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Bath 16 Saracens 28, Aviva Premiership final: Mike Ford's side forgot you need to earn the right to play

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Game management Saracens won the game in the first 40 minutes in which they maintained their intensity from their semi-final victory against Northampton. Bath, however, played straight into their hands. ...

Saracens' Mark McCall hails Owen Farrell and George Ford after...

1 decade ago by Bath Chronicle

Triumphant Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall says Saturday's Aviva Premiership final proved that England are spoilt for choice at fly-half.Owen Farrell went on to deliver a man-of-the-match performance...

Owen Farrell sorry for tackle on Anthony Watson as Saracens beat...

1 decade ago by Bath Chronicle

Owen Farrell has apologised to Anthony Watson for the high second-minute challenge that ended the Bath Rugby full-back's involvement in the Aviva Premiership final almost before it had begun.The Saracens...

England coach Stuart Lancaster was left with little choice but to drop Dylan Hartley before World Cup

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Stuart Lancaster simply had no choice. Once Dylan Hartley was banned for the first game of the Rugby World Cup against Fiji, his tournament was over before it had begun. It would not have mattered...

Owen Farrell 'deserved red card' for tackle on Anthony Watson in Premiership final, says Bath coach Mike Ford

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Man-of-the-match Owen Farrell should have received a red card for a second-minute high tackle on Anthony Watson in the Aviva Premiership final, Bath head coach Mike Ford said on Saturday night. •...

Owen Farrell faces citing for high tackle that ended Anthony Watson’s day

1 decade ago by The Guardian

• Saracens fly-half hit England colleague’s head in the second minute• Bath’s coach Mike Ford says the challenge deserved a red cardOwen Farrell apologised to his England team-mate Anthony Watson...

Farrell apologises for high tackle

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell has apologised for the high tackle that ended Anthony Watson's Premiership final early in the first half. Bath head coach Mike Ford said Farrell should have been...

AUDIO: Saracens 28 Bath 16 - Aviva Premiership final reaction

1 decade ago by Premiership Rugby

Russell Hargreaves looks back on the 2015 Twickenham showpiece, before speaking to Sarries stars Alex Goode and Maro Itoje, plus to Bath head coach Mike Ford.

McCall: First half was special

1 decade ago by Sky Sports Rugby

Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall thinks their first-half performance in the Aviva Premiership final was “pretty special”.

Saracens’ winning mentality proves too much for inexperienced Bath

1 decade ago by The Times

Bath 16 Saracens 28 After falling at the final hurdle twice last year, Saracens knew how to get across it this time. They were smarter, more clinical and more composed. They destroyed Bath in the...