Saracens director of rugby Brendan Venter praised referee Tim Wigglesworth following his side's 30-19 win against Sale.
Jones hoping beaten Sharks can learn from Sarries
Saracens director of rugby Brendan Venter praised referee Tim Wigglesworth following his side's 30-19 win against Sale.
Venter has been critical of several refereeing displays earlier this season, but after the crucial win at Edgeley Park, he said: "The referees have made a big difference to what's happening out there today.
"The game had a lot of flow to it and I think it must have been a good game for people to watch, a beautiful evening in Manchester and a lot of good running rugby."
As for his side's performance, Venter added: "We played some good rugby in the first half but didn't get the rewards and missed a couple of kicks at goal, but really stepped it up in the second half and I thought we were really good in the second half," Venter added.
Sale director of rugby Kingsley Jones said: "When you play against a side as good as Saracens are - a squad I should say - losing their half-backs and bringing on probably better half-backs is a measure of where Saracens are.
Quality
"I thought for 40 minutes we were good, we were good in patches in the second half, but against a side of that quality you cannot make a mistake at that high level.
"We made three or four mistakes. We switched off for a couple of minutes, they scored tries or scored penalties."
Jones hopes his side can learn from Saracens before next Saturday's trip to Bath.
"Saracens are an excellent side and tonight we found a good side very clinical, took their chances, executed their second-half game plan particularly well and we've got to take that on the chin."
