Saracens run eight past Boland

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Saracens responded to their defeat at Newlands with a comprehensive 52-20 victory over Boland in Wellington on Wednesday.

Saracens responded to their defeat at the sun-drenched Newlands with a rampant 52-20 victory over Boland on Wednesday.

The English Premiership side scored eight tries in Wellington following a shaky start with centre duo Brad Barritt and Andy Farrell both crossing for a brace while trialist Justin Melck also touched down.

Despite their lesser resources, the hosts displayed plenty of courage in the opening exchanges and went in front on twelve minutes through outside centre Godwin Damon's try.

But from half-an-hour into the friendly, Saracens finally got into their stride with scrum-half Mickey Wilson starting the procession that saw three yellow cards issued by referee François Veldman.

The scorers:

For Saracens:
Tries: Wilson, Melck, Ross, Walker, Farrell 2, Barritt 2
Cons: Ross 4, Jackson 2

For Boland:
Tries: Damon, Sogidashe
Cons: Jansen 2
Pens: Jansen, Cornelius

Boland: 15 Donovan Smith, 14 Alvin Hugo, 13 Godwin Damon, 12 Dewey Swartbooi, 11 Luvo Sogidashe, 10 Jacquin Jansen, 9 Juwell Samuels, 8 Junior Bester, 7 Andre du Toit, 6 Garth Faro, 5 Nico Esterhuyse, 4 Frikkie Spies, 3 Ivan Espag, 2 Conrad Burke (captain), 1 Christo McNish.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Bruynhardt, 17 Tros Botha, 18 Smit Janse van Rensburg, 19 Quinton de Bruyn, 20 Denzil Willemse, 21 Emile Smith, 22 Lionel Corneliüs, 23 Wendal Wehr, 24 Marcell du Preez, 25 Hendrik van Niekerk.

Saracens: 15 Glen Jackson (captain), 14 Rodd Penney, 13 Ben Jacobs, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Edd Thrower, 10 Gordon Ross, 9 Mickey Wilson, 8 Don Barrell, 7 David Seymour, 6 Hayden Smith, 5 Hugh Vyvyan, 4 Kris Chesney, 3 Cobus Visagie, 2 Alex Walker, 1 Nick Lloyd.
Replacements: 16 Andy Kyriacou, 17 Jordan Mitchell, 18 Cencus Johnston, 19 Tom Ryder, 20 Harry Spencer, 21 Wikus van Heerden, 22 Ben Skirving, 23 Will Fraser, 24 Justin Melck, 25 Jackson Wray, 26 Justin Marshall, 27 Andy Farrell, 28 Chris Wyles.

Referee: François Veldman

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