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Jamie George the latest Test player to commit to Championship season with Saracens
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England and Lions hooker Jamie George has become the latest star player to commit to playing with Saracens in next season's Championship, the 29-year-old inking a deal with the Londoners that will keep him at the club until 2023.
A childhood supporter and academy graduate, George has played 226 times for Saracens since his debut in 2009 after being part of the Class of 2008 alongside Owen Farrell, Jackson Wray, George Kruis and Will Fraser.
Despite Saracens' impending relegation to the 2020/21 Championship following repeated salary cap breaches, George was enthusiastic about what the future holds for Mark McCall's side.
“I couldn’t be happier to have signed for a few more years,” he said following confirmation of his extension. “I well and truly believe Saracens is my home and the way the club have looked after me over the past ten to twelve years has been unbelievable.
“Another big reason for me signing is the group we have still got at the club. We’re a stronger group than we have ever been.
"This is probably the most exciting period I’ve ever been involved in with Saracens in terms of the regeneration, the rebuilding structure, people going out on loan and coming back and the challenge of playing next season in the Championship. I could never really picture myself playing anywhere else. This is home and I’m really happy.”
Saracens boss McCall added: “It's difficult to put into words the impact that Jamie has had on our club. Early in his career, he showed great patience and a willingness to learn and it has been a privilege to witness him develop into the outstanding player and leader he now is.
“Jamie is a great teammate who sets an incredible example with his drive to get better and his genuine care for the people he works with. He will play a vital role in the exciting challenges ahead and we are thrilled he has committed his future to Saracens.”
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Yeah me too. I think the Welsh have it in them to make it a contest in the first half. Give the boks' second stringers a headache. Disrupting lineouts is one area the welsh could cause problems. Bok lineouts have been subpar.
And then fronting up in the collisions and at the rucks. If the boks get the ascendancy there too early, it could be a hiding. Jaden hendrikse had a tough game against the Scots - who were very good at disrupting the boks flow. The welsh would have taken note of this i'm sure.
But the bok bench will finish the welsh off i'm afraid.
Go to commentsYes, certainly. As an AB fan happy to be included in that top 3 of "matches that are routinely decided by one score" now, we were well outside that for a few years.
They have not had enough games yet. You can't undo so many poor years just like that. Asking for miracles like SA losing is not the way to get back to number 1.
They might get there as those bad years filter out of the rankings but it's guarenteed to be great fun going back and forth with SA once that happens.
Admittedly Foster only really had one bad year (21/22 season), but that's more likely because COVID stopped a lot of tough games from being played, and effected the other countries they did play far more than themselves.
A real shame we both don't get to see it unfold first with our regions teams in SR!
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