■By NEALE HARVEY
SARACENS tyro Max Malins has identified All Blacks duo Beauden Barrett and Damian McKenzie as ideal role models in his bid for a first team place.
Versatile playmaker Malins, 22, has emerged as the next cab off the rank from the Saracens academy and has recently starred at full-back, from where his electric pace, eye for a gap and ability to break the line and score tries has impressed.
While England’s Owen Farrell and Alex Goode remain imperious in their occupation of the No.10 and 15 jerseys, jet-heeled Malins is rapidly stamping his own X-factor mark on proce...
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