Heartbreak for Connacht against Saracens

Updated: Friday, 11 Oct 2013 22:36 | Comments Kieran Marmion scores Connacht's opening try Aviva Premiership leaders Saracens were made to fight tooth and nail for a 23-17 opening win in the Heineken Cup, needing a late Owen Farrell penalty to edge past a hugely determined Connacht side. A brace of penalties from Farrell were the only scores of a defence-dominated second half at the Sportsground, as massive outsiders Connacht - inspired by man of the match Kieran Marmion - stayed in the hunt for a shock victory. They almost got it right at the death as bodies piled in close to the Sarries line, but replacements Aly Muldowney and Paul O'Donohoe were held up short and the relieved visitors got out of