MARKMcCall is far too busy planning Saracens’ dual defence of their English and European titles to waste any time pondering the biblical story of a prophet without honour in his own land. It is worth recalling given that his time as Ulster’s head coach came to an abrupt end in November 2008 with his native province bottom of what was then the Celtic League.
It was never made clear by those in charge at Ravenhill whether Ulster had given up on him or vice versa. In hindsight, of course, they did McCall a favour, setting him off for a journey to a corner of north London where, in ...