Edward Munro-Martin

Edward Munro-Martin

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McCall: I don’t care if we’re boring
Aviva Premiership

McCall: I don’t care if we’re boring

On Wednesday evening, Saracens’ Director of Rugby, Mark McCall issued a message to the critics of the way in which his side plays. That message was loud and clear- “We don’t care.” After Wasps became the latest side to lose against the current league champions, Dai Young said that Saracens’ style of play was “boring”. […]

Kieran Low loaned to Saracens
Aviva Premiership

Kieran Low loaned to Saracens

Saracens have signed Scottish international lock, Kieran Low, on loan for the rest of the season from Glasgow Warriors. The 24-year-old is 6’6″, weighs 17st 9lb and has made 5 appearances for his adopted home nation after being born in Chichester, in the south of England, and representing his country of birth at age group […]

Peel joins England as Eddie Jones continues recruitment
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Peel joins England as Eddie Jones continues recruitment

Ian Peel has been promoted to the role of scrum coach ahead of England’s RBS Six Nations campaign whilst also joining the Saracens’ backroom staff on a permanent basis. One of England’s biggest problems during their recent failure at the Rugby World Cup in which they made history by becoming the first host nation not […]

Wasps v Saracens: A tale of two halves
Aviva Premiership

Wasps v Saracens: A tale of two halves

Saracens go into the new year as the only unbeaten team in Europe as they dispatched Wasps 16-26 in Round 7 of the Aviva Premiership. They are now unbeaten in 11 games this season and 14 competitive matches on the bounce,  they were last defeated in Round 21 of last season against Exeter Chiefs at […]

Saracens continue unbeaten run after win at Oyonnax
Match Day

Saracens continue unbeaten run after win at Oyonnax

Saracens are now all-but qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions Cup as they have now won four from four in their Pool matches so far. This 55-13 win against Oyonnax also saw them get their third bonus point which sees them sit top of Pool 1 with 19 points and 10 points clear […]

Saracens hope to continue win streak in Europe
Saracens

Saracens hope to continue win streak in Europe

Saracens remain the only unbeaten team so far this season and will be hoping to still be able to say that after tomorrow afternoon when they play the reverse fixture against Oyonnax at home after a very comfortable bonus point win at the Stade Charles-Mathon. A match full of free flowing attack and offloading that […]

Costs stacking up for RFU as staff sacking fees are revealed
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Costs stacking up for RFU as staff sacking fees are revealed

Today the costs of paying of the previous England coaches has been revealed and it isn’t small. Together Lancaster, Rowntree, Catt and Farrell cost in excess of £1 million to leave their posts. This is mainly due to the fact that they were all given 6 year contracts only 14 months ago and are therefore […]

Bristol block Borthwick’s exit
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Bristol block Borthwick’s exit

Earlier today, the RFU released a statement saying that Steve Borthwick would be joining their backroom staff alongside his former Coach and colleague Eddie Jones. It was understood that the former England captain, who had been awarded 51 caps, had handed in his resignation today and that he would be joining the England Rugby staff […]

Armitage open to England recall
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Armitage open to England recall

Steffon Armitage has been one of the standout players in Europe for a number of years now, but due to England’s policy on not selecting players from overseas, he has not been considered for playing in an England shirt. This has caused huge upset against many fans because they know how much of a talent […]

Eddie Jones begins changes with coaching cull
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Eddie Jones begins changes with coaching cull

Today it was officially announced that Eddie Jones, the new England Coach, had started to make his impact on the international team after two weeks of settling in. After trouble entering the country due to embarrassing issues with his visa, Jones has spent the past two weeks talking to the current captain Chris Robshaw, the […]

Saracens still unbeaten after bonus point against Oyonnax
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Saracens still unbeaten after bonus point against Oyonnax

Saracens could hardly have had a better start to the season as they have won all of their games and have scored 284 points and 31 tries so far this season, which on top of their nine victories has given them five try scoring bonus points combined domestically and in Europe. The most recent of these bonus […]

Zebo – Family is my priority
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Zebo – Family is my priority

With Simon Zebo’s contract at Munster running out next summer, the exciting 25-year-old winger is considering his options with other clubs. However, one of the things high up on his list of priorities of where he plays next season, is his family. There has been reported interest from the Top 14 with clubs such as […]