Owen Farrell set for sideline stint after Mark McCall sticks to winning formula

Saracens have decided against starting Owen Farrell, the England fly half who
has recovered from the knee injury that kept him out of the RBS Six Nations
Championship, in Saturday’s European Champions Cup semi-final against
Clermont Auvergne in Saint-Étienne.



Farrell, who has not played since the teams met in the final round of pool
games in January, looks set to be named as a replacement, with Saracens
relying on Charlie Hodgson, the former England fly half, to steer them to a
second successive European final.



McCall’s reasoning to keep Hodgson at No 10 is to maintain momentum,…