Saracens' constrictive defence - Ollie Thorley's pacy run after an hour was repelled while Corne Fourie was held up an inch short of the line.
Saracens may have left the ground to the sounds of"I Fought the Law" by The Clash from the tannoy and accusations of being cheats from the fans, but they showed their strength in depth against a strong Gloucester side - whether that squad has been fairly or unfairly assembled is still up for debate.
"They were accurate in those scrums, they were accurate in the opportunities from the ball; defensively they were tremendous and tactically out-kicked us.
Unfortunately the Cherry supporters could only wave photocopies. Get down to Allianz Park and they'll show you what real ones look like.....never know they may even get the chance to touch one.
Nice 1
Cheats should be relegated
This is the second time they have broken the wages cap...
Football fans would have waved a tenner, Rugby fans waving a few hundred quid.
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