Sarries v LI head to head

By Jason Harris
September 12 2002

Saracens go into Sunday's Zurich Premiership clash at London Irish with the better historical stats. But it is Irish that have had the better of the more recent exchanges, like the record 55-13 hammering of the Men in Black at Vicarage Road Last season.

London Irish vs Saracens
Sun 15 Sep at Madejski Stadium - KO 15:00

Summary of meetings between the teams in the Premiership
Played 14
London Irish Won 5 35.7%
Saracens Won 9 64.3%
Drawn 0 0%
Biggest Win for London Irish 55 - 13 22 Nov 2001
Biggest Win for Saracens 45 - 0 30 Apr 1997

London Irish top try scorer vs
Saracens Paul Sackey 3 tries

London Irish top points scorer vs
Saracens Jarrod Cunningham 63 points

Saracens top try scorer vs London
Irish Richard Wallace 4 tries

Saracens top points scorer vs London
Irish Gavin Johnson 52 points

Previous Meetings
Date Teams Result Venue
23 Dec 2001 London Irish vs Saracens 30 - 23 Madejski Stadium

Lost that due to a clown for a referee. Nice dummy penalty goal by Jannie, though!


22 Nov 2001 London Irish vs Saracens 55 - 13 Vicarage Road

Moving swiftly on to......

11 Mar 2001 London Irish vs Saracens 22 - 35 Vicarage Road

Hooray! A win!


02 Sep 2000 London Irish vs Saracens 27 - 22 Madejski Stadium

Gifting Irish a 21 point lead after a quarter of an hour didn't help here. Nor did TC's chip, chase, beat the fullback and, er, fumble the ball 2m out under the posts!


29 Apr 2000 London Irish vs Saracens 27 - 41 The Stoop

Sarries qualified for the HC and it was a gorgeous, sunny day. And I came home with a fez AND a hard hat!

12 Sep 1999 London Irish vs Saracens 28 - 23 Vicarage Road

Oops. Missed that one. Thankfully.


01 May 1999 London Irish vs Saracens 21 - 26 The Avenue

I was at the North Circular's white elephant (Wembley Stadium) for the RL cup final that day. By all accounts the post-match craic was grand. We had just qualified for the HC.

13 Dec 1998 London Irish vs Saracens 26 - 40 Vicarage Road

Brr. It was a bit nippy!

03 May 1998 London Irish vs Saracens 21 - 29 Vicarage Road

Another routine win (they were in those days) for the Men in Black.


30 Dec 1997 London Irish vs Saracens 10 - 25 The Avenue

My first (and only) visit to Sunbury. Memorable for Gavin Johnson's injury at the start of the second half. GJ was carried off after pulling up RUNNING ONTO THE FIELD!!!