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Saracens sign Samoan international prop
By Online Editors
With the international window upon them, Saracens have moved to bolster their ranks over the coming months.
Saracens have a heavy schedule while their internationals are away, they face Sale in the Premiership Rugby Cup tonight, with a fixture against Worcester in the same competition next week. They return to Gallagher Premiership action on November 17th against Sale and also play Leicester Tigers during the international window. That's all followed by five games in December.
As a result they've signed 125kg Samoan tighthead prop Hisa Sasagi on a short-term deal.
The 31-year-old prop arrives from New Zealand provincial side Otago.
Sasagi established himself as a regular starter in the ITM Cup in 2015, helping Otago reach the Championship semi-finals before being selected as a member of the Hurricanes wider training group ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season.
The Samoa international will remain at Allianz Park until the end of January 2019.
Sasagi made his international debut in 2016 and has four caps to his name.
Find out Hisa Sasagi's RPI score here
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The difference between Fassi and Le Roux?
Almost 100 tests. Fassi is growing from test to test and is already world class. It’s going to be difficult for Damian Willemse to usurp Fassi at 15 and may find himself destined as the utility back on the bomb squad.
South Africans love hating on their fullback. A proud tradition since Percy Montgomery (before he won us a World Cup). So I don’t pay much mind to the noise that follows anyone who puts on the 15 jersey for SA.
15 is a high risk, low reward position. You don’t dare drop a high ball, certainly don’t shank a kick into the stands. In fact if you’re not kicking 60m torpedoes into the opposition corners - stay at home.
And miss tackles? After everyone else on the team has let a break through - best you not miss!
Only Andre Joubert strikes me as a fullback that has been better than Willie. Yet Willie has been widely panned on a regular basis. Irritating.
Fassi is great. And I’m sure he’s learning a lot from Willie.
Go to commentsNo, Penney's win rate as a Super Rugby coach BEFORE he was given a 2 year contract here, was 23%. He came in with a very poor success rate at SR level.
This loser vibe was borne out over the SR season where we won only 4 games while losing 10. Finishing 9th in a 12 team competition & missing a QF spot was next level DOWN.
There's zero evidence that suggests we will win 10 games (70%) as you predict. I understand there may be new assistant coaches coming on board. At this stage, we can only hope for the best.
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