Saracens director of rugby Alan Gaffney praised his side's ability to win 'ugly' following their 21-16 success at Worcester.
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Saracens director of rugby Alan Gaffney praised his side's ability to win 'ugly' following their 21-16 success at Worcester on Saturday.
Worcester looked to be heading towards their first win of the Guinness Premiership season until a moment of individual magic from Richard Haughton rescued Saracens.
Haughton, making his first start at full-back since last December, scored the decisive try 10 minutes from time.
"We have won 'ugly' - which is a good habit to have," said Gaffney.
"We didn't play particularly well - which is disappointing - but to give Worcester their due, they played well enough to have got more from the game.
"We've won three from four and we're happy with where we are at. Worcester gritted it out - but so did our guys.
"But make no mistakes, this is a good win. Worcester will do well this season - not many teams will come here and win.
"Del [Richard Haughton] has played at 15 for us before, and we know he can do a job there. We expected a fair bit of high ball, and both Del and Edd Thrower dealt with it well."
Progress
Despite the result, Worcester director of rugby Mike Ruddock was pleased with his team's efforts.
"We played some really good rugby at times, and the result could have been so different," said Ruddock.
"Two lapses cost us - but other than that, we looked the better side. We showed some good defensive shape and some good offensive moments, including a fantastic try.
"But our own errors killed us. It's difficult to put your finger on why things are going against us; we always seem to be chasing games, but there was much progress from last week."
