Saracens

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Full Name: Saracens Football Club
Union: Rugby Football Union
Founded: 1876
Nickname: Sarries
Location: Watford, England
Ground: Vicarage Road - Capacity: 19,920
Chairman: Nigel Wray
Captain: Ritchie McCaw
Vice-Captains: Kelly Brown and Charlie Hodgson.

Head Coach: Mark McCall
First Team and Backs Coach: Thomas Castagneide
Forwards Coach: Alex Sanderson
Defence and Forwards Coach: Paul Gustard
Backs skills and Attack Coach- Thomas Castaignede
Academy Coach: Mosese Rauluni
Academy Coach: Kevin Sorrell
Assistant Scrum Coach - Carlos Nieto



Competitions: Aviva Premiership, Amlin Cup, Anglo Welsh Cup.


Current Budget £20 million  




The Squad (42/45):

The red are injured.
Not for sale (except in exceptional deals- for genuinely world class players, anyone is available) denoted by *

Forwards:

Front Row:

Mako Vunipola(LH)* (ENG) age 22 INT (LIONS)
Matt Mullan(LH/HK) (ENG) * age 26 INT
Alasdair Dickinson (LH) (SCO) age 29 (ex-INT)
Jared Saunders (LH) 22 years old ENG


Schalk Brits (HK) (RSA) * age 32 (capped)
Rob Buchanan (HK) (ENG) age 22 (TOURING)
Rob Hawkins (HK) (ENG)  age 30


Petrus du Plessis (TH) (ENG) age 29
Shaun Knight (TH) (ENG) age 23
Davit Zirakashvili (TH) (GEO) age 29 INT
Ben Tameifuna (TH/HK) 22 years old, NZ


Kieran Brookes (TH/LH) 22 years old ENG

Lock:
Donnacha Ryan (LK/6) (IRE) INT *  age 29
James Hudson (ENG) age 31
Bakkies Botha (SA) age 33 (ex-INT)
George Skivington (ENG) age 30

Lock/Backrow:

Mamuka Gorgodze (GEO) age 28 INT

Back Row:
Richie McCaw (OS, can play 6 or 8) (NZ) age  32 INT **
Kelly Brown (BS/N8/OS) (SCO) age 30 INT *
Jonathan Poff (OS) (NZ) age 29
Will Fraser (OS/BS) (ENG) age 23
Guy Thompson (BR utility) 26 years old ENG
Blair Cowan (8/Flanker) 27 years old, NZ

Backs:

Scrum Half:
Morgan Parra (FRA) * - can play 10, age 24 INT
Luke Baldwin 22 years old ENG
Danny Care (ENG) age 26 INT

Fly Half:
Charlie Hodgson (ENG) * age 32 (ex-INT)
Beauden Barrett - NZ, INT age 22 from 27th May (also plays FB)

Centre:
Anthony Allen- IC/OC (ENG) * CAPPED age 26
Adam Powell- IC/OC (ENG) age 26 can play SH (reputedly)
Joel Tomkins- OC (ENG) age 25
Conrad Smith (NZ) ** age 31 INT
Tom Casson IC (ENG) age 23

Centre- wing
Vereniki Goneva- OC/WG (FIJ) INT age 29
Duncan Taylor (WG/13)  age 23 ENG

Back Three:
Tom Varndell (WG) (ENG) age 27 (Capped)
Leigh Halfpenny(FB/WG) (WAL) age 24 INT* (LIONS x2)
Tom Williams - ENG, (WG/FB) age 29
Simon Zebo (WG/FB) age 22 IRE (LION) INT
Tom Arscott (FB) age 29 ENG
Marcus Watson (WG/FB) 22 years old ENG (ENG 7s)

Utility Back:

Chris Wyles (FB/WG/CE) (USA)  INT, 29 *

The Academy (13/20):

