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Minutes later and Wigglesworth went a step beyond borderline as he laid a shoulder into 32-year-old's head after he got a pass away. The big screen replays had the home crowd wailing but referee Jerome Garces opted not to ask the television match official to review the footage.
Following Leinster's 30-19 victory, head coach Leo Cullen accused the Saracens players of "aggressively targeting" his outhalf. Cullen said he would review the footage himself but noted that Sexton had been hit late 'a few times'.
Saracens' director of rugby Mark McCall was next in the press conference room. We asked if it was not natural to go after Sexton, even if it was a little over-zealous at times. He responded:
"There certainly wasn't any plan to do that. We wanted to make him make his decisions early. "We wanted him to pass a little bit sooner than he wanted to, to kick a little bit earlier. But apart from that, there was no other plan."Everyone watching the game, at the ground and on TV, would have told you Saracens had a clear plan to leave some shoulders and elbows in on Sexton. It was as clear as day. It is a tactic that makes perfect sense. The only disappointing aspect is that Kruis and Wigglesworth pushed it a bit too much. In the media room, following the post-match briefings, an English journalist derisively referred to Cullen's legitimate complaints as 'Leinster bleating'. Not so. He was merely stating facts. The other facts are that Sexton had another top game, kicked 13 points, and that Leinster have marched triumphantly on.
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