Saracens F.C.

For other uses of 'Saracen' or 'Saracens', see Saracen (disambiguation).

Saracens Rugby Club (/ˈsærəsənz/) is an English professional rugby union club based in North London, England, which currently plays in Premiership Rugby, the highest level of competition in English rugby.

Saracens

Full name	Saracens Rugby Club
Union	Middlesex RFU
Nickname(s)	Sarries, Men in Black, Wolf Pack, Fez Boys
Emblem(s)	Star and crescent
Founded	1876 (1876)
Location	Hendon, Greater London, England
Ground(s)	Barnet Copthall (Capacity: 10,500)
Chairman	Neil Golding
CEO	Lucy Wray
Director of Rugby	Mark McCall
Coach(es)	Joe Shaw
Captain(s)	Owen Farrell
Most appearances	Alex Goode 359 (All Competitions)
Top scorer	Owen Farrell 1,548 (All Competitions)
Most tries	Chris Wyles 74 (All Competitions)
League(s)	Premiership Rugby
2022–23	1st (Champions)
1st kit 2nd kit
Largest win
Saracens 78–7 London Welsh (Barnet Copthall, London, England) 20 December 2014
Largest defeat
Wasps 60–10 Saracens (Coventry Arena, Coventry, England) 21 February 2020
Official website
www.saracens.com
Current season

Established in 1876, the club has spent most of its existence in and around Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield. Since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Copthall stadium (or StoneX Stadium for sponsorship reasons) in Hendon, in the borough of Barnet. Before this, they played at Vicarage Road in Watford for 15 years. The club's home kit playing colours are black and red. They are also affiliated with the Saracens Women team, which competes in the top tier Premier 15s competition.

Saracens have won 11 major trophies. They were European champions three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2019. They have won the English Premiership six times, most recently in 2023, and the domestic cup twice, in 1998 and 2015. They have also won the second division title three times, in 1989, 1995 and 2021.

History

Origins

Saracens were founded in 1876 by the Old Boys of the Philological School in Marylebone, London (later to become St Marylebone Grammar School). The club's name is said to come from the "endurance, enthusiasm and perceived invincibility of Saladin's desert warriors of the 12th century". The fact that their local rivals were called the "Crusaders" may also have been a factor. The Crescent and Star appearing in the club's emblem are reminiscent of those appearing on the flag of Tunisia.

Saracens amalgamated with neighbouring club Crusaders two years later. In 1892, Saracens moved from Crown Lane, Southgate, to Firs Farm, Winchmore Hill then played on nine different grounds before the move to Bramley Road, Southgate, for the 1939–40 season (although the Second World War actually prevented them from playing there until 1945).

After their inaugural match against Blackheath, the Saracens had to wait another 9 years before Harlequins offered to include them on their fixture list. Saracens found it difficult to get games against first-class sides as the facilities at Bramley Road were so poor.

The club produced a number of internationals in pre-league era, such as hooker John Steeds who won five caps representing England from 1949 to 1950; Vic Harding, a lock also for England from 1961 to 1962; and George Sheriff, an England back-rower from 1966 to 1967.

The club enjoyed fixtures with the leading clubs for many years and enjoyed a particularly successful time in the 1970s when they reached the semi-finals of the National Cup. Special games played at Bramley Road during this period include the 1971 match against a select International XV. The game was reportedly attended by a 5,000 strong crowd (the largest ever to watch a rugby union game in North London at the time) came to watch a magnificent contest, ending Saracens 34 International XV 34.

This Saracens team also won the 1972 Middlesex Cup beating Met Police in the final.

The Courage leagues

After some bleak years in the early 1980s, the club responded to the challenge of the Courage Leagues, and with Floyd Steadman as captain and Tony Russ as coach, they won the second division in 1989 with a 100% record. The next year in the first division they surprised many by finishing fourth in the league behind Wasps, Gloucester and Bath.

But within the space of two years, Saracens had lost Jason Leonard to Harlequins, Dean Ryan to Wasps and Ben Clarke to Bath and they were fast becoming a nursery for the more prestigious clubs. The 1992–93 season saw the leagues restructured with Saracens, along with three other clubs, being relegated to the second division. In 1993–94 Saracens finished third and narrowly missed out on promotion but the following year they finished as champions and were again back in the top flight.

Former player David Wellman was given the task to rebrand Saracens. He gave former player Mike Smith the remit to take Saracens professional. A benefactor was required in order to improve the ground and playing staff. Alas Saracens' seesaw existence over the nineties was about to continue in 1995–96 when they again found themselves at the wrong end of the table along with West Hartlepool but they were saved by their new CEO Mike Smith, who persuaded the RFU that there should be no relegation for the first season of professional rugby.

The professional era

1996–2000

In November 1995 Saracens gained the financial backing of Nigel Wray and this enabled the club to recruit the likes of Michael Lynagh, Philippe Sella, Francois Pienaar and Kyran Bracken. Saracens moved again to Enfield F.C.'s ground, Southbury Road, and they started the new season with a victory over title favourites Leicester but only finished seventh just missing out on Heineken Cup qualification.

Saracens at a home match

The 1997–98 season, was a landmark year. They began a ground share with Watford FC and their 22,000 all seater Vicarage Road Stadium. The agreement ran until February 2013, when Saracens relocated to Barnet Copthall.

The appointment of Peter Deakin as Chief Executive saw Saracens splashed all over the broadsheets, tabloids, magazines and TV and with the help of a small band of be-fezzed followers that had been following the club for a number of years, "the year of the Fez" began.

Close season signings like Danny Grewcock, Roberto Grau, Gavin Johnson and Ryan Constable joined forces with the home grown talent of Tony Diprose, Richard Hill and Steve Ravenscroft to form a side that would prove a significant force during the season losing only three games during the season to finish second in the Premiership, missing out narrowly to Newcastle, another club that had embraced the changes that the professional game had brought. Newcastle haven't repeated this success since.

Consolation for missing out on the league title came in the then principal domestic cup competition, the Tetley Bitter Cup. Saracens beat Wasps 48–18 in the cup final at Twickenham, in doing so equalling Bath's cup-final record score of 48 points. Their run had included a 59-point win over Blackheath, a 14–13 victory over Leicester, a quarter final 36–30 win over Richmond, followed by a victory over Northampton. It was the first major silverware that Saracens had won in their 122-year history. The game was also notable for being the last competitive game for two legends of the sport, Lynagh and Sella; some years later these same two players became the inaugural members of Saracen's Hall of Fame.

After a solid start to 1998–99 season, Saracens were rocked in December when they lost to third from bottom London Scottish in a shock defeat at home, but a win against Bedford and West Hartlepool and a draw with Wasps still saw them in touch with leaders Leicester. The second half of the season was a roller coaster ride with Saracens going from eighth and out of European contention after a run of four losses, to eventually finishing third as London's top club.

