Saracens vs Newcastle Red Bulls Prem preview: Lineups and predictions

Home team	Saracens
Away team	Newcastle Red Bulls
Venue	StoneX Stadium
Competition	Prem
Kick-off time	3 pm (UK)
Watch Live in the UK	TNT Sports/HBO Max

Saracens vs Newcastle Red Bulls Prem preview as the sides met in round five of the competition at StoneX Stadium. 

Saracens sit on 11 points after four games with two wins from four games, while Newcastle sit on eight points after they have picked up one win from their games.

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Saracens vs Newcastle Red Bulls confirmed lineups

Saracens			Newcastle Red Bulls
Forwards
O’Driscoll		1		Rakete-Stones
Dan		2		McGuigan
Street		3		Mills
Isiekwe		4		Usher
Tizard		5		Jordan
Michelow		6		Hicks
Knight		7		Christie
Barbeary		8		Graham
Backs
James		9		Cruz
Farrell		10		Connon
Segun		11		Kok
Vaenuku		12		Rigg
Tompkins		13		Hearle
Elliott		14		Wade
Daly		15		Hodge
Replacements
George		16		Adejimi
Brantingham		17		West
Clarey		18		Moreno
Martin		19		Baker
Earl		20		Leatherbarrow
Bracken		21		Elliott
Malins		22		Henry
Caluori		23		Harris

Recent Form:

Saracens (Home team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Loss	25th October 2026	Prem	Harlequins	33-15
Loss	17th October 2026	Champions Cup	Connacht	45-36
Won	10th October 2026	Prem	Bristol Bears	30-7
Loss	4th October 2026	Prem	Sale Sharks	17-21
Won	27th September 2026	Prem	Leicester Tigers	38-40

Saracens had a strong start to the season with to strong wins from the first three in the Prem. In the last round, they lost 33-15 to Harlequins. Quins scored the first two tries of the game and left Saracens 14-0 down. Sarries hit back through Segun, but an Earl yellow card and a Burke yellow card in conceding a penalty try left them 26-5 behind. With the clock in the red, Theo Dan managed to steer Saracens over to go into the break 26-10 behind.

Quins scored the first try of the second half, and a Nick Tompkins try wasn’t enough, and the game finished 33-15.

Newcastle Red Bulls (Away team): 

Result	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Won	23rd October 2026	Prem	Sale Sharks	17-3
Loss	17th October 2026	Challenge Cup	Scarlets	47-14
Loss	11th October 2026	Prem	Exeter Chiefs	34-28
Loss	3rd October 2026	Prem	Leicester Tigers	19-24
Loss	25th September 2026	Prem	Northampton Saints	59-26

Newcastle Red Bulls won their first game of the season in difficult conditions against Sale Sharks. The game was low scoring in the first half and a George Ford penalty left the score 3-0 to Sale at the break. Christian Wade scored the first try of the game in the second half to equal Chris Ashton’s Prem try-scoring record. The Red Bulls would kick a penalty and then score once more to win the game by 14. 

Saracens vs Newcastle Red Bulls head-to-head record (last five matches):

Date	Competition	Winner	Score
30th January 2026	Prem Cup	Saracens	12-35
24th January 2026	Prem	Saracens	73-14
22nd November 2025	Prem Cuo	Saracens	43-0
26th September 2025	Prem	Saracens	17-39
10th May 2025	Prem	Saracens	75-28

Saracens have won each of the last five games against Newcastle and have score 35 or more points in each of the last four games. 

Predictions

• Saracens win
• 90+ points in the game
• Christian Wade scores to break the Premiership try-scoring record