Quarter-final: Leinster 17-25 SaracensEuropean Champions Cup holders through after thrillerSaracens are not so much raging against the dying of the light as doing everything in their power to keep it aglow. Having lost 10 players during the lockdown, they were without Owen Farrell against the Pro14 champions who last tasted defeat in May last year, but his replacement Alex Goode included a try among his 19 points as the unfancied holders pulled off one of the most extraordinary victories in the history of the tournament.
Leinster had won 25 matches since losing to Saracens in the Champions Cup final in Newcastle last year, but since that day the holders have lost the likes of George Kruis, Will Skelton, Ben Earl and Ben Spencer as they cut costs for a year in the Championship. It made them light on the bench here, but their starting line-up remains indomitable and they were ruthlessly precise as they built up a 22-3 lead in the first half and defended it when the benches came into play.