The 1999–2000 season saw more big name players move to Vicarage Road with Mark Mapletoft, Thierry Lacroix, Scott Murray and Dan Luger joining the club along with Darragh O'Mahony and the up-and-coming Julian White. With the squad ravaged by World Cup duty and then injury the club's first attempt at the Heineken Cup was not a happy one. They lost three games by a couple of points in the last seconds of the game and didn't make the quarter finals.

With a few games left they were looking at a possible failure to qualify for Europe again, but Kyran Bracken returned from a ten-month injury to inspire Saracens into fourth place and Heineken Cup qualification.

2000–2006

2000–01 saw another difficult start to the season. By October Saracens had effectively crashed out of the Heineken Cup with back to back defeats to Cardiff and with the team shorn of internationals due to the Autumn Tests the final blow was dealt when Thomas Castaignède suffered an Achilles tendon injury.

The results went downhill fast and a fifth-place finish saw the club miss out on a Heineken Cup place.

The 2001–02 season brought many changes, with established players such as Luger, Grewcock, White, Wallace and, much to the consternation of his loyal fan club, Tony Diprose, all leaving the club. Further weakened with the news that Castaignède was likely to miss the whole of the coming season, Francois Pienaar, now in full control of coaching operations opted to make use of a crop of younger players coming through the club system.

After a reasonable start to the season Saracens found themselves in their by then accustomed top half of the table position but then the curse of the Autumn Internationals once again took its toll, and Saracens' performances weakened drastically. Entering the New Year Saracens were again flirting with relegation danger, and soon exited all cup competitions. With morale sinking Pienaar stepped down from his various roles with the club after a five-year stay.

Lacking a coach the senior players took charge, the morale problem seemed to have passed, but results remained sketchy and the Saracens ended up in a lowly 10th place.

All Black legend Buck Shelford took over the coaching reins for the 2002–03 season, while the playing squad saw the arrival of the likes of Andy Goode, Christian Califano, Craig Quinnell amongst several signings of established players. In a repetition of the pattern of some of the preceding seasons, Saracens once again got off to a flying start, beating Bath and Bristol.

Once again though, sound defeats, this season administered by London rivals, Wasps and Irish, seemed to shatter the team's confidence, to such an extent that once again by early in the new year Saracens were once again uncomfortably close to the relegation zone, the only real success coming in an impressive run in the European Challenge Cup.

The club once again rallied towards the tail end of the season, with victories over Bristol, and then high flying Sale securing a 5th place in the table that seemed unlikely at the turn of the year, and a place in the play off system for the remaining European Cup place. A comfortable win over fourth placed Leeds in the play off semi-final brought an astonishingly tight final against Leicester.

With temperatures soaring at Franklin's Gardens, 80 minutes was not enough to separate the teams, with a late rally by Saracens tying the scores at 20–20. Ultimately, a Neil Back try was to see Leicester through, but at least it appeared that Saracens had rediscovered their fighting spirit.

The late rally was not enough to save Shelford, and he and most of the rest of the coaching staff paid the price for the weak season, being replaced by the experienced Australia and Leicester player, Rod Kafer, at that time a relative newcomer to a coaching roll, for the 2003–04 season. Key signings included Fijian Simon Raiwalui, former French captain Raphaël Ibañez, Springbok Cobus Visagie and All Black Taine Randell.

The club's finances were also diversified with Nigel Wray divesting himself of nearly 50% of his shares to spread the financial cost and risk of supporting Saracens. This led to the addition of five new members being appointed to the Saracens' board.

The change of faces did little to change the pattern of consistent inconsistency of previous seasons. Once again, the early rounds saw a false dawn as Saracens found themselves in the top three, and again the club coped badly with the international call-ups for the 2003 World Cup, once again finding themselves near the foot of the table. Only the long gap to bottom place Rotherham avoided any serious relegation danger. The victorious return of Richard Hill and Kyran Bracken from World Cup duty brought somewhat more upbeat performances for the second half of the season, but it still took a rare away victory at London Irish to claim the same 10th place of two seasons before.

2004–05 saw a bold strengthening of the squad, for once eschewing their cosmopolitan recruitment policy and securing mainly English based players, possibly with one eye on the effect that international call-ups had had in previous seasons. In came Kevin Yates, Iain Fullarton, Alex Sanderson, Dan Scarbrough and Hugh Vyvyan, while Matt Cairns returned to the club and Steve Diamond arrived at the club as forwards coach. Another signing who was to become a prominent part of the Saracens' line up was fly half Glen Jackson from New Zealand.

The season got off to the best off all possible starts with Saracens scoring a victory over reigning champions Wasps at the first ever London 'Double Header' at Twickenham. Once again, Saracens' winter malaise struck, and after inconsistent performances, Diamond took over the coaching duties from Kafer. The New Year brought a string of convincing performances, and a long unbeaten run saw the club finish the season in the top half of the table, in fifth place.

Once again in the wild card system for a European Cup place, Worcester were comfortably beaten, setting up the chance to end the season where it had begun, back at Twickenham. A late try secured victory over Gloucester and a place in the next season's Heineken Cup was ensured.

There was further shuffling of the coaching pack in 2005–06 with Diamond becoming Director of Rugby and defensive coach Mike Ford taking over the front line coaching role. In a reversal of the previous season's outcome Saracens lost their opening double-header game against Wasps, but unlike some previous seasons, this did not immediately trigger a run of bad results, and indeed until December Saracens progressed well. The Christmas season saw the start of a calamitous dip in form and going into the final months of the season the prospect of ending up in another relegation scrap seemed very real.

Diamond parted company with the club, with Ford taking over full control of the team, assisted by future England coach Eddie Jones in a consulting role. Results improved, and an away win at Sale who were to be champions that season even brought the prospect of another Heineken cup place.

A few disappointing results at the end of the season took some of the shine off the improved run of form, with Saracens ending the season in 10th place. The season's end also brought to a close the distinguished playing career of Kyran Bracken.

2006–07

Main article: Saracens F.C. 2006–07

Saracens mascot Sarrie the Camel

With Mike Ford being offered a role in the England set-up, former Leinster, Munster and Australia coach Alan Gaffney was appointed coach for the 2006 campaign. Among the new signings was South African, Neil de Kock, a player who was influential in the club's best season since 2000. Once again, Saracens were narrowly defeated by Wasps in the London double-header.

This was to be followed by what turned out to be a good away draw at Bristol in the context of the excellent season that Bristol would go on to have, before a bonus point win was secured against the Newcastle Falcons. A morale-boosting run of results followed, losing only three times between October and the following March. No individual result could quite produce the reaction that the return of England's Richard Hill to top flight action, with supporters of both clubs giving Hill a huge ovation on his return to the pitch after 18 months of knee reconstruction, capping off his comeback with a try.

