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

I'd give you good cash for Daly, Spencer, Brookes, Vunipola, so you can get your foreign

Ok fine, 12m, deal

Daly?

T.Johnson + Mitchell + Sackey
for
Brown + Vunipola + Mitchell

Hi mate, notice that you keep mentioning Fearns at 6 is an issue and you'd prefer SOB swapped. Just wanted to know your thoughts on this.

Fearns has played all of his rugby at 6/7 for Bath to date and 7 for England on tour. Personally, I don't think that he is a proper 7 in the fetcher mould, but is a great 6.5 and Louw playing the 7 role. SOB is comfortable anywhere in the back row, but at 8, I want to use his ball carrying and link play, especially off the back of the scrum.

If you bid for Muller or Attwood, i'd be keen on

Halfpenny, Goode, McCaw, Joubert, Brown

Sounds reasonable, how about

Borthwick + Joubert + Halfpenny
4
Attwood + Taylor + Biggs

?

oh hang on, didn't see your first deal, give me a min

How about

Borthwick + Joubert + Goode
4
Muller + Taylor + Chisholm

?

I can't pair Borthwick and Muller, need more grunt!

It's not enough with Wyles, don't see it as a gain, as non-EQ, so couldn't start him in full strength team. Can we sort out another gain?

Nah, you're ok, Smith and Chisholm about equal, so no point for me

I could let one go, who you looking at?

Kohn + Hala'ufia
=
Kruis + Joubert?

Or just joubert for my two?

Still interested mate?

Yeah pretty much!

Suggests I should improve me centres then tell me to look at a winger lol!

Yeah fair enough I was looking to start a transfer circus with that move. But I'm waiting to see if GF has anyone to let go

Your Amlin fixtures

Bucharest Wolves (A)
Agen (A)
Calvisano (H)
Calvisano (A)
Agen (H)
Bucharest Wolves (H)

Don't worry about it , looks as if you'v got a plain sailing group with Agen being the tricky one from the pick.

Deal

To go through now or somewhen soon?

Made a decision mate?

A)

Halu'ufia + kohn
=
Joubert

---

B)

Kohn + French
=
Joubert

I'm not too worried, was just on my wishlist. Targetting a much vaunted flanker when the time comes.

Brookes, Nieto, Mullan, Kruis, Halfpenny, Mitchell interest me

They'd all need very big deals. Some of the best EQ players around

What could you offer

Confirm your offer mate

Is there any chance of a deal for Charlie Hodgson?

No way we can build a deal round Heathcote + Alex Grey?

What if i got Burns involved?

Drats , Was hoping Charlie would be the man to ignite my back line into life!

I know it's a while off, but if you can hold out 2 months, Michalak, Hernandez, FTD and Laidlaw are on the Market! All 10s who, despite sole flaws, can get a backline moving

Also I'm hoping Pooly might do another draft for players like S Jones, Masi and Botica some point in the season

i dont wanna lose Dusatoir or care mate.

make an offer.

some centres, but your centres dont intrest me at the moment pal.

not at this stage..

as i can also put the newly acquired Farrell at centre if need be

if you confirm it then i accept

Jordan Crane
for
Matt Mullan?

Permanent if possible. Can you see anything?

Fair enough. I was asking if you could see anything in terms of a permanent deal.

Would need Richie in a deal

Can't really see much unless there is a huge gain elsewhere

Let's talk Halfpenny

depends what the offer is..

AP 7 - B Vunipola
AP 8 - L Halfpenny
AP 9 - O Kohn

Is that the last week they are injured or the week they are due back?

Week due back

Aii can do

Schofield for Goneva?

Anything for Kruis?

Tait + cash! Jesus lol