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It was a return to normal for the champions on Friday night as they went back to London with the full five point victory after a dominating performance at the home of the Premiership new boys. The game saw George Kruis make a welcome return to Saracens colours after a back injury kept him out […]
As we head into round 19 of the Aviva Premiership, Bath play hosts to league leaders Saracens. This match is a repeat of last year’s final and although Bath have found themselves in a very unfamiliar place in the table, they have still contributed well to England’s Grand Slam. Saracens, on the other hand, have […]
Here is our best XV from this weekend’s matches in the Aviva Premiership. It contains four Saracens players following their massive win over the Exeter that saw them retake their place back at the top of the table, whilst the Chiefs stepped down after one week of glory. Four Northampton Saints are included due to their impressive performances against […]
Saracens put in a stellar performance as they beat the Exeter Chiefs to regain top spot again after losing it for the first time this season last week with a loss to Leicester Tigers. Saracens Six Nations contingent all went straight back into the starting XV (except Jamie George who is recovering from a torn […]
Saracens have really struggled over the past eight weeks and it has shown on the table with losses to Wasps, Saints and Leicester have meant that the Chiefs- a side not really affected with the loss of players (aside from Moray Low and Thomas Francis)- have taken their seat at the top of the tree. […]
After a successful Rugby World Cup that ended very controversially, Scotland will be hoping to carry that good form into the RBS Six Nations this year; which they start against England at Murrayfield. Today head coach Vern Cotter announced the 35 players that had been selected for Scotland’s Six Nations campaign set to start next […]
Maro Itoje is a name on the lips of a lot of people in rugby at the moment. He is a player that has improved at a flying rate over the past few seasons and has made a lot of fans along the way. He may be young at just 21 years of age, but […]
Elliott Stooke has decided that it is time to move on to new surroundings at the end of the season as he will put an end to his time at Gloucester and move across to bitter rivals, Bath. The 22-year-old has struggled for game time recently since his breakthrough season of 2013/14 where he made 30 appearances […]
Saracens have secured a place in the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup after overcoming Ulster with a commanding 33-17 victory on Sunday. The Londoners responded well from last week’s defeat to Harlequins with a bonus point win over Les Kiss’ Ulster side and apart from an intercepted try and a wonderful McCloskey break to […]
This match holds a huge amount of significance for both sides. If Saracens win they will definitely finish top of their pool and will, therefore, qualify for the quarter-finals. If Ulster win, then there is still a chance that they can top the pool, and they will also be in a better position to pick up […]
Maro Itoje is one of seven uncapped players in Eddie Jones’ England squad and until recently, he was a nervous wreck that suffered sleepless nights before matches. Now the man who looks to be an England international for a long time is a calm, collected and more mature man than back then. Speaking to the […]
One of the surprise absentees from Eddie Jones’ first ever England EPS was Leicester Tigers’ first choice hooker, Tom Youngs. He was the first choice hooker during England’s recent World Cup failure, but that does not mean that he is now awful. He is one of the best players around the park (partly from previously […]