Borthwick sees the two sides of Farrell

By TOM BRADSHAW

Gloucester ........................ 16pts
Tries: Thorley 16 Conversions: Carreras 17
Penalties: Carreras 36, 45, 73

Saracens ........................... 19pts
Tries: Malins 7, Van Zyl 66
Penalties: Farrell 24, 38
Drop-goal: Farrell 80
OWEN Farrell is a straight-talker. But as this testy, fractious, throbbing and ultimately controversial game proved, he remains something of an enigma despite all his seasons at the summit of the English game.
Fresh from his ball-playing heroics against Exeter, Farrell wrote three scripts on Friday night. The first was the internat...

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