Red-card Farrell set to miss Leinster

By MIKE SINCLAIR

Crunch: Owen Farrell catches Charlie Atkinson on the head

ENGLAND captain Owen Farrell looks certain to be banned from Saracens’ European Champions Cup quarter-final visit to Leinster after being sent off for a reckless high challenge on Wasps youngster Charlie Atkinson yesterday.
Chasing his own kick, Farrell caught Atkinson on the side of the head with his out-stretched left arm. And just when it looked as though his club’s horror campaign couldn’t get worse it had.
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