BRENDAN GALLAGHER CATCHES UP WITH SARACENS FULL-BACK ALEX GOODE FRESH FROM HIS SUMMER BREAK

Working hard: Alex Goode joins in the Saracens pre-season

Football fan: Alex Goode in Gareth Southgate mask

Idon’t know about you but I’ve rather lost track in recent years of what constitutes an ‘off-season’ and a ‘pre-season’, how long they last, what exactly players do during these ‘down months’ and how important they are in the big scheme of things.
It used to be so simple. On the last Sunday of April you cleaned your rugby boots one final t...