Saracens bid for back to back Champions Cup titles

Defending champions Saracens are bidding to complete the first half of what would be a successive European Cup and AVIVA Premiership double this evening.

They take on two-time runners up Clermont Auvergne at Murrayfield at 5pm.

Sarries director of rugby Mark McCall expecting a match that’ll go down to the wire

Meanwhile, rugby union Premiership side Gloucester missed out on the chance of silverware at Murrayfield – after losing 25-17 to Stade Francais in the European Challenge Cup final.

It means they now won’t play in the top-tier competition next season – and gives Northampton a lifeline.

Saints finished seventh in the top-flight table – and now go forward to the Champions Cup play-offs.