The session is open to all players aged U7 – U14 and will provide an opportunity to work with players on a number of skill stations alongside Saracens’ award winning community coaches and high-profile Saracens players under the floodlights of StoneX Stadium on the 4G pitch! On the evening of Wednesday 22 nd December, a host of Saracens players will be descending on StoneX Stadium to take on the role of coach and give young players from the community the chance to learn from the very best. The Scottish side, now coached by former Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair, have had a strong start to the inaugural United Rugby Championship season and started this weekend’s action in fourth place in that competition with three wins, a draw, and a loss from their five games. Edinburgh will be difficult opponents at StoneX. McCall and Saracens won’t be looking that far ahead though with the focus solely on Exeter and then Europe. The three highest-ranked sides from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.Īfter the two European games with Edinburgh and Pau, Saracens conclude their 2021 with a home game on Boxing Day against Worcester Warriors in the Gallagher Premiership. One club in each pool will have a bye in every round. With five teams in each Challenge Cup pool, the pool stage will consist of five rounds with Saracens playing four matches home or away against opponents in their own pool. McCall’s side travel to Pau in round two on Saturday, December 18 for an evening kick-off. Joining Saracens and Edinburgh in Pool C of the Challenge Cup are Gallagher Premiership outfit London Irish and French sides Pau and Brive. This year, they will be in the Challenge Cup and not the Champions Cup after returning to the Gallagher Premiership for the current season.įirst up in Europe this season is Scottish capital side Edinburgh who will arrive at StoneX on Saturday, December 11.
McCall will be hoping for a repeat performance at Sandy Park this time around although it is likely the two sides will look very different on Saturday.īoth teams are expected to be at full strength given the magnitude and importance of the fixture although Saracens will be without injured England internationals Owen Farrell and Jamie George who are both on the sidelines currently with ankle and knee injuries respectively.Īfter the Exeter game, Saracens’ focus switches to Europe and European Rugby Challenge Cup fixtures with Edinburgh and then French side Pau.Īs three-time winners of the European Rugby Champions Cup in 2015/16, 2016//19 – as well as runners-up in 2013/14 – Saracens is a club used to competing at the top table of cross-border competition. Will Witty grabbed a second try for then Premiership leaders Exeter either side of two Manu Vunipola penalties for Saracens.Įlliott Obatoyinbo, Janco Venter and Cameron Boon all touched down to secure a bonus-point home win.
Tries from Rotimi Segun and Dom Morris put McCall’s men 15-5 up at the break. That day, a youthful Saracens side handed the Chiefs their first defeat in eight games. In the rematch at StoneX Stadium on September 13, 2020, Saracens came out on top 40-17 after rugby returned following the Covid-19 pandemic. Exeter were 14-7 winners on home soil on December 19, 2019. The last time the two sides met was in the 2019/20 Premiership season. It will make their meeting next weekend all the more important. Rob Baxter’s Exeter have established themselves as a powerhouse of English rugby and they will be a stern rival to Saracens’ hopes of winning the title. Harlequins claimed last season’s glory, but before that, Saracens had won four titles since the 2013/14 season with Exeter claiming the other two. Put together, Saracens and Exeter have won six of the last seven Premiership titles. On Saturday, Mark McCall’s side begin an important run of fixtures with a trip to Exeter Chiefs for what should be a full-blooded affair at Sandy Park.
A huge December is on the horizon for Saracens Men’s side as the 2021/22 season prepares to hot up and the club gets ready to compete on three fronts.