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Owen Farrell's dire record against one French club just got worse
By Ian Cameron
Owen Farrell’s abysmal record at Bordeaux Begles in recent times continued over the weekend after his new side - Racing 92 - shipped a heavy Top 14 defeat.
The England flyhalf has now conceded 152 points across three games at the Stade Chaban-Delmas.
His latest game against Les Damiers ended in a 52-34 defeat; thus continuing his nightmare run of results at the venue.
Before signing with Racing 92 over the summer Farrell faced Bordeaux twice in the Champions Cup for Saracens last season.
On January 14th in the pool stages of the Champions Cup, the Londoners were humiliated 55-15, with Bordeaux running rampant.
Farrell - though clearly not entirely to blame - couldn’t stem the flow of tries from a Bordeaux side that consistently breached Saracens' defence on that day.
Things worsened in the Champions Cup quarter-final on April 6th, when Farrell's Saracens again struggled to keep Bordeaux at bay, with the French side ultimately romping to a 45-12 victory.
Parlez-Vous French Rugby wrote on X: "Owen Farrell has conceded 152 points in his three games in Bordeaux One hundred and fifty-two. 3 games."
Farrell returned to the same venue with hopes of turning his fortunes around. Sadly for Farrell's Racing 92 side also succumbed to Bordeaux’s firepower.
Although Farrell’s kicking and game management were solid, his overall record at the Stade Chaban-Delmas will remain dreary for the foreseeable.
The start to Farrell's stint at the Stuart Lancaster-coached side has been fair to middling, truth be told. The 32-year-old shipped a yellow card in his debut in a win against Clermont a week prior to Saturday's spanking at the hands of Bordeaux.
He'll hopping that his time at Racing 92 won't mimic that of former adversary Johnny Sexton.
The retired Ireland and Leinster flyhalf spent two seasons in Paris between 2013 and 2015, but never quite settled in the squad, where it was said his direct style of communication with teammates wasn't always appreciated.
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Actually it did not go directly into touch it went "backwards" from his hand (continuing forwards from the perspective of the ball) to go to ground in the in goal area and then because it was spinning went back out of in goal to go into touch. I thought that quite harsh as he could have been trying to scoop the ball upwards to be able to catch it himself which would have been legitimate - he certainly did not direct it towards touch.
Go to commentsExcellent year. I have enjoyed the Pumas with every match they played. They are truly one of the top tier nations and with more growth they will push hard for top 3 world ranking. They are just a bit up and down like the French team of old.
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