Owen Farrell received the plaudits from boss Mark McCall after he kicked Saracens into the Aviva Premiership final.
Saracens boss hails teenager's temperament
Owen Farrell received the plaudits from boss Mark McCall after the teenager kicked Saracens into a second successive Aviva Premiership final at Gloucester's expense.
The 19-year-old kicked four penalties from eight attempts in blustery conditions at Vicarage Road to set up a showdown with Leicester.
He landed the decisive kick in the 12-10 win after Gloucester had snatched a late lead to earn Saracens' a 12th consecutive victory.
They will now get the chance to exact revenge on the Tigers, who beat them in dramatic circumstances in the final last season, at Twickenham on May 28.
Saracens director of rugby McCall said: "It says everything about Owen Farrell that he missed a couple of kicks at goal and he is the guy who wants to put his hand up to kick the winning penalty.
"He has been incredible for us over a six-month period. He has guided the team to this run of victories we have had and he did that again today."
Nervy affair
In a nervy affair, Saracens' defensive performance was led by another lung-bursting contribution from Namibian flanker Jacques Burger.
McCall added: "We felt we were in control in the first half but it wasn't evident on the scoreboard. We left some chances out there. It was tight and nervy.
"Jacques embodies everything we are about in terms of physicality, work rate and discipline. I thought he was extraordinary today, especially in those last 15 minutes. I don't know how many tackles he made but it was a lot."
Nicky Robinson's breakaway try for the Cherry and Whites came when Saracens were down to 14 men following a controversial decision from touch-judge Peter Huckle that led to Steve Borthwick being sin-binned for challenging Alex Brown in the air.
McCall added: "Everybody knows the touch-judge made a big error (over Borthwick).
"We expect better at this level in these kind of games, it could have been a match-changing error for us to go down to 14 men with 16 minutes to go.
"They scored their try and it could have been match-changing. I am pleased our boys had the resolve to come back and seal the victory."
Redpath proud
Gloucester boss Bryan Redpath never felt confident his side would be able to close out the victory after Robinson's try.
But he was proud of what they had achieved this year in reaching the semi-finals of the league after already winning the LV= Cup.
"We didn't perform very well and I was never relaxed about it at the end," said Redpath.
"That is what pressure is, that is what top-flight rugby is. We just weren't good enough in certain parts today. We will have to take it on the chin.
"In 12 months they have come from a position where people wouldn't even have given them a sniff in the top six, to finish in third and come to Saracens and not let them score."
