Posts Tagged "Saracens"
Saracens players leading British and Irish Lions
By Gavin Melville, 24 May 2013Saracens have a reputation for taking waifs and strays in off the street, turning them into top-line performers, and putting them out to play on their new plastic pitch.
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Preview: final weekend of the Aviva Premiership
By Ben S, 5 May 2012This week sees the final round of the Aviva Premiership before the playoffs begin.
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Talks on England rugby asst coach role
By AFP, 31 Mar 2012Saracens confirmed on Friday that talks with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) were underway concerning the future of assistant England coach Andy Farrell.
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Eddie Jones set to leave Saracens
By AFP, 10 Feb 2009Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones will stand down as director of rugby at English club Saracens at the end of the season after just one year of a planned three-season stay, the club said on Monday.
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Looking at the opening round of the Six Nations
By James Mortimer, 5 Feb 2009Despite Wales being the obvious and deserved favourite for the title, the reality is that there is enough potential in all the teams to win the oldest championship in world rugby.
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Saracens saluted after English record defeat
By AFP, 28 Jan 2009Minor league side Coventry Saracens won praise rather than scorn from opponents Alcester after suffering an English league record defeat last weekend.
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Jones tells Johnson to go with Kiwi Jackson
By AFP, 12 Jan 2009Saracens coach Eddie Jones has urged England manager Martin Johnson to name New Zealand-born outside-half Glen Jackson in his revised squad for the Six Nations on Wednesday.
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English Premiership ponders squad and salary cap cuts
By AFP, 5 Jan 2009The luring of Super 14 rugby players to the English Premiership could be on the decline if plans to reduce the size of a club’s squad and salary cap come into force.
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Jones riles McGeechan as he ponders Cipriani bid
By AFP, 22 Dec 2008Saracens coach Eddie Jones angered Wasps boss Ian McGeechan after refusing to rule out an attempt to lure unsettled England outside-half Danny Cipriani away from their London rugby rivals.
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White’s presence has rubbed off on Umaga
By AFP, 18 Dec 2008South Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White’s short stay as consultant to French championship strugglers Toulon has had a beneficial impact on coach Tana Umaga, claimed the club president on Tuesday.
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Former Wallaby boss Jones slams ‘crazy’ England
By AFP, 3 Dec 2008Former Australia coach Eddie Jones has blasted English rugby’s “crazy” set-up, saying the national side faces “problems across the board” after a trio of heavy losses to the Tri-Nations.
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Islanders set to test England
By Julian Guyen, 6 Nov 2008The Pacific Islanders side for Saturday’s Test at Twickenham may be well-known to their hosts but that still leaves Martin Johnson’s revamped England team with the problem of stopping some of the best attacking players in the English Premiership.
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Johnson hands Borthwick England captaincy
By Julian Guyen, 29 Oct 2008Saracens Steve Borthwick has been chosen as the new captain of the England rugby union team, manager Martin Johnson announced today.
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Discrepancies in ELVs will confuse the players
By James Mortimer, 18 Oct 2008On Wednesday, the powers that run our game in the South – the SANZAR ‘alliance’ – failed to agree on how the official changes that see six teams qualify for the finals will be contested. There is also confusion as to whether next year’s series will be run under the hybrid ELVs or the global [...]
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Mallett names squad for autumn Tests
By AFP, 8 Oct 2008Italy coach Nick Mallett today announced a 30-man squad for the November Tests at home to Australia, Argentina and the Pacific Islands.
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Care helps Harlequins maintain impressive start
By AFP, 14 Sep 2008England scrum-half Danny Care helped Harlequins extend their impressive start to the Premiership campaign in his side’s 31-13 victory over Bristol on Saturday.
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A form guide to the Guinness premiership
By The Crowd, 7 Sep 2008Although this is a Southern Hemisphere website, I thought a few contributors might be interested in a brief analysis of the Guinness Premiership teams ahead of the new season.
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Jones relishing Premiership test
By Steve Griffiths, 5 Sep 2008Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones says the English Premiership will pose one of the biggest challenges of his illustrious career.
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Williams chapter finally closed
By Steve Jancetic, 19 Aug 2008The Sonny Bill Williams saga came to a predictable, yet tortured, end yesterday with the Bulldogs accepting a $750,000 cash settlement in return for the release of their former No.1 star. More league The Eels tame West Tigers Wallace has to pick it up against Prince
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Force continue winning ways on UK tour
By Justin Chadwick, 14 Aug 2008Western Force have continued their winning rugby ways in the UK, notching a resounding 36-17 victory over Saracens Academy at Old Albanians overnight.
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