Owen Farrell: Toulon was a big win for Saracens and we intend to crack on

• The holders’ only failure was the lack of a bonus point• Loss of discipline after 50 minutes offered Toulon a way backSaracens won the league and European double last season for a reason. A team often pilloried for being rugby’s equivalent of the old Wimbledon FC on a dull day, they so ruthlessly exposed Toulon’s fault line that at times they resembled Barcelona.Toulon like to direct their opponents into quicksand, bogging them down in a game where the ball struggles for breath. Saracens are no mean constrictors themselves but their rise from the arch-mediocrity of the Premiership to become …

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