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title: "Saracens vs Newcastle Red Bulls Prem preview: Lineups and predictions"
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author: "Jonny Black"
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published: "2026-10-31T08:42:32Z"
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# 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