Saracens will take on French powerhouses Toulouse on Sunday fresh from a blunt review of their “incredibly disappointing” loss to Leicester, with director of rugby Mark McCall challenging his side to “do their talking on the pitch”.
Saracens suffered a serious setback in their pursuit of a top-four Prem finish, conceding four first-half tries en route to a 36-28 defeat at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Sunday.
“When, emotionally, you’re not ready for a big game – which we clearly weren’t – it’s hugely frustrating and disappointing,” said McCall.
“In the end that falls on me, and we’ve got to do something about it.
“I don’t want to tell you guys what’s happened over the last 24, 36 hours, but rest assured that we’ve called a spade a spade and we’ve been honest with everybody and everyone’s been honest with us.
“We’ve confronted what was wrong. There’s not much to say really, so we’ve just got to go and do. It’s time to do our talking on the field.”
Toulouse, who have won the Champions Cup a record six times, rested most of their stars for their most recent league match, with the likes of Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack, Anthony Jelonch and Jack Willis all set to feature at a sold-out StoneX Stadium.
