Friday 30 March 2018 13:23, UK
England star Owen Farrell has been named in the Saracens team for Sunday's European Champions Cup quarter-final clash against Leinster.
Farrell suffered a quad muscle injury during England's Six Nations loss to Ireland at Twickenham 13 days ago.
Saracens rugby director Mark McCall said earlier this week that Farrell probably had a 50-50 chance of making the Leinster game. He missed last Saturday's Aviva Premiership victory over Harlequins.
But the fly-half, who was last season's Champions Cup top points-scorer, is set to start in Dublin, with his fellow England international Alex Lozowski on the replacements' bench.
Lock George Kruis, who also sat out the Quins game, has recovered from a back injury to partner Maro Itoje in the second-row, while prop Mako Vunipola returns to the starting XV and captain Brad Barritt features despite having surgery on a fractured cheekbone in midweek.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Brad Barritt (c), 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Richard Wigglesworth; 1 Mako Vunipola, 2 Jamie George, 3 Juan Figallo, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 George Kruis, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 7 Schalk Burger, Jackson Wray
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Chris Wyles
