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Saracens make one change as they name team for Premiership final

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Saracens boss Mark McCall has made one change team for Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership final following last weekend’s impressive 34-17 semi-final win over 2021 champions Harlequins, promoting Nick Isiekwe to start from the bench in place of the retiring Tim Swinson who is omitted from the matchday 23. Jackson Wray comes onto the bench to fill the vacancy left by Isiekwe, who has been rewarded for his immense semi-final impact as a replacement.

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The only other alterations are positional, with wingers Max Malins and Sean Maitland this week respectively wearing the No14 and N11 jerseys unlike last weekend when it was the other way around. Also, Duncan Taylor and Alex Lozowski swap their jersey numbers on the bench from the Harlequins match, Taylor listed as No22 with Lozowski the No23 on this occasion.

It’s the first Twickenham final appearance for the London club since they lifted the 2019 title with a victory over Exeter. Since then, Saracens have embarked on a remarkable journey prompted by their automatic relegation from the Premiership to the Championship for repeated salary cap breaches.

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The big rig Will Skelton joins us from Monaco this week where he’s on tour with the Barbarians and rooming with George Kruis. He fills us in on the tour so far, hanging out at the palace with the Prince and who’s leading the charge off the pitch. We also hear about his man-of-the-match performance for La Rochelle in the Champions Cup Final, that famous open-top bus celebration and what it’s like playing for coaches like O’Gara and Cheika.

They won the second-tier title last June and they are now looking to crown their top-flight comeback with a victory over a Leicester side coached by Steve Borthwick, the ex-Sarries club captain.

Mako Vunipola will lead the team out at English rugby HQ for his 200th Saracens appearance, while Andy Christie could reach his half-century of appearances from the bench.

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Skipper Owen Farrell said: “We have got an opportunity to do something special and we are really looking forward to it. We are up against a fantastic side that we respect, so we have had to make sure our preparation has been right. The past is the past and we want to make sure that all of the exciting stuff is in front of us.”

SARACENS (vs Leicester, Saturday)
15. Alex Goode; 14. Max Malins, 13. Elliot Daly, 12. Nick Tompkins, 11. Sean Maitland; 10. Owen Farrell (capt), 9. Aled Davies; 1. Mako Vunipola, 2. Jamie George, 3. Vincent Koch, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. Nick Isiekwe, 6. Theo McFarland, 7. Ben Earl, 8. Billy Vunipola. Reps: 16. Kapeli Pifeleti, 17. Eroni Mawi, 18. Alec Clarey, 19. Jackson Wray, 20. Andy Christie, 21. Ivan van Zyl, 22. Duncan Taylor, 23. Alex Lozowski.

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I’d have loved to see Bledisloe Cup rugby on Anzac Day.

Yes, but by now you must realize you don’t hold common opinions, let alone can think for New Zealand rugby’s best interests.

The preparation of the All Blacks is timed to the minute and introducing a test match in the middle of the Super Rugby Pacific season has the potential to throw that carefully managed system into chaos.

I don’t think that should come into it, it’s a business decision when it comes down to it. First though, it hasn’t passed the “is it OK to do?” has it.

I get that surrendering the cup isn’t something the current crop of NZR staff and governors eye with any relish, but I’ll continue to argue that it would ultimately be good for our rugby.

That view would be an oxymoron in their (most peoples) eyes.

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I hadn’t been expecting anything, but that’s likely because if it was in the spotlight to expect something, I would have expected the status quo to come out on top like every other time.

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Isn’t that being determined now in conjunctin with World Rugby/every other union?

Perhaps RA’s desire to start Anazc Bledisloes from 2026 was a bit premature. Maybe 2028 or 2030 would give everyone enough time to decide how the game can be accommodated.

It could be their is reason to change in that time frame, but why on Nations League years? More pointedly, shouldn’t it be every year?

the idea that the Bledisloe Cup could become Anazc Day’s marquee sports event

I could probably easily get out of the idea these sorts of days aren’t for sport/fun to take center stage. It’s a mentality I don’t think holds everywhere already. But I’m happy to follow what those that really do care about the day (never been a dawn service person) think.

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