Harry Allen (HK) 21 years old ENG
Max Crumpton (HK) 19 years old ENG
Biyi Alo (TH) 19 years old ENG
Tom Jubb (LK) 20 years old ENG
Maro Itoje (LK/6) 18 years old ENG
Matt Hankin (FL) 20 years old ENG
Billy Vunipola (8) 20 years old ENG (TOURING)
Ben Spencer (SH) 21 years old ENG  ON LOAN TO WASPS
Jordan Burns (SH) 19 years old ENG
Nic Frisby (SH) 20 years old, AUS
Sam Stanley (FH/12) 21 years old ENG
Harry Leonard (FH/12) 21 years old ENG
Nathan Earle (FB/WG) 18 years old, ENG

Approximate first XV, allowing for per match variation


15- Leigh Halfpenny
14- Simon Zebo
13 - Conrad Smith
12- Anthony Allen
11- Tom Varndell
10- Charlie Hodgson
9- Morgan Parra
8- Billy Vunipola
7- Richie McCaw
6- Kelly Brown
5- Bakkies Botha
4- Donnacha Ryan
3- Ben Tameifuina
2- Schalk Brits
1- Mako Vunipola

16- Matt Mullan, 17- Rob Buchanan, 18- Sekope Kepu, 19- Mamuka Gorgodze, 20- Will Fraser, 21- Danny Care, 22- Beauden Barrett, 23- Tom Williams

Whitehead/Paice + Hala'ufia
=
Smit + Joubert/Wray

Mathie and Emerson
for
Wigglesworth

Could do Cowan-Dickie for Ben Spencer mate.

what for fasavalu mate?

how much cash with fitzpatrick?

Fasa?

No mate

Sorry mate these players are young EQ and on fringes of England team, couldn't do players like that for a 32yo Samoan

Newby, Cronje, Smith, Murphy?

Deal on 5m

6m stick on confirms

Fasa - 6.5 mill

7m

Happy with 7m mate?

I'll take 7m. I'll put it on domestics

Hi mate, yeh i'd just started my job then so couldn't commit as much time.

Cheers for the welcome back.

Anything including Smit, Borths, Joubert or Monye?

Could add Clark, or make a bigger deal including others if you fancy it?

Smit and Ransom can we do something for them?

Need Mullen involved

I rate Care mate, hence me offering for him

Who you got available?

Not sure about Heath, don't think Hougaard would fit into my team too well. So probs would need Hodge? You've been offering Smit anyway, musn't want him that much

Quite an offer, hypothetically however think it would struggle as I'd be losing a future star for someone who will be away no doubt some of the year.

Erm hypothetically however, would be Thompstone.

I'm interested in Wigglesworth. Not sure what to offer though. Any thoughts?

Are there any other players apart from Thomas that i could include in a deal for wigglesworth?

I'm in for Wiggles anything for him?

Brookes Ransom - deal

Anything for Parra? Willing to go big.

what for skivington, monye, burger?
can include halfpenny.

Monye and Skivington and Burger

Fitzpatrick, Halfpenny and 4m I would do.

go on then mate, 6m is fair. deal.

Wiggles + Mullen

Care + Stanks

?

I like Botha mate but Launchbury gives me options and I don't want to sell him

Slater/Botha on top?

No probs fella

I would need a gain elsewhere for Nev as Hodgson is good but not quite as as good an all rounder. Make an offer mate

I can't see smit as a gain mate, an ageing journeyman.

Still don't see Joubert as a gain mate.

Yes mate - 8 mil. interest you?

You have recieved a cash injection

Brits = 20 mil?

Evans would take Hodge and some. The others are good to go too, got my eyes on Kruis, Skivs, Brown, Wray and Spencer

Need to be a big one for Daly.

Brits + Goode

for

Grey + Daly

Worth a punt lol

What you offering for him?

Daly, Buchanan, Matthews

For

Botha , Smit, Wiggles

I'd do that.

Think Charlie Matthews will be a star as well.

Allen + Parra
=
Simpson + Bowden

Give your back line a bit of zip and have a nice balance with Bowden/Smith in midfield?

Hodgson + Joubert

for

Farrell + Kvesic


just a enquiry at minute

I'm really after Hodgson as i lack a attack minded 10 to really get my backs going.

Fair enough even though a fair few reckon Kvesic will end up at 8.