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Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell believes that his side have come on in ‘leaps and bounds’ since the last time they met and is ready for their Heineken Cup semi-final clash with Toulon.   Last year, Saracens went out of the Heineken Cup to Clermont Auvergne but is looking forward to the challenge against Toulon.

He would have started his obsessive preparations for the visit of France to Twickenham in six days’ time by now, analysing and planning in his inimitable fashion, but instead Jonny Wilkinson basks in the Core d’Azur sunshine knowing that while his international time is over all eyes have switched to the current man in the...

By Ian Stafford

England's Owen Farrell is on the four-man shortlist for the International Rugby Board's player of the year.   The nomination may come as a surprise to some as Farrell has made just nine appearances for England, the first of which came in February this year.   The Saracens fly-half, 21[http://www. bbc. co.

The reaction to the first fortnight of competition under Stuart Lancaster’s has been typically, and ever so disappointingly, English. Despite the fact that the Six Nations champions have won their first two matches, and are consequently on course for a successful defence of their title, little praise has been uttered.

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