Saracens’ Jacques Burger free to play Saracens against Clermont after ban cut
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• Burger cited for striking Racing Métro’s Maxime Machenaud • Flanker available for Champions Cup semi-final after pleading guilty• Champions Cup quarter-final: Racing Métro 11-12 SaracensJacques Burger will be available to play for Saracens in the European Champions Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne in Saint-Étienne next week after escaping with a one-match ban for striking the Racing Métro scrum-half Maxime Machenaud during the quarter-final.The flanker pleaded guilty to hitting Machenaud in the 40th minute of Sunday’s match in Paris, which Saracens won 11-12, after bein…





