Video - Giant Wallaby Will Skelton 'atomises' Gareth Steenson
Saracens will enter their Champions Cup final against Leinster buoyed by a 38-7 drubbing of Gallagher Premiership title rivals Exeter at Allianz Park.
Although the league’s top two teams rested the vast majority of their stars for a fixture that served as a likely dress rehearsal for the climax to the season at Twickenham on June 1, it was still an impressive win.
And the five-try try rout has offered hope that Saracens could yet finish top of the table at Exeter’s expense with one round remaining in what would be a morale-boosting victory only given both sides are already assured of home semi-finals.
European champions Leinster await in Newcastle on Saturday as Mark McCall’s men chase a double that was given renewed impetus in changeable weather conditions that included sunshine, hail, strong winds and driving rain.
The brute strength of 6'8, 135kg Wallaby Will Skeltion made for one of the game's biggest talking points.
Skelton was the architect of Nick Tompkins try by using his giant frame to power through a dense wall of white shirts, surging forwards and bumping off Gareth Steenson before feeding Tompkins the scoring pass.
Steenson was giving away 48kg to the Australian and was sent sprawling in the opposite direction.
The commentator summed it up aptly: "Poor old Gareth Steenson, being atomised by a giant Wallaby!"
PA
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The cupboard may be a bit stretched in the elite coaching dept...not to mention trophies.
Go to commentsI agree that I'm fitting it into a new context that might be original and/or hard for others to follow 👍
Razor has constantly choked on this tour refusing to back unproven players. There is something mentally wrong with this thought process, it's been proven(!!), that I'm happy to fit it under the same umbrella.
Would have been more accurate baloney for me to say Farrell choked, rather than specifically target Ireland in general 😁
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