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'm in for Goode , what you after mate?

Could get Hawkins involved? Gives you a steady English option. Although with Brits & Smit always available a bench player is all you need

Bendy + Stegmann + Hodgson + Whitehead
=
Goode + Ransom + Spencer + Gill:Brits/smit

Better

?

That is better. Let me think on it

Murphy + Hawkins for Goode?

I'll think about both offers and decide on one

Can always counter offer mate, don't just settle for deals if unhappy.

Generally best to respond on teams page and go from there.

Pooly with the mind games there...

Guys I think I'll leave it for now. I don't want to get transfer happy and unsettle my squad too much too soon, so I'll slow down with the transfers until the post season proper at least

Best time to deal mate, before preseason game etc

No mind games Flux, just don't want CJ carrying out deals because he feels he has to. Its quite a mind flip when you first join one of these games.

Rather he done no deal than felt he should pick one if you know what I mean. Need to get your feet under the table CJ but you're settling in nicely.

Are you still vetoing any transfers mate?

No just being careful with them as I'm trying to balance my squad. I'll tell you what, currently I'm trying to add a bit of bulk to my SR. I'm holding onto Goode for now but I could part with Spencer or Gill

I'm in for Rhys Gill?

Gill is a benching international so he won't come cheap- Players I am interested in- Whitehead, Skivington, Shaw (but he's old), Kohn, AAC and Evans (not locks but I have an Evans crush!), money

Hows about;

Gill + Spencer + Ransom + a Hook?
=
Shiells + Hodgson + Stegmann + Whitehead

Well, no as my remaining Hookers are Brits and Smit!

Gill + Spencer + Ransom + Goode + Vyvan
=
Shiells + Hodgson + Stegmann + Whitehead + Shaw

?

Skivs + £5m for Gill?

Driver - RIP 606 wrote:Skivs + £5m for Gill?

I'll take it. Sorry Fluxy

What would you be looking at for Mullan?

I can offer Sheridan the deal for Mullan.
Obviously i'll add a bit more as well. Possibly someone like Cueto involved who'll be availiable during all the international windows??

Sheridan and Cueto
for
Mullan and Wyles

I am the Sale manager btw.

I'm also for Mullan mate, tried to get him when at Worcester. Loads of my Bath squad available and got some cash also

B James + Spencer + Ransom + Goode
=
Hodgson + Stegmann + Whitehead + bendy

?

Nice to meet you. I'm not keen on selling Mullan atm, sorry, he is in my long term plans

And whilst I appreciate the effort Fluxy, that is too many squad members to trade over in one deal right now

Kruis, Spencer, Ransom interest me, see any deals

I'll trade Kruis for Carter

I think I'm robbing you by accepting that

Not somebody I'm lucking to lose unless a good offer.

Interested in Parra, Mullen, Goode

Care + Tait

Parra + Goode

?

Sorry mate, Parra is not for sale. I'll take another FB other than Tait but Parra is not entering the deal, end of

Struggling to see a deal then mate sorry

Cool, can't always be a deal. Good luck in the final

I'm interested in Stevens and Short.
What would you be looking at for them??

Both available. Wil be online properly to trade in a couple of hours, need to look at your squad. May not trade both, let's see

I'm interested in James Short as well.

Um, I'm waiting to see if my bid for Mathew Turner is accepted before I decide on Short, don't want to reduce numbers in thw back 3. I'll swap Stevens for Dickinson plus cash

OK, I can deal Short for an acceptable offer

P. Hodgson + Stegmann
=
Spencer + Ransom

Enq

From looking at your squad, i think you need another hooker because you need 2 in your matchday sqyad and if you have an injury you could be in trouble. So i can include a squad hooker such as Nathan Charles in a deal.

Maybe

Dickinson, Cueto, Charles and 5 mill
for
Stevens, Short and Ransom (from your academy)

Don't really want to lose Ransom but I get what you are saying about a Hooker, on my list of things to sort before the season restarts. Let me look at your squad and I'll get back to you

We could take Ransom out and reduce it to 2 mill??

Can have Hawkins for 3m mate if after a hook

Would you be interested in;

P. Hodgson + Stegmann + Whitehead
=
Spencer + Ransom + Kruis

I'm still majorly interested in Short and Stevens.
I would do any of the following.

Dickinson, Cueto and 5 mill
for
Short and Stevens
or
Dickinson, Cueto, Charles and 3 mill
for
Short, Stevens and Mako
or
Dickinson, Cueto and Charles
for
Short and Stevens.

Any interest in the above mate?

Sorry guys, I'm only popping in and out briefly at the moment as I'm stressful trying to avoid failing my project, I will take a proper look as soon as I can

I'll do Stevens for Dickinson and Charles

What for Wyles?

Sorry mate both of them are going to be key players for years to come.