Owen Farrell red card cost Saracens dear against resurgent Wasps

Saracens 18-28 WaspsEngland captain sent off for high tackle on Charlie AtkinsonOwen Farrell has always trod a fine line with his tackling technique; now it threatens what is left of Saracens’ season. A red card on the hour for a high tackle on Charlie Atkinson, Wasps’ replacement fly-half, means the England captain will almost certainly miss Saracens’ date in Dublin in a fortnight.Their European quarter-final against Leinster has long been their sole focus in this, the season the European champions were relegated from the Premiership for abuse of the salary cap. Such offences do not apply to …