Sarries target Euro double

Published: Friday, 11. November, 2011 in category Heineken Cup

Saracens, the reigning English champions, will have their sights on European Cup domination when they host Italian outfit, Benetton Treviso, at Vicarage Road on Sunday.

The North Londoners, who returned to European Cup action for the first time in three years last season, are in second place in the English Premiership and will be determined not to become the next big English scalp for the Italians.

Treviso have a decent track record against English side having beaten Harlequins, London Wasps and Bath in Europe, but they have lost their last 10 games away from home in the tournament.

Saracens and Treviso have met twice before in the European Cup back in 2006, with the English side winning both Pool games back then.

Teams:

Saracens: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 David Strettle, 13 Owen Farrell, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 James Short, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Andy Saull, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 Steve Borthwick, 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 John Smit, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 George Kruis, 20 Justin Melck, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Adam Powell, 23 Alex Goode.

Treviso: 15 Ludovico Nitoglia, 14 Benjamin de Jager, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Brendan Williams, 10 Willem de Waal, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Benjamin Vermaak, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Diego Vidal, 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 18 Pedro di Santo, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Gonzalo PadrĂ², 21 Manoa Vosawai, 22 Kristopher Burton, 23 Tobias Botes.

Date: Sunday, November 13
Venue: Vicarage Road, London
Kick-off: 15.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)