Cape Town – Saracens may have lost their friendly fixture against the Stormers, but that certainly did not stop their coach, Eddie Jones, from going on the offensive. Jones slammed the Stormers scrum after the Cape side beat Saracens 43-33 at Newlands. [...]
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The Stormers can’t scrum
Saracens can help with Stormers’ puzzle
The make-up of the Stormers loose trio for this year’s Super 14 has “definitely not” been decided yet, so Sunday’s warm-up clash with English club Saracens at Newlands could provide coach Rassie Erasmus with some answers in that regard. [...]
Stormers braced for Saracens battle
Stormers coach Rassie Erasmus says he won’t be experimenting too much in the friendly fixture against Saracens at Newlands next Sunday. [...]
Smit still SA’s best hooker
John Smit is still a better hooker at test level than Bismarck du Plessis. [...]
De Kock will not tour to SA
Former Stormers and Western Province captain Neil de Kock won’t be fit for Saracens’ visit to Newlands on January 25. [...]
Sarries want to move to Craven Cottage
Saracens have reportedly opened talks with Fulham Football Club about a move to London to share the Premier League side’s ground – having spent the last 11 years sharing grounds with Watford. [...]
Saracens to play Stormers
The organisers of the friendly between the Boland Cavaliers and top English Premier outfit, Saracens, early next year will not be able to host the match at the originally planned venue. [...]
Jake chooses Sarries
South Africa’s World Cup-winning coach Jake White has turned his back on a French job offer and will once again link up with his confidant and close friend Eddie Jones in the new year – after agreeing to take on a fresh consultancy role with English side Saracens. [...]
John Smit is BaaBaa skipper
South Africa captain John Smit will lead a star-studded Barbarians side against Australia in Wednesday’s Olympic centenary clash at Wembley. [...]
Jake in demand on both sides of the channel
French Top 14 club Toulon and English Premiership outfit Saracens are set for a tug-o’-war over the services of South Africa’s World Cup-winning coach Jake White. [...]
Sharks’ coaches bring back some good ideas
As Sharks coaches John Plumtree and Grant Bashford returned from an “enlightening” week with UK Premiership club Saracens, the squad threw themselves back into gym training as they began their pre-season preparation. [...]
Let’s savour the win and move forward
The biggest problem with being the sort of journalist that can only write negative things is that you tend to find yourself scrambling for excuses and tenuous explanations when you get it wrong. Today, I’m really pleased to not be in that situation. [...]
Jones praises Jantjes
Former Springbok technical adviser Eddie Jones has praised Conrad Jantjes as his man of the Springbok season, and gushed with praise at the Boks’ 42-6 demolition of England at Twickenham on Saturday. [...]
Eddie’s Bok success recipe
Play traditional Springbok rugby and attack flyhalf Danny Cipriani’s channel. [...]
Jones mouths off at Boks (again)
Former Springbok technical adviser Eddie Jones has told Peter de Villiers to keep things tight and not follow an expansive game plan on his current tour of the United Kingdom. [...]