This period also saw the long-awaited arrival of former Great Britain Rugby League captain, Andy Farrell, initially at flanker, but later at centre, the position at which he went on to take his England debut.

With the prospect of a place in the Premiership play-offs becoming ever more real, Saracens were also progressing well in the European Challenge Cup. They qualified for the knockout stages as second seeds, with only an away draw at Glasgow spoiling their group stage progression. A further win at the quarter-final stage against Glasgow saw Saracens host Bath for the semi-final, only to lose to ultimate runners up of the competition.

Results in the Premiership went Saracens' way, leaving them with the possibility of ending up anywhere from second to fifth as the final round of matches approached. After a day of games almost all of which had significant consequences in terms of positions at the top, and at the foot of the table, Saracens found themselves in the Premiership playoffs for the first time, squeezing Wasps into a rare 5th-place position, out of playoff contention.

The campaign was to end with a heavy defeat away at Gloucester, however, overall the season represented a significant advance on those of recent years. After the end of the season there was to be personal success for Glen Jackson, whose league topping 400 points for the season and consistent high-level performances almost every week saw him awarded the PRA Player of the Year Award by his fellow professionals. On a sadder note the mercurial Thomas Castaignède, one of the most enduringly popular players at the club decided to bring his club rugby career to an end after providing many years of entertaining rugby at its best both for Saracens and France.

2007–08

Main article: Saracens F.C. 2007–08

Preparation for the 2007–08 seasons saw somewhat less activity in comings and goings from the squad, reflecting the relatively solid 2006–07 season. Among signings to date, specialist cover for Glen Jackson came in the form of Scotland fly half Gordon Ross, while South African utility back Brent Russell was highly regarded by many Springbok fans.

The most spectacular signing though was that of All Black second row Chris Jack, widely regarded as the world's best in his position, who joined Saracens after the 2007 World Cup. In addition to his all-round game, Saracens hoped that Jack would bring some solidity to a Saracens' line-out which was one of the areas where they were consistently pressured in the previous season. The estimated value of Jack's contract raised eyebrows with a three-year contract at a total value of £750,000.

The loss of Glen Jackson and Brent Russell for the opening of the season due to pre-season injuries represented a significant blow to the club, but nonetheless the season began well with a return to winning ways against Wasps in the opening day London double-header. Defeat at the first home game by early pace setters Gloucester brought the team down to earth, before a solid away win at struggling Leeds, revenge for the previous season's home and away defeats away at Worcester, and a win back at Vicarage Road over Leicester. Defensive frailties saw Saracens go into the Autumn Premiership break for cup matches third in the table, but also with the third worst defensive record, after a defeat away at Sale.

The first round of cup competition saw Saracens win comfortably away at Leeds in the EDF Energy Cup, despite conceding four tries. Another bonus point win over Bristol back at Vicarage Road positioned Saracens well with maximum points ahead of a difficult away trip to Llanelli. Turning to Europe, Saracens' return to Heineken Cup action also saw the return of Glasgow Warriors to Vicarage Road. As in the two European Challenge Cup home games against the same team in the previous season, Saracens ran out bonus point winners, albeit not without defensive frailties causing anxious moments going into the final minutes of the game. The following weekend Saracens lost out by a single point against Biarritz Olympique being denied by a penalty scored from the half-way line in the dying moments of the match.

The brief return to Guinness Premiership action at the end of November saw Saracens come out top in a tight battle at home against London Irish, with the lead changing hands several times. Cup action in the form of the final round of EDF Energy Cup pool stage games, where Saracens failed once again to win away in Wales, but taking a losing bonus point and a try bonus too was enough to see them qualify for the semi-final stage for the first time in their Anglo-Welsh cup history, ahead of their opponents Llanelli Scarlets. Further progress was then made in the Heineken Cup in an impressive ten try to one defeat of Viadana at home in a game which saw the first team debuts for Chris Jack and Brent Russell. Viadana almost took their revenge in the return fixture the following week, where Saracens conceded a 26–3 half time lead to the Italians, before showing composure in the second half to score 31 unanswered points and take the win that would see them enter the New Year at the head of their Heineken Cup pool.

The return to premiership action over Christmas and the New Year began well for Saracens with a win away at London rivals Harlequins, however once again defensive weakness and coming out of the blocks slowly saw Saracens take only a losing bonus point from their final fixture of 2007 in the Premiership, though it was enough to see them go into the New Year in third place in the domestic league.

The buildup to the first game of 2008 was dominated by talk away from the field of play, with the news that former Wallaby coach Eddie Jones was to succeed Alan Gaffney at the top of the coaching subject with Gaffney adopting the same consulting role Jones had been providing, while rumours of substantial cash investment from South African rugby interests abounded. When the focus returned to on-field matters Saracens suffered a second successive defeat in the Premiership, this time away at Bristol, failing even to take a losing bonus point for the first time in any competition in the season and raising fears of the all too familiar Saracens' winter slump.

2009–10

The arrival of Brendan Venter to the head coach role sparked major controversy. Shortly after arrival he triggered the culling of 18 players within 48 hours, known among fans as "the night of the long knives", this would then be followed up by the arrival of a number of South Africans to the squad. This caused the club to be strongly criticised as they were seen to be swaying away from being an English club. Some even began calling the club "Saffracens", due to their strong South African links (Saffa being slang for South African).

This didn't stop Saracens going on a 10-match unbeaten run at the start of the domestic season which saw wins over London Irish (at Twickenham in the London Double Header), Northampton (at Wembley), London Wasps and Bath.

On 16 November a Derick Hougaard drop goal saw a one-point win over South Africa at Wembley. Viewed by some as a notable example of the South Africa excessive presence (Saracens fielded 9 South Africans), Saracens managed to overturn a 6–18 half time deficit to win 24–23. Generating greater publicity than the actual game was Stuart Tinner managing to win £250,000 by kicking a ball to directly hit the crossbar of the posts.

27 December saw Saracens lose away to London Irish, which was their first defeat of the domestic league competition, having had one draw and two losses in all competitions before this date. What followed was five defeats in the next six games; Leicester, Wasps, Bath and Leeds Carnegie all defeated Saracens, accompanied with being knocked out of the Amlin Challenge Cup despite losing only one match.

The post-Christmas slump in form for Saracens looked all too familiar. Yet a change in playing style and having found a new sense of attacking rugby, Sarries stopped the rot with a 58–15 drubbing of struggling Newcastle. From then on, they went on to win four out the five matches played, including impressive wins away to Sale, Northampton and table-topping Leicester Tigers.

This drastic change in form secured Saracens' Guinness Premiership Semi-Final spot in a respectable 3rd place and now faced Northampton Saints, the fifth time this season, away at Franklin's Gardens looking to end a streak of six semi-final losses in all competitions in the last three-years. Saracens defeated Northampton 21–19 in an all-mighty clash, with Glen Jackson ensuring that Sarries reached their first final since 1998 with a late kick, converting Schalk Brits's driving-maul try.

