Alex Goode’s nerveless penalty in added time saw Saracens edge Exeter to maintain their winning start to the Premiership season.
The fullback’s talents were required after Saracens star Owen Farrell stupidly got himself yellow carded for a trip on England teammate Jack Nowell.
One fan wrote: “Well at least it was around the legs…”
Farrell was sin-binned before limping off in the second-half after clashing with Chiefs man Joe Simmonds.
The scores were level at half-time as Theo McFarland crossed for the visitors and Exeter earned a penalty try.
However, Henry Slade’s 76th-minute penalty looked to have won it for Chiefs before Goode coolly slotted the winner.
Owen Farrell yellow card:
12 things you didn’t know about Owen Farrell:
1. He started off in Rugby League
His education began in rugby league – he joined Wigan St Patricks at the age of eight.
2. School days
It’s well known that the Saracens star went to school with England teammate George Ford, however, it’s less well known that he went onto study Business at Hertfordshire University.
3. Celebration
Farrell celebrates every point he scores by linking his index fingers together to make a ‘JJ’ sign, the Joining Jack salute, Joining Jack being a charity dedicated to the needs of sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.[ Farrell is also a patron for Duchenne muscular dystrophy charity Duchenne UK.
