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Force fall to Saracens on UK tour

16/08/2008 06:11:18 PM Comments (0)

Western Force coach John Mitchell was left to rue three wasted try-scoring chances as his Super 14 outfit fell 19-10 to Saracens at Old Albanians.

Saracens crossed for three tries to one to hand the West Australians their first loss of the UK development tour.

New recruit Caleb Brown was the only player to pierce the Saracens defensive line, capitalising on a Dane Haylett-Petty break to cross for his second tour try shortly after halftime.

Utility back James O'Connor added the extras but managed just one from three penalty attempts.

Saracens debutant Michael Owen, Adam Powell and Rod Penney were the try scorers for the home team.

"We were good enough to win it, but we made some poor choices at times," Mitchell said.

"We blew at least three decent try-scoring opportunities and missed a couple of key shots at goal which would have given us a handy buffer.

"Those are the chances you have to take to win these tight matches and we failed to make the most of them."

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