Goode closed the gap to five points with two successful penalties and, with Saracens boosted by the yellow card to Leinster's Richard Strauss, they sensed they could salvage something in the final 10 minutes.

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He insists that he is fully aware of the need for speedy integration, and points out that he is a veteran of two other successful mergers, one of which produced Duke Energy, one of America's biggest electricity firms.

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MacLeod's two tries, along with eight out of 10 successful conversion, matched Hodgson's individual best of 26 points in a match.

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