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Owen Farrell's drop goal from 40 metres in the second half helped Saracens pull away from Exeter Chiefs| Saracens:(15) 40 |
| Tries: Hadfield 2, van Zyl, Gonzalez, McFarland Cons: Farrell 3 Pens: Farrell 2 Drop-goal: Farrell |
| Exeter: (15) 22 |
| Tries: Woodburn, Fisilau, Tuima Cons: Hodge 2 Pens: Hodge |
Owen Farrell kicked 15 points as he led Saracens to a 40-22 win over Exeter Chiefs in his first game since his move to Racing 92 was announced.
The sides were level 15-15 at the break as tries from James Hadfield and Ivan van Zyl were matched by scores from Chiefs' Olly Woodburn and Greg Fisilau.
Exeter's Rus Tuima ended a wonderful move for one of the tries of the season to bring the scores to 22-22.
But a Farrell penalty and drop-goal and a second Hadfield try sealed the win.
Theo McFarland wrapped it up in stoppage time after Farrell's kick into the in-goal area was mistimed by Ben Hammersley and the forward dotted down.
The bonus-point win for Saracens moves them a point above Exeter into fourth place in the Premiership, eight points off leaders Northampton Saints and a point behind Harlequins and Bath.
Saracens: Goode; Segun, Tompkins, Hartley, Lewington; Farrell (capt), van Zyl; Mulipola, Hadfield, Judge, McFarland, Tizard, Gonzalez, Christie, B Vunipola.
Replacements: Crean, Mawi, Hoskins, Stonham, Knight, Simpson, Cinti, Parton.
Exeter: Hodge; Hammersley, Wimbush, Devoto, Woodburn; Skinner, Townsend; Hepburn, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins (capt), Pearson, Vermeulen, Fisilau.
Replacements: Frost, Southworth, Iosefa-Scott, Dunne, Vintcent, Cairns, McCaig, Relton.
Referee: Karl Dickson.
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