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Nigel Wray retires as Saracens chairman
By Online Editors
Nigel Wray has retired as chairman of Saracens with immediate effect. It comes just months after the London club had a £5.4million fine and a 35-point deduction imposed by Premiership Rugby in November following salary cap breaches during the previous three seasons.
Wray said: “As we enter a new year, a new decade, it is time for the club to make a fresh start. I am not getting any younger and feel this is the right moment for me to stand down as chairman and just enjoy being a fan of this incredible rugby club. I will always be committed to the wonderful Saracens family.
“The Wray family will continue to provide the required financial support to the club and I will remain actively engaged in the work of the Saracens Sport Foundation and Saracens High School as part of the Club's ongoing commitment to our community in north London.”
A new independent chairman will be appointed imminently. Edward Griffiths will take up the role of interim CEO for a 12-month period. Mitesh Velani will assume a consultancy position at the club and remain on the Saracens board.
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Under Rassie it is 5 wins for ABs, 1 draw, and 7 wins for the Boks. Of those games, only 3 were played in NZ, and 5 played in SA, and 5 on neutral ground.
Of the 3 played in NZ, the ABs only lost once. Of the games played in SA, SBs are 5-2, and on neutral ground its 3-2 to the Boks.
Seems pretty even to me, considering this is the greatest Boks team ever (I still think 2007 was better).
If Rassie wins, this will be the best Boks team ever, but the ABs aren't scared of a team who barely scrape wins against a reforming ABs team, and lost to an undercooked Irish side twice last year.
I predict a 7+ point win, leading by 13+ at halftime.
Go to commentsThe part I was most hopeful for leverage from with New Zealands new coach, but which turned out to be the most dissapointing.
A leader like South Africa's can be responsible for so much momentum for a country.
These sorts of bylines of selection are really becoming a thing of the past. A nation like England should instead have great depth, and what this talking points show are a team that can turn to one of three people in any (backrow for now) position in the required circumstance.
Have coachs lost that old art?
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