The 2010 Guinness Premiership Final at Twickenham, pitted Saracens against the eight-time and reigning English Champions, Leicester Tigers. In a pulsating game of rugby, Leicester sneaked Saracens to a 33–27 win with a late try to Dan Hipkiss providing the difference after Saracens flyhalf Glen Jackson had kicked what looked to be the winning penalty with only a few minutes left. Heartbreak for Sarries and their fans, but it just wasn't to be a fairy-tale ending for a remarkable season.

The final also marked the last match for a number of players including Fabio Ongaro, Matías Agüero, former All Black Justin Marshall and loyal fly-half Glen Jackson.

2010–11: Premiership champions

Saracens opened the 2010–11 season with a loss to London Irish in the opener of the London Double Header at Twickenham, Following the loss, their form improved as they ran off four wins in succession before a shock loss to Premiership newcomers Exeter Chiefs. They crashed out of the Heineken Cup in the pool stage, finishing bottom of a tough pool that featured Leinster, the ultimate Heineken Cup winners, and Clermont and Racing Métro, both of which made the French semi-finals. Saracens' domestic form, however, proved much stronger; they secured a home semi-final with one league match left, defeating Harlequins on the final day to complete a run of ten straight victories, including away at Northampton, Wasps, Exeter and Leicester Tigers. In the regular season Saracens won more games than any other side −18 in total – only missing out on top spot in the league because of the bonus point system. Gloucester awaited the Men in Black in the Semi-Final at Vicarage Road. A nervy finish and a late penalty from young flyhalf Owen Farrell gave Sarries the 12–10 win they wanted to reach their second successive Premiership Final.

In the Final, they again faced Leicester Tigers in a dramatic encounter. Saracens dominated the first half, leading 16–9 at half-time thanks to a James Short try, and showed a strong defensive performance to keep out waves of Leicester attack. This culminated in a nine-minute period of extra time during which they defended over 30 phases of Leicester assault through the forwards while leading 22–18, finally being awarded a penalty to crown them English champions for the first time and get revenge against Leicester for the previous year's final. Schalk Brits, who set up James Short's try, was awarded Man of the Match.

The redeveloped Copthall Stadium

Saracens also had one major off-field development during the season. Their landlord Watford FC activated a break clause in their groundshare deal, which at the time meant that Saracens needed a new home for the 2011–12 season. After looking at several venues in the area, Saracens announced on 10 November 2010 that it was in serious discussions with Barnet Borough Council about a move to the athletics stadium at the Barnet Copthall complex. Under the plan, Saracens would redevelop the stadium into a modern facility with 3,000 permanent seats and demountable stands to allow a rugby capacity of 10,000, and include the first artificial pitch in English rugby union.

Because of delays in the Barnet Copthall project, Saracens eventually reached an agreement with Watford to extend the groundshare at Vicarage Road for the 2011–12 season; the agreement covered at least 10 home matches that season.

2014–15: Premiership champions

Saracens started the 2014–15 with high-scoring victories against London rivals Wasps and Harlequins, and went on to finish the regular season in fourth place, qualifying for the play-offs. After beating first-placed Northampton 29–24 in the semi-final, Saracens met Bath in the final. Saracens scored three unanswered tries in the first half, and went on to win the game 28–16, becoming the first team to become Premiership champions from a fourth-place finish. They made it a double, with a 23–20 win against Exeter in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup, a last minute penalty from Ben Spencer claiming Saracen's second Cup win.

In the first iteration of the European Rugby Champions Cup Saracens made it to the Semi-Finals before losing to ASM Clermont. In the boardroom, CEO Edward Griffiths departed and was replaced by Heath Harvey, a former director at Club Wembley.

2019 relegation

In March 2019, allegations first emerged that Saracens might have broken Premiership Rugby's salary cap. Saracens chairman Nigel Wray had been investing in companies alongside players such as Richard Wigglesworth, Mako Vunipola, Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje. In June, Premiership Rugby announced that they would hold an investigation into Saracens.

In November 2019, they were found to have been in breach of the salary cap regulations due to failure to disclose player payments in the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, which would have taken them over the £7 million senior player salary cap. They were handed a 35-point deduction for the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby season and fined £5.3 million. The judgement found that Saracens had been reckless in entering into the arrangements with players without disclosing them to Premiership Rugby.

On 2 January 2020 Chairman Nigel Wray stood down and former Chief Executive Officer Edward Griffiths returned to the role he left in 2015 with Mittesh Velani moving into a consultancy position. Wray was replaced as Saracens' Chairman by Neil Golding on 9 January 2020.

On 18 January 2020, Premiership Rugby announced that Saracens would be relegated to the RFU Championship for the 2020–21 season. Premiership Rugby CEO Darren Childs said this punishment was due to Saracens' lack of cooperation in a mid-season audit to prove compliance in the 2019–20 season.

After pressure from Premiership Rugby and the media Lord Dyson's full report into Saracens' spending was published on 23 January 2020, it revealed the overspend was £1.1m in 2016–17, £98,000 in 2017–18 and £906,000 in 2018–19. These included £923,947.63 of property investments between Nigel Wray and three unnamed Saracens' players. It also included Saracens' claim that the Salary Cap was unenforceable under competition law; this defence was rejected.

On 28 January 2020, Griffiths resigned as CEO after less than a month in charge and Premiership Rugby applied a further 70-point deduction for the 2019–20 season to ensure Saracens would finish bottom of the league table.

2020/21 Season

The 2020/21 rugby season was a successful one for Saracens, who won the RFU Championship and were promoted back to the Gallagher Premiership. The club finished the regular season top of the table, winning 10 of their 11 matches. They then defeated Ealing Trailfinders in the play-off final to secure promotion.

Saracens' success was built on a strong team performance. With a number of experienced players in their squad, including Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje and Billy Vunipola. These players helped to provide leadership and direction, and they were also able to contribute to the team's attacking and defensive play.

Saracens' success in the 2020/21 season was a major achievement. The club had been relegated from the Gallagher Premiership the previous season, but they bounced back in style. They showed that they are still one of the leading clubs in English rugby, and they will be looking to challenge for trophies in the Gallagher Premiership in the coming seasons.

Key moments from Saracens' 2020/21 season:

• Saracens' biggest win of the season was a 73–0 victory over Coventry. This was a dominant performance from the club, and it showed that they were a class apart from their opponents.
• Saracens' most important win of the season was their 117–15 victory over Ealing Trailfinders in the play-off final. This win secured promotion back to the Gallagher Premiership, and it was a major moment for the club.

2021/22 Season

Saracens' 2021/22 season was a successful one, as they finished as runners-up in the Gallagher Premiership. The Men in Black were crowned champions of the RFU Championship the previous season. They quickly adapted to life back in the top flight, and were in contention for the title for most of the campaign.

