Time to create a new dynasty

Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door

WHEN Saracens first won the Champions Cup in 2016, they conceded 119 points over nine matches in the tournament. This season Bordeaux-Begles scored 100 points against the Premiership champions in two matches in France and the 15 tries they ran in were three more than Sarries leaked throughout the campaign eight years ago.
As Mark McCall, Saracens director of rugby since 2011, acknowledged earlier this season, his squad is changing with some of the key players behind their seven Premiersh...

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