Where are they now? Alex Goode's first match for Saracens

Alex Goode is bringing down the curtain on a stellar career, and, ironically, his first appearance on May 10 2008, was the last for another Saracens legend, Richard Hill.

Saracens were forced to play their last game of the season against Bristol at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes because their then-home, Watford’s Vicarage Road, was needed for the Championship play-offs.

Goode caught the eye, kicking ten points in a 25-20 victory that a last-gasp Kameli Ratuvou try secured after Bristol had recovered from being 15-13 down to be within seconds of spoiling Hill’s farewell.

But what became of the Saracens team from that game?

Fixture

Gallagher Premiership

Saracens

36 - 26

Full-time

Bath

All Stats and Data

Richard Haughton: A full-back who won a Commonwealth Games silver medal in 2006 and became a referee on the sevens circuit is now a Finance Officer at AGR Renewables Limited.

Noah Cato: An England Saxon and Sevens winger has settled in the North East, where he has run a property business and is the director of a firm that owns a General medical practice.

Kevin Sorrell: The centre announced at the start of this week he would be leaving the club when his contract runs after spending 30 years as a player and coach.

Adam Powell: England Saxons inside centre returned to Saracens as an Academy coach after finishing his career at Newcastle Falcons and is also their defence coach.

Kameli Ratuvou: The Fijian and Pacific Islanders winger is married to a former Fijian diplomat and has worked for a Sydney Building firm.

Alex Goode: An England international is expected to stay at the club after clocking up over 400 appearances, winning six Premiership titles and the European Champions Cup three times.

Neil de Kock: A Springbok scrum half is now the chief executive at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport, where he has been a Kicking & Scrum half Specialist Coach

Nick Lloyd: A loose head who played for England in a non-capped game, worked in HR recruitment, and is now an assistant buyer for Tesco.

Matt Cairns: A hooker who won one England cap works with PFP Wealth Ltd in Merseyside. He is also a director of a family jam business ‘Mammy Jamias’, and coaches Caldy.

Cobus Visagie: A Springbok tighthead who retired in 2009 to enter the corporate world, he is the co-founder and CEO of Africa Merchant Capital.

Tom Ryder: A lock who won two Scotland caps became a science teacher at Woodhouse Grove School and is now director of sport at Harrogate Grammar School.

Kris Chesney: A lock who could play anywhere in the back row became an Insurance broker in the City but has spent the last six years working as a freelance close protection operative.

Paul Gustard: The former England under-21 flanker went into coaching and is currently the head coach of Stade Francais after being promoted from defence coach.

Richard Hill: The Lions back-row, who was a 2003 World Cup winner, has worked as a pathway player-manager at the RFU and served on the RFU Council. He has been England’s men’s team manager since 2016.

Ben Skirving: England Saxons No.8 is another player who became a PE teacher and is now director of sport at Churcher’s College in Petersfield, Hampshire.

Replacements
Fabio Ongaro: The Italian international hooker was, until a week ago, the scrum coach at Benetton but quit to focus on his business interests in the meat industry.

Census Johnston: Samoan tighthead is a co-founder of the Global Rugby Players Foundation and is back in his native Auckland working as scrum coach for the franchise and provincial sides.

Iain Fullarton: The former Scotland lock went into the world of financial planning when he was still a player and is now the Managing Director of Apropos Wealth Management.

Don Barrell: The former England sevens international is a performance advisor and CEO at Greenhouse Sports and a coach mentor to the Premier League.

Alan Dickens: Scrum-half who became a coach with Northampton Saints, England under-20s, Leicester Tigers and is now working for Newcastle Falcons.

Gordon Ross: The Scotland fly-half moved into coaching with Worcester Warriors in 2015 and is now Head of Academy Pathway and Talent Development at Coventry.

Rodd Penney: Centre spent a decade in Innovation Management at Deloitte and is now Chief Executive at Frello, a firm that aims to simplify sports paperwork.