Leinster endured a miserable first half at the Aviva Stadium. People spoke about what it meant to them and there was talk about going out on a high.

‘There is a lot of experience in that team. The success against Leinster was built on defence.

Take Maro Itoje, for example, who went from an academy prospect to a Test Lion in the space of two years.

There are also a few new lads who hadn’t experienced those highs, so we owed it to them to show what it is all about.”.

Caelan Doris, 7. Leinster’s sloppy start didn’t bode well as Jack Conan spilled the kick-off forward and then Porter was pinged for not rolling away from a tackle, allowing Goode to strike the first blow on the scoreboard in just the third minute.

Meanwhile, Saracens march into a semi-final away to the winners of the Clermont v Racing 92 quarter-final and they will very much be targetting their fourth title.

A period of sustained attacks came for the Irish province as they tried to grab the game’s opening try.

With the suspended Owen Farrell missing, regular fullback Goode stepped into the number 10 shirt and scored 19 points, while the Saracens pack was devastatingly good at scrum time as Springbok tighthead Vincent Koch led a relentless dominance of the Leinster front row.

Next weekend will be no laughing matter.

The most recent European triumph arrived against Leinster last year after a pulsating encounter at St James’ Park in Newcastle.

There was a story doing the rounds a few years ago about one of the heavyweight French teams touching down in London ahead of a European clash with Saracens. Scorers – Try: Goode (37), Con: Goode (39). Having lost to the English side in last season’s Champions Cup final, Leo Cullen’s men again failed to find the formula to outfox or outpunch this much-depleted but mightily resilient Sarries side. Likewise, Farrell, George and the brothers Vunipola. Boards.ie | Alex Goode scores Saracens’ only try against Leinster as teammates (from left) Sean Maitland, Elliot Daly and Richard Wigglesworth celebrate. Leinster crossed for the second half’s first points to bring them within 12.

The Irish province’s 25-game winning streak came shuddering to a halt on home soil and the most frustrating thing of all is that defeats to Saracens bookend it. They will now face Racing in Paris next Saturday.

Will Connors (Josh van der Flier, 53), 8. Replacements: Tom Woolstencroft, Alec Clarey, Manu Vunipola, Dom Morris.

Leinster hit back through Andrew Porter and Jordan Larmour but a fourth Goode penalty at the death confirmed Sarries’ progression to the semi-finals. Sexton’s extras made it 17-22 with just over 15 minutes to go and Leinster’s sense of having the edge was palpable as their superior bench started to make an impact.

Sum their performance up in 3 words ?? The English side, who are determined to retain their European title before heading into the Championship for 2020/21, suffocated Leinster with their defence for long stretches of the game, more than matched the Irish side’s power, pressured them with accurate box-kicking, and scored a brilliant try through the superb Alex Goode. Maro Itoje, 5. SARACENS: 15.

Mako Vunipola (Richard Barrington, 69, 2. Johnny Sexton is expected to return to the starting XV for Leinster, while Leo Cullen will likely be able to call on Dan Leavy and Tadgh Furlong.

Then came a further power surge. ‘I would put Billy Vunipola in that category.

Jackson Wray (Tom Woolstencroft, 80), 8. Penalties: Alex Goode [4 from 5], Elliot Daly [2 from 3]. The club was found guilty of breaching the salary cap over the past three seasons. It didn’t happen, a howitzer of a Saracens quarter-final performance – first-half acceleration followed by second-half stubbornness – resulting in the defending champions striding forward into the semi-final on the back of a thoroughly deserved 25-17 win.

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