At the same time, Saracens boss Mark McCall describes the Champions Cup pool format as “clunky”, and he believes some rival English clubs are putting greater effort into winning the domestic Premiership instead.
“It’s clear not everyone is targeting it [Europe]. Some teams want to win the Prem at all costs, and you can see that in the teams they’re selecting.
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Saracens hooker and England captain Jamie George shared in the European titles of 2016, 2017 and 2019, and along the way they beat Munster in semi-finals in Dublin and Coventry.
With pool wins over the Bulls and Stade Francais in the bank, George spoke to his teammates this week about the history and feverish atmosphere they can expect from a 20,000-plus crowd in Limerick, and a plane-load of Saracens sponsors and guests are along for the ride.
“They’re a team who can be better than the sum of their parts – they’re absolute masters of it.
Tom Willis is hoping to show off his England credentials (Photo: Getty)
Individually, Saracens No 8 Tom Willis has a final chance to impress England head coach Steve Borthwick before the country’s Six Nations squad is named on Tuesday, with possibly eight Sarries players included.
The i Paper understands Burke, who joined Saracens from Crusaders last summer, would have played in England A’s match against an Australia XV in November, or for Scotland against Portugal at the same time, but the 25-year-old refrained from making the binding commitment.
“I think he’ll nail his colours to the mast pretty soon, because he’s 25 and doesn’t want to wait too long.”
Saracens’ record against Munster in the Champions Cup
1999-00 – Pool: Saracens 34 Munster 35; Munster 31 Saracens 30 2007-08 – Semi-final in Coventry: Saracens 16 Munster 18 2012-13 – Pool: Munster 15 Saracens 9; Saracens 19 Munster 13 2014-15 – Pool: Munster 14 Saracens 3; Saracens 33 Munster 10 2016-17 – Semi-final in Dublin: Munster 10 Saracens 26 2018-19 – Semi-final in Coventry: Saracens 32 Munster 16 2019-20 – Pool: Munster 10 Saracens 3; Saracens 15 Munster 6In the most recent of the Irish side’s 11 meetings with Saracens, in December 2019, a touchline brawl involving most of the 30 players was sparked by a Munster medic’s remark to George.
“It used to be a fair competition,” McCall said. “Because you played everyone home and away and then the best team in the group got through, whereas now it’s not as straightforward as that; they changed it to create an extra week in the season.
“So I think the competition is clunky. But once it gets to the sharp end, it’s as good as ever been.”
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