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           <title>Injured Sarries pair ruled out of England duty</title>
           
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  Saracens pair Joel Tomkins and Alex Goode have been forced to pull out of the England squad ahead of their tour to Argentina because of injury.
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           <title>Colfeians unveil Tunnicliff as first ever director of rugby</title>
           
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  OLD Colfeians RFC has this morning confirmed former player Tim Tunnicliff will be returning to the club as its first ever director of rugby.
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           <title>Trio set to make Sarries farewells</title>
           
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  John Smit will be captain for his final game in a Saracens shirt against the South African Barbarians at the Honourable Artillery Company in the heart of the City of London tomorrow night. 
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           <title>Fan's View: Positives to be taken from season of adventure</title>
           
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  The season may not have had the fairy tale ending that everybody involved with Saracens had hoped for but it was still a year to remember.
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           <title>Bears charged down in cup</title>
           
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  BECKENHAM Bears were knocked out of the London Challenge Cup at the first round stage after going down 46-12 at home to South West London Chargers at Copers Cope Road on Saturday.
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           <title>Smit to captain Sarries in final match</title>
           
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  Retiring Saracens hooker John Smit will captain Saracens in his final match against the South African Barbarians at the Honourable Artillery Company on Thursday.
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           <title>Sluggish first half cost us, says McCall</title>
           
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  Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall admits a sluggish first-half performance was to blame for his team’s shock 27-13 defeat to Northampton Saints which the Sarries boss described as “massively disappointing”.
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           <title>Saracens stunned by shock Saints defeat in play-off semi</title>
           
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  One week after finishing top of the Premiership for the first time in their history, Saracens' hopes of claiming silverware this season were ended by a shock 27-13 defeat to Northampton Saints in the play-off semi-final.
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           <title>Fan's View: Allianz Park factor could prove decisive</title>
           
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  Saracens fan Ben Ireland assesses the advantage of playing at home in the play-off semi-final against Northampton Saints this Sunday.
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           <title>Playing at home will be a 'massive advantage' for Sarries</title>
           
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  Playing at Allianz Park will give Saracens a "massive advantage" against Northampton Saints in the Premiership play-off semi-final this Sunday, says Sarries coach Alex Sanderson.
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           <title>Beckenham Bears slain by Medway Dragons</title>
           
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  THINGS did not exactly go to plan for the Beckenham Bears RLFC against higher division Medway Dragons on Saturday at Copers Cope Road as they lost their first home game 58-12.
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           <title>Fan's View: Another chapter ready to be written</title>
           
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  Saracens fan Louise Warr looks ahead to Sunday's crunch Premiership semi-final clash against Northampton Saints.
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           <title>Tomkins one of four Sarries players to make England squad</title>
           
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  Saracens centre Joel Tomkins has been named in Stuart Lancaster's England squad for this summer's Barbarians game and three-match tour to Uruguay and Argentina.
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           <title>Combe celebrate another Plate success</title>
           
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  WESTCOMBE Park Colts made a successful defence of their National Plate crown with a 15-5 final success over Chippenham Colts on Monday.
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           <title>Fan's View: Toulon recovery starts with Bath</title>
           
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  After two consecutive defeats, Saracens fan Ben Ireland assesses the importance of returning to winning ways against Bath on Saturday.
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           <title>Shocked Stevens credits Sarries trust for Lions call-up</title>
           
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  Saracens prop Matt Stevens admits he was shocked to be called up to the British and Irish Lions squad and believes his surprise selection is a testament to the trust placed in him by Saracens this season.
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