Saracens' strength in depth was a major asset, as they were able to rotate their squad throughout the season without losing too much quality. They also had a number of world-class players at their disposal.

The Men in Black's only major disappointment of the season was their defeat in the Premiership final to Leicester Tigers. However, they can take great pride in their overall performance, and they will be hoping to go one better next season.

Standout players:

• Maro Itoje was Saracens' player of the season. The England lock was in outstanding form throughout the campaign, and he was named in the Premiership Dream Team.
• Owen Farrell was another key player for Saracens. The England fly-half was at his best in the big games, and he scored 183 points in the regular season.
• Alex Goode was also a major contributor for Saracens. The England full-back was a constant threat in attack, and he also played a key role in defence.

International relationships

Following the Saracens' tour of Japan, they have developed a relationship with Fukuoka Sanix Blues. They played Sanix at Global Arena at the start of Buck Shelford's reign as head coach and won comfortably, but they had a harder game on the same tour in Tokyo against Suntory Sungoliath.

In 2008–09, 50% of the club was bought by a South African consortium. Eddie Jones left mid-season and Brendan Venter was announced as the new Director of Rugby. Many players were 'culled' mid-season, to the outrage of the media. The changes in the club resulted in a dramatic turnaround in the club's fortunes, as they won their first eight games in the 2009–10 season, and finished 2009 on top of the Guinness Premiership. However, following a run of poor performances, they slipped to third finishing the season behind Leicester and Northampton.

Under the current ownership, Saracens have dramatically increased their international reach. They currently have established partner clubs in Georgia, Seattle, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur, Amman, Kenya, São Paulo, and Tonga. According to CEO Edward Griffiths, "We estimate we could have 40 Saracens' players participating at the Rio Olympics under various national colours. And we have an advertising campaign running worldwide on CNBC."

2013 international encounters

In the summer of 2013, Saracens played two international matches. They beat the South African Barbarians on 16 May at Artillery Ground. They toured the Atlantic Ocean island Bermuda to promote rugby. They visited a number of schools, ran coaching workshops and engaged in fundraising activities while on tour. To finish, they played a Bermuda International Select XV, which included Simon Taylor, Mike Scholz, Zach Pangelinan, Shaun Perry and Gcobani Bobo who are all Internationally capped. The side was coached by former England international Lewis Moody and captained by former Ireland player Geordan Murphy.

2016 and 2017 matches in the United States

On 12 March 2016, Saracens' away Premiership match against London Irish was held at the Red Bull Arena in the U.S. state of New Jersey. This was the first time a Premiership match had taken place overseas. Saracens won by a score of 26–16.

Saracens returned to the United States when they were hosted by the Newcastle Falcons on 16 September 2017 at the Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia. Saracens won by a score of 29–7.

Current kit

The kit is currently supplied by Castore, from the beginning of the 2021–22 season. The club's principal sponsor is City Index, a subsidiary company whose parent is owned by Saracens' principle partner StoneX. The replica kit featured the logo of the Saracens Foundation, a charity operated by the club and £5 of proceeds from each jersey are donated to the foundation.

Current standings

English Premiership

2022–23 Premiership Rugby Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Tries for	Tries against	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Points
1	Saracens (CH)	20	15	0	5	622	513	+109	78	64	13	1	74
2	Sale Sharks (RU)	20	14	0	6	576	423	+141	75	53	10	3	69
3	Leicester Tigers (SF)	20	11	1	8	560	490	+70	73	66	9	4	59
4	Northampton Saints (SF)	20	11	0	9	620	611	+9	84	86	11	3	58
5	London Irish	20	10	0	10	543	485	+58	69	65	8	7	55
6	Harlequins	20	9	0	11	546	551	–5	78	75	11	4	51
7	Exeter Chiefs	20	10	0	10	450	513	–63	61	68	4	4	48
8	Bath	20	8	0	12	528	540	–12	68	72	8	7	47
9	Bristol Bears	20	8	1	11	515	536	–21	72	65	9	4	47
10	Gloucester	20	7	0	13	435	504	–69	61	66	6	7	41
11	Newcastle Falcons	20	6	0	14	399	616	–217	52	91	4	3	31
Note: Worcester Warriors and Wasps were suspended from the Premiership, after both clubs entered administration during the 2022–23 season. They were each automatically relegated, in accordance with RFU regulations, for the 2023–24 season, and their results were expunged from the league table. Green background (rows 1 to 4) indicate teams that qualify for the play-offs, which also earn a berth in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background (rows 5 to 8) indicates teams outside the play-off places, but which also earn a berth in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup based on their position in the table. Yellow background (rows 9 to 12) indicates teams that earn a berth in the 2023–24 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (Q) Qualified for play-offs with home advantage. (q) Qualified for play-offs. Starting table — source: Premiership Rugby
Games cancelled due to COVID-19 will be recorded as 0–0 but a win and 4 points will be awarded if a club was able to field a team and a loss and 2 points awarded if they were not. Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

European Rugby Champions Cup

2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup Pool A
Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster	4	4	0	0	184	34	+150	28	5	4	0	20
Exeter Chiefs	4	3	0	1	139	68	+71	20	8	4	0	16
Sharks	4	3	0	1	119	89	+30	15	11	3	0	15
Saracens	4	3	0	1	120	94	+26	15	11	2	1	15
Edinburgh	4	3	0	1	111	85	+26	12	11	2	1	15
Harlequins	4	2	0	2	113	108	+5	16	13	3	1	12
Bulls	4	2	0	2	102	139	–37	15	19	2	0	10
Gloucester	4	2	0	2	62	140	–78	9	20	1	0	9
Lyon	4	1	0	3	115	125	–10	16	17	3	1	8
Racing 92	4	1	0	3	60	121	–61	7	18	0	1	5
Bordeaux Bègles	4	0	0	4	53	99	–46	5	13	0	2	2
Castres	4	0	0	4	56	132	–76	6	18	0	0	0
Green background (rows 1 to 8) indicates qualification places for the Champions Cup round of 16. Blue background (rows 9 to 10) indicates qualification places for the Challenge Cup round of 16. Starting table — source: European Professional Club Rugby

