Jackson clinches it for Sarries

Sean Lineen's team had only themselves to blame after two moments of madness cost them the game as Saracens secured a home tie in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

The first clanger came from winger Hefin O'Hare who misjudged a speculative kick from fly half Glen Jackson.

As he tried to usher the ball over the dead-ball line, Saracens winger Richard Haughton showed great opportunism to dive on the loose ball for the game's first try after four minutes.

The second rush of blood came when Johnny Beattie's pass was intercepted superbly by Jackson who strolled in for Saracens second try to put them in control.

Glasgow had to secure a bonus point win to make it into the quarter-finals and for that to happen they had to score four tries, but they never came close.

Dan Parks' penalty kicking and Bernardo Stortoni's solitary secondhalf effort — when Kevin Tkachuk and Thom Evans combined slickly to create the space and time for the Argentine to finish in style — was all they had to show for a spirited display.

But Glasgow had no answer to the elegant Jackson who controlled the game for long periods in front of a club record crowd of 5,213.

Indeed, Saracens always looked in control but they also showed ineptitude of their own in front of the line.

Their main culprit was Brent Russell who fumbled the ball only a few yards from the Glasgow try line in the closing stages with nobody near him. If the visitors had taken that chance they would have saved themselves a nervous last few minutes.

Saracens skipper Neil De Kock said: The quarter-finals were always our aim and now we can think about going even further with a home tie.'

In the other Pool Four game last night, Biarritz ensured hapless Viadana remained winless as they ran out 25-16 winners at the Parc des Sports Aguilera.

USA winger Takudzwa Ngwenya ran in two of the h o s t s ' f o u r t r i e s , w i t h Jacques Cronje and Manuel Carizza adding the other touchdowns and Marcelo Bosch kicking one conversion and a penalty.

Calvin Howarth was the star for the Italians, scoring one converted try and landing three conversions.