{"id":300530,"date":"2023-11-26T02:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300530"},"modified":"2023-11-26T02:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:24:43","slug":"saracens-39-31-bristol-englands-owen-farrell-misses-six-of-his-kicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/saracens-39-31-bristol-englands-owen-farrell-misses-six-of-his-kicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Saracens 39-31 Bristol: England&apos;s Owen Farrell misses six of his kicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Saracens 39-31 Bristol: Owen Farrell forgets kicking boots by missing a personal record of six, but Mark McCall&#8217;s hosts\u00a0defied the England captain&#8217;s inaccuracy to go second<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Owen Farrell missed a personal record six kicks &#8211; five conversions and a penalty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark McCall&#8217;s Sarries defied the England captain&#8217;s inaccuracy to move second<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bristol&#8217;s Pat Lam said his side were penalised for turning over too much ball\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mark McCall excused Owen Farrell a rare kicking disaster as Sarries defied their captain&#8217;s inaccuracy to go second.<\/p>\n<p>The England captain created his own personal record of missing six kicks &#8211; five conversions and a penalty &#8211; for the first time in his Premiership career at StoneX Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie George was on hand to help. The hooker grabbed a brace of tries as Sarries were pushed hard to overcome the Bears and make it five wins on the bounce.<\/p>\n<p>And Farrell was outstanding in every other area. He also crossed for a fine opening try.<\/p>\n<p>On another day, missing 13 points could have been harder to accept. But director of rugby McCall said: &#8216;It was one of those days and I doubt we will see that again from Owen. But he was also at the heart of the turnaround when we became much more on it as a team, much more physical and energetic. We weren&#8217;t perfect but if you can turn things around like that it&#8217;s a good sign.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78234273-12791107-image-a-49_1700946808640.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Owen Farrell missed six kicks in one game for the first time in his Premiership career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78234283-12791107-image-m-52_1700946899117.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark McCall excused Farrell&#8217;s rare kicking disaster as their Saracens&#8217; side won 39-31 at home<\/p>\n<p>Bristol threatened an upset as they built a first-half 21-15 lead after trailing to early tries from Farrell and Alex Lewington.<\/p>\n<p>Bears lock Joe Batley showed real determination to diving and reaching out a long arm for his side&#8217;s first try. And after Billy Vunipola charged over in a corner for Sarries, Bears responded with Ellis Genge and Gabriel Oghre securing tries.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Farrell&#8217;s crossfield kick gave Lewington the chance to complete his brace, only for Callum Sheedy to kick the visitors back in front.<\/p>\n<p>Sarries stretched to a 10-point lead with tries by George and then Tom Willis, before replacement Kieran Marmion broke through for Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>With Bears losing Fitz Harding to the sin bin, George mauled his way over for his second and his side&#8217;s seventh try.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve lost the last five but we&#8217;ve had so many opportunities to win those games and they could have gone the other way. We turned over too much ball and got penalised for it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78234293-12791107-image-a-53_1700946950308.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam said they were penalised for turning over too much ball<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12791107\/Saracens-39-31-Bristol-Owen-Farrell-forgets-kicking-boots-missing-personal-record-six-Mark-McCalls-hosts-defied-England-captains-inaccuracy-second.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saracens 39-31 Bristol: Owen Farrell forgets kicking boots by missing a personal record of six, but Mark McCall&#8217;s hosts\u00a0defied the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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