Saracens may not be popular but who else has the steel to hold off Clermont? | Robert Kitson

Mark McCall’s men are the unloved flag-bearers for the Premiership in the European Champions Cup semi-finals, and Mark McCall’s maverick methods mean they will have a chance on Saturday• Owen Farrell fit to return for Saracens’ semi-final showdown in FranceFor the third successive year Saracens are the last English side standing in the Europe’s premier competition. And still people are sceptical about them, struggling to see beyond the cliche of a club with delusions of fez-headed grandeur, an allegedly creative attitude to the salary cap and an unromantic gameplan. Their Houdini-style quarter…