Saracens flanker Jacques Burger:, external Let's go to work...

Champions Cup:, external Saracens have won just two of their last eight away trips to France - but both of those victories came against Racing Metro. Omen?

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England scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth captains Saracens, with normal captain Alistair Hargreaves injured. Hargreaves is replaced by Scotland's Jim Hamilton in the second row, with Petrus du Plessis back at tight-head. Hooker Schalk Brits makes his return on the bench, alongside hugely promising lock-cum-flanker Maro Itoje.

Saracens: Goode, Ashton, Bosch, Wyles, Strettle, Hodgson, Wigglesworth, M Vunipola, George, du Plessis, Kruis, Hamilton, Wray, Burger, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Brits, Gill, Johnston, Itoje, Brown, Hankin, de Kock, Tompkins.

Racing Metro field Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton, Wales centre Jamie Roberts and Wales lock Luke Charteris. A third Wales international, Mike Phillips, is among the replacements alongside former Northampton prop Brian Mujati.

Racing Metro: Dulin, Imhoff, Chavancy, Roberts, Thomas, Sexton, Machenaud, Arous, Szarzewski, Ducalcon, Charteris, Van der Merwe, Lauret, Gerondeau, Claassen.

Replacements: Lacombe, Brugnaut, Mujati, Metz, Dubarry, Phillips, Goosen, Dumoulin.

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Owner Jack Lorenzetti has splashed out a reported £790,000 a year to bring Dan Carter to Racing Metro after the World Cup.

He has plenty of other expensive imports in his toybox already.

And in honour of the British visitors he has dusted off some of his signings from the other side of the Channel.

Time for some team news...

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Blue skies above Paris as the Saracens players take a walk on the pitch. Just under half an hour to kick-off. Can Sarries do what Bath and Northampton failed to do?

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It was a bad day for the two clubs from England in the Champions Cup on Saturday as Bath and Northampton Saints were both eliminated by Leinster and Clermont Auvergne respectively.

It was particularly painful for Northampton who suffered a 37-5 thumping in France. At least one Saints player was able to retain a sense of humour despite the result.

Northampton flanker Tom Wood tweeted:, external Thanks to Clermont for inviting us to their open training session today. We've left our non contact bibs in the changing rooms.

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And given how Clermont Auvergne, second in the Top 14, eviscerated Northampton, top of the Premiership, yesterday, we are asking would a rise in the salary cap be a good thing for English top-flight rugby?

Or are we better keeping things on a more even footing?

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BBC Radio 5 live

Want to listen to full commentary from today's two quarter-finals? Not a problem. The BBC has commentary teams in position at both ties in France.

Listen to Racing Metro against Saracens on BBC Radio 5 live from 12:45 BST, while Toulon against Wasps (15:15 BST) is on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire. Just click the 'Live Coverage' tab above.

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Saracens have been inching incrementally closer to European club rugby's biggest prize over the past four campaigns.

If they are going to make the last four in 2015 though, never mind finally lift the trophy, they are going to have to buck a losing trend for English teams.

After Northampton and Bath both came to grief away in their European Champions Cup quarter-finals yesterday, Sarries head to Paris to face big-spending Racing Metro.

Kick-off is just 40 minutes away.

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Group stages in 2010-11.

Quarter-finals in 2011-12.

Semi-finals in 2012-13.

Runners-up in 2013-14.

Winners in 2014-15?