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Owen Farrell locks onto his target and splits the sticks from a slight angle and not much distance.

Jamie George picks out George Kruis with his first line-out dart up on the Racing 22m.

Saracens' rolling maul is checked by Luke Charteris's long arms, but Eddy Ben Arous strays the wrong side and Owen Farrell has another very makeable kick...

Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live

"Jamie George, what a difference that change has made for Saracens in the scrum. You got the feeling that until now they were on the back foot."

Both might only be temporary.

Maxime Machenaud is off for a head injury assessment, allowing Mike Phillips to stretch his legs at nine for Racing.

Schalk Brits has also got a knock and Jamie George is released off the Saracens bench.

Saracens would be wise to follow Matt Dawson's advice.

Johan Goosen has landed the longest kick in the competition this season from 55m and that penalty was from the same sort of distance.

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Alex Goode with a lovely little show and go. That buys another 10 metres or so as he and Chris Wyles run the ball back from a scruffy Maxime Machenaud box-kick.

Slow ball.

And Owen Farrell drops back into the pocket.

His drop-goal attempt drifts well wide though.

Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live

"There is Saracens' warning shot as a team. No penalties, you have to be disciplined."

Boom!

They will have heard that one back on the Veld.

A mighty wallop off the boot of South Africa international Johan Goosen and Racing are back level.

You can tell this match is going to go down to the wire, even this far out.

The rain keeps coming down. No quagmire though. The pitch is a hybrid and is holding together well.

No excuse for Petrus du Plessis then. The Saracens' prop plummets at scrum-time and the long-range field gun foot of Johan Goosen is going to take it on.

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Ex-England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live

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"There is nowhere to hide from the rain, you will see a lot of players targeting the ball to squeeze it out of possession of the opposition."

Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 live

"Saracens need to get a message on fast, just be happy to defend, they are going nowhere with the ball, it is so difficult to get the ball two or three passes out. It is terrible conditions to be having the ball."

Brice Dulin with a supreme touch-finder.

Saracens camped back on their own five-metre line. Banker ball from Schalk Brits to Maro Itoje, straight back to Owen Farrell's boot and away.

Some of Houdini's escapes were less well-practiced than that routine.

Dan Carter has had a ropey old start to the game. Another knock-on.

But Saracens also allow the pill to slip forward. Brice Dulin chips over the top and collides with opposite number Alex Goode.

Were there any arms in that attempted tackle? Not many, if any. But play goes on...

The rain has restarted.

And it is heavy. We might not see a lot more of the ball if it continues. It will be heading up a forward's jumper.

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Big Ben Tameifuna is penalised at scrum time to give Saracens a very presentable penalty.

Owen Farrell steps up, ignores the inevitable French jeers and sends it cartwheeling over the top for the first points of the final.

Owen Farrell with a dinky kick in behind Juan Imhoff, Chris Ashton has the drop on the Argentina international, but Imhoff does just enough to lever Ashton out of play with an awkward retreating running angle.

Nigel Owens has a quick look at the video, but decides that Ashton was not unduly obstructed.

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Saracens are playing this canny.

A rabid chase and a precision bomb of a kick from Richard Wigglesworth isolates Racing full-back Brice Dulin.

He's not the biggest and Sarries regain possesion.

A rumble from Maro Itoje, they are up into Racing's 22...

Saracens' scrum nosedives into the turf as Petrus du Plessis loses his footing.

Nigel Owens points skywards, Maxime Machenaud steps up, but the scrum-half screws his kick right from a good position midway between 22 and half way in the Saracens half.

Carter, who aggravated a knee injury in the semi-final win over Leicester, has not been kicking for that reason.

Frustrating for Racing, having the leading points scorer in the history of Test rugby and not being able to use him off the tee.

One for your Eye-Spy guide.

Dan Carter bullets a pass onto the toes of centre Johan Goosen from clean-as-a-whistle first-phase ball to hand possession back to Sarries.

Never rated the lad.

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Dan Carter lumps a rather aimless kick downfield. Alex Goode collects with ease and opts to run it back rather than open up a game of aerial ping-pong.

He makes yards, but the good work goes to waste as George Kruis gets his wires crossed and the ball goes to ground.