Season summaries

	League				Domestic cup		Europe
Season	Competition	Position	Points	Play–offs	Competition	Performance	Competition	Performance
1987–88	Courage League Division 2	3rd	34	N/A	John Player Cup	4th round	No competition	N/A
1988–89	Courage League Division 2	1st (P)	22		Pilkington Cup	3rd round	No competition
1989–90	Courage League Division 1	4th	15		Pilkington Cup	4th round	No competition
1990–91	Courage League Division 1	10th	10		Pilkington Cup	4th round	No competition
1991–92	Courage League Division 1	5th	15		Pilkington Cup	4th round	No competition
1992–93	Courage League Division 1	11th	6		Pilkington Cup	4th round	No competition
1993–94	Courage League Division 2	3rd	23		Pilkington Cup	Quarter–final	No competition
1994–95	Courage League Division 2	1st (P)	31		Pilkington Cup	4th round	No competition
1995–96	Courage League Division 1	9th	10		Pilkington Cup	5th round	No English teams
1996–97	Courage League Division 1	6th	25		Pilkington Cup	Quarter–final	Not qualified
1997–98	Allied Dunbar Premiership	2nd	37		Tetley's Bitter Cup	Champions	Challenge Cup	2nd in pool
					C&G Cup	Pool stage
1998–99	Allied Dunbar Premiership	3rd	33		Tetley's Bitter Cup	Quarter–final	No English teams	N/A
					C&G Cup	2nd round
1999–00	Allied Dunbar Premiership	4th	28		Tetley's Bitter Cup	5th round	Heineken Cup	2nd in pool
2000–01	Zurich Premiership	5th	58		Tetley's Bitter Cup	Quarter–final	Heineken Cup	2nd in pool
2001–02	Zurich Premiership	10th	34		Powergen Cup	Quarter–final	Challenge Cup	Quarter–final
2002–03	Zurich Premiership	8th	42	—	Powergen Cup	Quarter–final	Challenge Cup	Semi–final
2003–04	Zurich Premiership	10th	39		Powergen Cup	Quarter–final	Challenge Cup	Quarter–final
2004–05	Zurich Premiership	5th	57		Powergen Cup	Quarter–final	Challenge Cup	Quarter–final
2005–06	Guinness Premiership	10th	46		Powergen Cup	4th in pool	Heineken Cup	2nd in pool
2006–07	Guinness Premiership	4th	63	Semi–final	EDF Energy Cup	3rd in pool	Challenge Cup	Semi–final
2007–08	Guinness Premiership	8th	52	—	EDF Energy Cup	Semi–final	Heineken Cup	Semi–final
2008–09	Guinness Premiership	9th	47		EDF Energy Cup	3rd in pool	Challenge Cup	Semi–final
2009–10	Guinness Premiership	3rd	69	Runners–up	LV= Cup	Semi–final	Challenge Cup	2nd in pool
2010–11	Aviva Premiership	2nd	76	Champions	LV= Cup	2nd in pool	Heineken Cup	4th in pool
2011–12	Aviva Premiership	3rd	73	Semi–final	LV= Cup	2nd in pool	Heineken Cup	Quarter–final
2012–13	Aviva Premiership	1st	77	Semi–final	LV= Cup	Semi–final	Heineken Cup	Semi–final
2013–14	Aviva Premiership	1st	87	Runners–up	LV= Cup	Semi–final	Heineken Cup	Runners–up
2014–15	Aviva Premiership	4th	68	Champions	LV= Cup	Champions	Champions Cup	Semi–final
2015–16	Aviva Premiership	1st	80	Champions	No competition	N/A	Champions Cup	Champions
2016–17	Aviva Premiership	3rd	77	Semi–final	Anglo-Welsh Cup	Semi–final	Champions Cup	Champions
2017–18	Aviva Premiership	2nd	77	Champions	Anglo-Welsh Cup	Pool stage	Champions Cup	Quarter–final
2018–19	Gallagher Premiership	2nd	78	Champions	Premiership Rugby Cup	Runners–up	Champions Cup	Champions
2019–20	Gallagher Premiership	12th	–38	—	Premiership Rugby Cup	Semi–final	Champions Cup	Semi–final
2020–21	Greene King IPA Championship	2nd (P)	40	Champions	No competition	N/A	Not qualified	N/A
2021–22	Gallagher Premiership	2nd	87	Runners–up	Premiership Rugby Cup	Pool stage	Challenge Cup	Semi–final
2022–23	Gallagher Premiership	1st	74	Champions	Premiership Rugby Cup	Pool stage	Champions Cup	Quarter–final

Gold background denotes champions
Silver background denotes runners-up
Pink background denotes relegated

Club honours

Saracens F.C.

• Premiership Rugby
  • Champions: (6) 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Runners–Up: (4) 1997–98, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2021–22
• RFU Championship
  • Champions: (3) 1988–89, 1994–95, 2020–21
• European Rugby Champions Cup
  • Champions: (3) 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • Runners–Up: (1) 2013–14
• Anglo–Welsh Cup
  • Champions: (2) 1997–98, 2014–15
• Premiership Rugby Cup
  • Runners–Up: (1) 2018–19
• Middlesex Senior Cup
  • Champions: (4) 1971–72, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1985–86
  • Runners–Up: (3) 1974–75, 1977–78, 1980–81

Saracens Storm Reserves

• Premiership Rugby Shield
  • Champions: (2) 2014–15, 2018–19
  • Runners-Up: (1) 2012–13

Saracens Sevens

• Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
  • Champions: (3) 2010, 2018, 2019
  • Runners–Up: (1) 2011
• Melrose Sevens
  • Champions: (2) 2012, 2013

Current squad

For player movements before or during the 2023–24 season, see List of 2023–24 Premiership Rugby transfers § Saracens.

The Saracens senior squad for the 2023–24 season is:

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Theo Dan Hooker England Jamie George Hooker England Kapeli Pifeleti Hooker United States Tom Woolstencroft Hooker England Ralph Adams-Hale Prop England Alec Clarey Prop England Sam Crean Prop England Christian Judge Prop England Eroni Mawi Prop Fiji Marco Riccioni Prop Italy Mako Vunipola Prop England Tom West Prop England Cameron Boon Lock England Callum Hunter-Hill Lock Scotland Nick Isiekwe Lock England Maro Itoje Lock England Hugh Tizard Lock England Andy Christie Back row Scotland Ben Earl Back row England Toby Knight Back row England Theo McFarland Back row Samoa Ollie Stonham Back row England Billy Vunipola Back row England Tom Willis Back row England

Player Position Union Aled Davies Scrum-half Wales Gareth Simpson Scrum-half England Ivan van Zyl Scrum-half South Africa Owen Farrell (c) Fly-half England Manu Vunipola Fly-half England Elliot Daly Centre England Josh Hallett Centre England Alex Lozowski Centre England Dom Morris Centre England Nick Tompkins Centre Wales Ben Harris Wing England Alex Lewington Wing England Sean Maitland Wing Scotland Rotimi Segun Wing England Alex Goode Fullback England Tom Parton Fullback England

Note: Players listed in bold have received at least one senior international test cap.

