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Ampthill v Saracens Pre-Season Friendly Preview
If our first pre-season game against Cornish Pirates was about forging new friendships, this weekend is all about renewing old ones. The link between the two clubs has been extremely beneficial to both parties over the last few years. Sarries get game time for their up and coming prospects and “The Mob” get to fill out their squad with some Premiership quality.
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Saracens v Northampton Saints Prem Cup Match Report
Sometimes the cliche is just too apt to avoid, so in the words of the late great Jimmy Greaves “it’s a game of two halves”. The final score of Saracens 96 - Northampton 42 might not seem too surprising looking at the two teamsheets, but I don’t think I have ever seen a game quite like it. With a total of 20 tries, 2 (I think) yellow cards and a move to uncontested scrums there was a heck of a lot going on. I have tried my best to detail what happened across the game but other recollections may vary!
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END OF SEASON POLL 25-26
The votes have been counted and independently verified (well the dog did it as usual) and we are finally in a position to announce the results of our End of Season Poll (just in time before the new season starts!) So here we go........
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SARRIES v NORTHAMPTON Preview
First of all a very big welcome to Nick who is the newest member of our editorial team. Please show him your appreciation for his preview After Friday’s warm up act here comes the main event, the start of the 2026/27 competitive season. It is fair to say that last season as a whole was (massive understatement coming up) a tricky one for Saracens, and nowhere was this more evident than in the Prem Cup. 3 wins out of 8, 2 of which came against a weak Newcastle side, was a poor return for a talented group. That set of results also included losses home and away to our opponents in Round 1 of this year’s competition, Northampton Saints.
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Cornish Pirates v Saracens Pre-Season Friendly Report
Always nice to see a healthy win for the Wolfpack! We started off our season of rugby with a comprehensive win at the Mennaye. It was excellent that the pirates broadcasted this match on YouTube, many thanks to their media team for that one. Unbiased commentary also a blessing, please can we swap Austin healey and Andy goode for the pirates commentators? I was saddened I couldn’t make it to the Mennaye for this game but Friday night on bank holiday weekend in Cornwall presented a whole manner of problems travel wise, especially since I live virtually the opposite side of England. Ho hum. After a homemade oven baked pizza and a beer or two, I sat down to scope out how our team looked after preseason and what shapes/lines we could cut in attack. The team was an interesting one, with familiar faces and perhaps ones we don’t know quite as well. Vilikesa Nairau (last season signing rom Coventry I believe) was starting at loosehead, Eoghan Clarke (who I confess I’ve not heard of before) was at hooker, a talented young wing called Fraser Rawlins, new signing Alfie Barbeary at 8 (head shaved, ready to rumble) and Max Malins in his original position of fly half. A feisty team with the ball in hand and it was good to see more running rugby for the most part.
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Cornish Pirates v Saracens Pre-Season Friendly Preview
It will be great to have rugby back finally. It feels like it has been far too long. Next Friday, we head to Cornwall for the final pre-season test, facing a Cornish Pirates side that will be highly motivated and driven in front of what could well be a sell out crowd.
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Goodbye, and Good Luck - this year's womens squad departures
Ah, these season is one of goodbyes to some legends in our women’s squad. It’s never nice to say farewell and good luck, but it must be done unfortunately. We've reached the point where its fair to post a womens squad leavers article, and this year it's quite an emotional one. Having won the PWR though, we can at least say our leavers have gone on a high. I was going to do another piece separately for the joiners, but as far as I'm aware apart from maybe some academy players being promoted, we haven't signed anybody so will leave that for either further down the line or for a separate thread to be made about it.
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Hello and welcome, Saracens joiners 2026-27
I’d say there is a significantly different feel to our club this coming year. After fifteen years in the hot-seat, Mark McCall has stepped back into a consultancy role and the good Dr Brendan Venter has switched back into the role of DoR. It's the end of an era in one sense and the start of a new one in another and Venter hasn't wasted time reshaping the squad around him. The Saracens version of the night of the long knives is the thing that comes to mind with Venter, oh and “Three cheers for Sireli Bobo”. Tom Willis is off to Bordeaux Begles, Marco Riccioni is headed for Perpignan, Theo McFarland heading to La Rochelle, Alex Lozowski to Sale Sharks, Ivan van-Zyl to the Bulls in SA plus the usual churn of departures that comes with a competitive Premiership rota. But it's the incomings that will define how this season goes and we have moved for a genuinely interesting mix – some well-established international contenders and a couple of development punts who could turn into absolute steals. I have compiled a big list plus a little backstory and history for their respective journeys. Hope you enjoy folks!
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Goodbye, and Good Luck - this year's men's squad departure
As happens every summer, the excitement of having seen the emergence of exciting young stars of the future and the anticipation of incoming senior players from other clubs – of whom we have a particularly interesting crop this year as the club looks to further progress its rebuilding process - are tempered by the sadness at departures from the club as players leave for pastures new, whether it’s to try their luck abroad, seek a new challenge within the Prem (hate that name…) after a long stint in the black and red, or simply to move in the hope of more First XV game time at clubs where competition for each position is less fierce than within the large playing group we’re blessed with. Obviously, we’ll be paying separate and detailed tribute to the club’s most significant departure from front-line rugby, that of Mark McCall. Although not quite as seismic as the summer of 2024 felt, when we lost the likes of Owen Farrell, all three Vunipolas, Sean Maitland, Alex Lewington and Tom Woolstencroft, this year nevertheless sees us saying farewell to some real fan favourites including the Prem’s biggest bully.
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END OF SEASON POLL AT LAST
And finally Poll # 7 - who was the best ref we had last season? Poll will be live until around 28th Aug
