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Recent news has only added to the major distraction, as local and offshore player signings continue to demonstrate the pitfalls of professional rugby. Signings seem to appear out of nowhere, all the while players should be focused on competition playoffs or pre-season training. In New Zealand, several players re-signed this week, while one current All […] READ MORE
The Scarlets full back will be joining five other teammates who toured New Zealand for the start of the 2017/2018 season hopping over the Welsh/English border as Lions star Liam Williams Joins Saracens. Whilst he is leaving the current Pro12 champions, Williams is Saracens’ marquee signing for the upcoming season. Yet despite his role at full back on […] READ MORE
After a season that has tested teams beyond limits ever seen before in European Rugby, it came down to Clermont Auvergne and reigning Champions Saracens to battle it out in the galleon of Murrayfield. Clermont had never won a Champions Cup title despite appearing in the final twice before. Desperate to join the ranks of […] READ MORE
Showing the sort of steely resolve and tremendous footballing abilities we have come to expect, the reigning European Champions overcame the desperate passion and additional neutrals’ support of Clermont Auvergne to ensure that Saracens are still on course for the ‘Double Double’. What an occasion it was. This was Northern Hemisphere club rugby at its […] READ MORE
With the final round of the Aviva Premiership approaching, Mark McCall does not seem preoccupied in securing a Saracens home semi-final. READ MORE
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