Academy squad

The Saracens academy squad is:

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Samson Adejimi Hooker England James Isaacs Hooker England Harvey Beaton Prop England Tristan Smith Prop England Jevaughn Warren Prop England Max Eke Lock England Anthony Mark Lock England Kaden Pearce-Paul Lock England Alex Wardell Lock England Luca Fahy Back row England Nathan Michelow Back row England Kennedy Sylvester Back row England

Player Position Union Charlie Bracken Scrum-half England Sam Bryan Scrum-half England Tobias Elliott Fly-half England Harry Legg Fly-half England Olly Hartley Centre England Brandon Jackson Centre England Francis Moore Wing England Charlie Reynolds-West Wing England Jenson McInulty Fullback England Reshaan Morris Fullback England

Club staff

Coaching and ownership structure

The current Saracens senior management and coaching staff is as follows:

Coaches

Role	Name
Director of Rugby	Mark McCall
Performance Director	Philip Morrow
Head Coach	Joe Shaw
Forwards Coach	Ian Peel
Backs Coach	Kevin Sorrell
Defence Coach	Adam Powell
Assistant Coach	Kelly Brown
Kicking Coach and Physio	Dan Vickers
Head of Recruitment	Nick Kennedy
Team Manager	Warrick Lang
Academy Manager	Mike Hynard
Academy Forwards Coach	Juan Figallo
Academy Backs Coach	James Tirrell

Owners

Role	Name
Club Chairman	Neil Golding
Chief Executive	Lucy Wray
Board of Directors	Maggie Alphonsi Nick Leslau Marco V. Masotti Paul O'Shea Francois Pienaar Dominic Silvester

Timeline of coaches (professional era)

Name	From	To	Honours	Notes
Francois Pienaar	July 1997	May 2002	* 1998 Tetley's Bitter Cup winner (as player-coach) * 1998 Premiership runner-up (as player-coach)	* Also Saracens player 1997–2000, chief executive 2000–02 * Current Saracens co-owner/board member * Former South Africa captain * 1995 Rugby World Cup winner
Buck Shelford	June 2002	July 2003	—	* Former New Zealand captain * 1987 Rugby World Cup winner
Rod Kafer	August 2003	December 2004	—	* Also Saracens player 2003 * 1999 Rugby World Cup winner
Steve Diamond	December 2004	February 2006	—	* Sale first-team coach 2001–02, director of rugby 2012–20 * Russia head coach 2010–11 * Worcester lead rugby consultant 2021–22, director of rugby 2022
Eddie Jones (interim)	February 2006	May 2006	—	* Caretaker head coach * Also Saracens technical advisor 2006, 2007–08
Alan Gaffney	June 2006	May 2008	—	* Munster director of rugby 2003–05 * Leinster and Ireland backs coach 2009–11 * Northampton director of rugby 2017–18
Eddie Jones	June 2008	March 2009	—	* Australia head coach 2001–05, 2022– (2003 World Cup runner-up) * South Africa technical advisor 2007 (2007 World Cup winner) * Japan head coach 2012–15 * England head coach 2016–2022 (2019 World Cup runner-up)
Richard Graham (interim)	March 2009	May 2009	—	* Caretaker head coach * Also Saracens assistant coach 2006–09
Brendan Venter	June 2009	January 2011	* 2011 Premiership winner (ended season as technical director) * 2010 Premiership runner-up	* Also Saracens technical director 2011–15 * 1995 Rugby World Cup winner * London Irish player-coach 2001–03, technical director 2016–18 * Italy technical advisor 2016, defence coach 2017–19
Mark McCall	January 2011	present	* Six-time Premiership winner (2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023) * Three-time European Champions Cup winner (2016, 2017, 2019) * Five-time Premiership Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023) * 2015 LV Cup winner * 2021 RFU Championship winner * Two-time Premiership runner-up (2014, 2022) * 2014 Heineken Cup runner-up * 2019 Premiership Rugby Cup runner-up	* Also Saracens first-team coach 2009–11 * Ireland A and Ireland U21s first-team coach 1999–2001 * Ulster backs coach 1999–2004, director of rugby 2004–07 * Castres backs coach 2007–08

Notable former coaches

The following former Saracens assistant coaches – who all began their professional rugby coaching careers at the club – have gone on to serve in high-profile positions at international level and at other top-tier clubs in the English Premiership, the French Top 14 or the United Rugby Championship:

• Mike Ford (defence coach 2004–05, head coach 2005–06)
  • England defence coach 2006–11
  • Bath backs coach 2012–13, director of rugby 2013–16
  • Toulon head coach 2016–17, Leicester defence coach 2019–21
• Andy Farrell (player 2005–09, backs coach 2009–11, head coach 2011–12)
  • England defence coach 2012–15
  • Ireland defence coach 2016–19, head coach 2019–
• Paul Gustard (assistant coach 2008–09, defence coach 2009–16)
  • England defence coach 2016–18
  • Harlequins director of rugby 2018–21
  • Benetton defence coach 2021–22, Stade Français defence coach 2022–
• Steve Borthwick (player/captain 2008–14, academy coach 2012–14)
  • Japan forwards coach 2014–15, England forwards coach 2016–20
  • Leicester director of rugby 2020–22
  • England head coach 2022–
• Alex Sanderson (forwards coach 2008–16, defence coach 2016–21)
  • Sale director of rugby 2021–
• Richard Wigglesworth (player 2010–20, academy coach 2017–20)
  • Canada defence and kicking coach 2019
  • Leicester attack coach 2021–22, interim head coach 2022–23
  • England assistant coach 2023–
• Richard Hill (player 1993–2008, academy coach 2010–13)
  • England team manager 2016–
• Mosese Rauluni (player 2004–10, academy coach 2010–12)
  • Fiji backs coach 2011, defence and skills coach 2014–
• Donald Barrell (academy coach 2008–12, academy director 2012–17)
  • England head of regional academies 2017–22
  • England head of performance programmes and pathways 2020–
• Andy Edwards (strength and conditioning coach 2006–20)
  • England A fitness coach 2010–16
  • South Africa athletic performance director 2020–
• Ian Vass (academy coach 2013–17)
  • England U20s head coach 2017
  • Montpellier defence coach 2017–20, Northampton defence coach 2020–

Notable players

See also: Category: Saracens F.C. players

British & Irish Lions

The following players have been selected to represent the British & Irish Lions on tour while at Saracens:

