Heineken Cup semi-final: Saracens 12-24 Toulon
 

Jonny Wilkinson booted seven penalties and a drop-goal to steer Toulon past Saracens into an all-French Heineken Cup final against Clermont Auvergne.

The ex-England fly-half landed four first-half kicks to three from current Test incumbent Owen Farrell.

Three more followed from Wilkinson and a late drop-goal clinched victory.

Saracens wasted two try-scoring chances with botched passes from Farrell and Joel Tomkins but were overpowered by Toulon's expensively assembled side.

More to follow.

Saracens: Alex Goode, Chris Ashton, Joel Tomkins, Brad Barritt, David Strettle, Owen Farrell, Richard Wigglesworth; Mako Vunipola, Schalk Brits, Matt Stevens, Steve Borthwick, Alistair Hargreaves, Jackson Wray, Kelly Brown, Ernst Joubert.

Replacements: John Smit (for Brits, 64), Rhys Gill (for Vunipola, blood, 7-13, 68), Carlos Nieto (for Stevens, 68), Mouritz Botha (for Hargreaves, 68), George Kruis (for Joubert, 49), Neil de Kock (for Wigglesworth, 50), Charlie Hodgson (for Barritt, 53), Chris Wyles (for Strettle, 45)

Toulon: Delon Armitage, Rudi Wulf, Mathieu Bastareaud, Matt Giteau, Alexis Palisson, Jonny Wilkinson, Sébastien Tillous-Borde; Andrew Sheridan, Sebastien Bruno, Carl Hayman, Bakkies Botha, Nick Kennedy, Danie Rossouw, Juan Fernandez Lobbe, Chris Masoe.

Replacements: Jean-Charles Orioli (for Bruno, 51), Gethin Jenkins (for Sheridan, 62), Davit Kubriashvili, Joe van Niekerk (for Masoe, 71), Steffon Armitage (for Rossouw, 65), Maxime Mermoz, Nicolas Durand, Jocelino Suta (for Kennedy, 57).

 

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