Beware Scotland in the Six Nations after Glasgow Warriors hammer Saracens
And although Saracens were able to secure more possession and territory in the second half, their attack lacked the precision necessary to convert pressure into points, with Segun Rotimi one of the few to cause Glasgow problems in defence. The hosts, with dominance in the maul, breakdown and scrum, were able to soak it all up – even when they lost Kyle Rowe to the sin-bin for a high tackle on Segun – before landing the killer blow with the final play. Saracens were not lacking effort or spirit – Maro Itoje led the charge, so too Ben Earl – but their attacking ambitions were not connected and their discipline was poor. “We obviously started the game slowly,” said Mark McCall, Saracens’ director of rugby. “It was 7-3 after 24 minutes, but it didn’t feel that way. I felt that they were the team on the front foot, we were the team on the back foot. We had a hill to climb in the second half and I thought our effort and our fight in …
