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Your support makes all the difference.Saracens have Heineken Cup rugby in their sights once again after booking a place in next weekend's wildcard final at Twickenham with an uninspiring victory over Worcester at Vicarage Road last night.
Saracens have Heineken Cup rugby in their sights once again after booking a place in next weekend's wildcard final at Twickenham with an uninspiring victory over Worcester at Vicarage Road last night.
Tries from Kevin Sorrell, Iain Fullarton and Ben Johnston were enough to see off a Worcester side who were barely at the races, and Saracens will meet either Gloucester or Newcastle at HQ for a place in Europe's premier competition.
Saracens had their hopes of automatic Heineken Cup qualification dashed last week when they finished the Zurich Premiership season in fifth place.
Although there was little quality in the match - certainly not enough to make an imprint on the Heineken Cup - Saracens responded by making all the running. They were helped in no small part by the fact that Worcester seemed completely drained after last weekend's dramatic win over Northampton which preserved their status in the Premiership.
What rare flashes of excitement there were in a desperate first half came from Saracens.
After Worcester's Tommy Hayes had missed a penalty, following a high tackle from Simon Raiwalui on Drew Hickey, Little gave Saracens the lead with a penalty on the quarter-hour.
Three minutes later Tevita Vaikona's angled run and delayed pass opened half a chance down the left, but Johnston planted his foot in touch with the try-line less than 10 metres away.
Vaikona then slipped after Saracens had executed a clever move through the three-quarters and in the end it took a spilled ball from Brown in the 41st minute to gift the home side the opening try.
The scrum-half, Moses Raulini, scooped up the loose ball, dashed into Worcester territory, and before the defence had any chance to reorganise, Little had swept it wide and Sorrell finished off in the corner. Little missed the conversion and that was it going into the break.
Worcester fared no better in the second half - their minds clearly on their European Shield final against Auch on 21 May - and Saracens once again dominated possession.
Finally, the home side began to show some accuracy in their execution. After wasting a clear overlap, Saracens decamped into the Worcester half and when Taine Randell was halted just short of the line Fullarton took the ball on and touched down.
As Worcester tired, space opened up and Johnston scored the third try following a 50-metre break from Saracens blindside flanker Ben Skirving.
Hayes scored a late consolation try for Worcester from an interception, but Saracens will end their season where it all began eight months ago - with a date at Twickenham.
Saracens: Tries Sorrell, Fullarton, Johnston; Cons Jackson (2); Pens Little (2), Jackson. Worcester: Tries Hayes; Con Hayes; Pen Hayes.
Saracens: Castaignede; Johnston, Sorrell, Harris, Vaikona; Little, Raulini; Lloyd, Cairns, Visagie, Raiwalui, Fullarton, Skirving, Hill, Vyvyan. Replacements: Ibanez, Yates, Chesney, Randell, Bracken, Jackson, Bartholomeusz.
Worcester: Delport; Pieters, Hayes, Lombard, Hinshelwood; Brown, Powell; Windo, Van Niekerk, Lyman, Blaze, Gillies, Mason, Sanderson, Hickey. Replacements: Sparks, Murphy, Daly, Vaili, Cole, O'Leary, Sampson.
Referee: S Lander (RFU).
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