Tour	Host nation	Series result	Number selected	Players selected	Notes
1997	South Africa	2–1	4	Kyran Bracken Tony Diprose Richard Hill Paul Wallace	* Hill and Wallace featured in all three test squads. * Bracken and Diprose were later additions to the tour.
2001	Australia	1–2	4	Danny Grewcock Richard Hill (2) Dan Luger Scott Murray	* Grewcock featured in all three test squads. * Hill started in the first two tests, before suffering a tour-ending injury.
2005	New Zealand	0–3	2	Richard Hill (3) Shane Byrne	* Hill started in the first test, before suffering a tour-ending injury. * Byrne featured in the first and third tests.
2009	South Africa	1–2	0	—	—
2013	Australia	2–1	4	Brad Barritt Owen Farrell Matt Stevens Mako Vunipola	* Farrell and M. Vunipola featured in all three test squads. * Barritt was a later addition to the tour. * Stevens previously featured on the 2005 tour while at Bath.
2017	New Zealand	1–1–1	7	Owen Farrell (2) Jamie George Maro Itoje George Kruis Billy Vunipola Mako Vunipola (2) Liam Williams	* Saracens was the most represented club on tour – a feat repeated in 2021. * Farrell, George, Itoje, M. Vunipola and Williams featured in all three test squads. * Farrell was the top points scorer in both the test series and the tour overall. * Kruis started in the first test. * B. Vunipola pulled out of the tour following his selection, due to injury.
2021	South Africa	1–2	5	Elliot Daly Owen Farrell (3) Jamie George (2) Maro Itoje (2) Mako Vunipola (3)	* Daly, Itoje and M. Vunipola featured in all three test squads. * Itoje was named the Lions Player of the Series. * M. Vunipola became England's most-capped Lions test player of the professional era. * Farrell featured in the first two test squads. * Daly previously featured on the 2017 tour while at Wasps.

Rugby World Cup

The following players have been selected to represent their national teams at the Rugby World Cup while at Saracens (tournament winners are listed in bold):

Tournament	Number selected	England players	Other national team players
1999	9	Kyran Bracken, Danny Grewcock, Richard Hill, Dan Luger	Scott Murray, Robbie Russell Paul Wallace Roberto Grau Brendan Reidy
2003	7	Kyran Bracken, Richard Hill	Robbie Russell Tom Shanklin Nicky Little Jared Barker, Morgan Williams
2007	5	Andy Farrell	Kameli Ratuvou, Mosese Rauluni (c) Census Johnston Fabio Ongaro
2011	8	Matt Stevens, Richard Wigglesworth	Kelly Brown John Smit (c) Jacques Burger (c) Michael Tagicakibau Hayden Smith, Chris Wyles
2015	18	Brad Barritt, Owen Farrell, Jamie George, Alex Goode, George Kruis, Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola, Richard Wigglesworth	Titi Lamositele, Thretton Palamo, Hayden Smith, Chris Wyles (c) Marcelo Bosch, Juan Figallo Schalk Brits Jacques Burger (c) Samuela Vunisa Cătălin Fercu
2019	16	Elliot Daly, Owen Farrell (c), Jamie George, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Jack Singleton, Ben Spencer, Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola	Sean Maitland, Duncan Taylor Rhys Carré, Liam Williams Vincent Koch Juan Figallo Titi Lamositele

Halls of fame

The following players have been inducted into the Saracens Hall of Fame:

• John Steeds (1938–1950)
• Tony Turner (1946–1949)
• Vic Harding (1951–1964)
• Ken Bartlett (1959–1962, 1967)
• James Wyness (1961–1968)
• George Sherriff (1963–1973)
• John Lockwood (1963–1977)
• Mel Williams (1966–1976)
• Floyd Steadman (1980–1990)
• Lee Adamson (1983–1994, 2000–2007)
• Brian Davies (1990–1996)
• John Buckton (1984–1996)
• Michael Lynagh (1996–1998)
• Philippe Sella (1996–1998)

In addition, several former Saracens players have been inducted into the two incarnations of the World Rugby Hall of Fame:

World Rugby Hall of Fame

Year	Inductees	Positions
2008	Philippe Sella	Centre
2011	Francois Pienaar John Smit	Flanker Hooker
2014	Jason Leonard Michael Lynagh	Prop Fly-Half
2015	Tim Horan	Centre

IRB Hall of Fame

Year	Inductees	Positions
1999	Philippe Sella	Centre
2001	Michael Lynagh	Fly-Half
2003	Tim Horan	Centre
2005	Francois Pienaar	Flanker
2007	Jason Leonard	Prop

Club captains

The following players have held the position of Saracens club captain:

• 1876–1882 - F.W. Dunn
• 1882–1887 - A. Jenkins
• 1887–1890 - G. Sparks
• 1890–1891 - J. Bongard
• 1891–1893 - H.E. Read
• 1893–1896 - W.T.A. Beare
• 1896–1897 - A. Warden
• 1897–1899 - W.T.A. Beare
• 1899–1900 - T. Sawyer
• 1900–1901 - W.T.A. Beare
• 1901–1907 - C.S. Bongard
• 1907–1909 - J.W. Jennings
• 1909–1911 - T.H. Pentony
• 1911–1912 - W.A. Andrew
• 1912–1913 - A.J. Wilson
• 1913–1914 - D. McMillan
• 1919–1920 - D.H. Keith
• 1920–1921 - G.P. Mayne
• 1921–1922 - F.S. Chaan
• 1922–1923 - T.F. Pilcher
• 1923–1924 - J.S. Greer
• 1924–1925 - W.T. Williams
• 1925–1926 - J.S. Greer
• 1926–1927 - K. Brown
• 1927–1928 - O.R.G. Williams
• 1928–1929 - L.C. Johnson
• 1929–1930 - W.L. Prosser
• 1930–1933 - K. Brown
• 1933–1935 - M. Barak
• 1935–1936 - E.O. Furness
• 1936–1938 - A.V.N. Bartlett
• 1938–1939 - G.J. Burkle
• 1939–1940 - P. Brown
• 1940–1946 - E. Heptonstall
• 1946–1949 - G.A. Turner
• 1949–1950 - R.D. Bruce
• 1950–1952 - L.W. Knowlson
• 1952–1954 - R.D. Bruce
• 1954–1955 - E.A. Eames
• 1955–1956 - R. Robertson
• 1956–1957 - V.S.J. Harding
• 1957–1958 - D.J. Dowling
• 1958–1960 - D.M. Thomas
• 1960–1962 - K.J. Bartlett
• 1962–1965 - J.A.D. Wyness
• 1965–1968 - G.D. Hunt
• 1968–1970 - R. Weaver
• 1970–1972 - J.A. Lockwood
• 1972–1973 - R. Headey
• 1973–1974 - J.M. Heggadon
• 1974–1976 - M. Williams
• 1976–1977 - J.A. Lockwood
• 1977–1978 - D. Harrigan
• 1978–1981 - R. Faircloth
• 1981–1982 - A. Harrower
• 1982–1983 - F. Steadman
• 1983–1987 - A. Keay
• 1987–1988 - L. Adamson
• 1988–1990 - F. Steadman
• 1990–1992 - J.R. Buckton
• 1992–1996 - B. Davies
• 1996–1999 - T. Diprose
• 1999–2000 - J.F. Pienaar
• 2000–2001 - K.P.P. Bracken
• 2001–2002 - A. Benazzi
• 2002–2003 - K.P.P. Bracken
• 2003–2004 - S. Raiwalui
• 2004–2006 - H.D. Vyvyan
• 2006–2007 - S. Raiwalui
• 2007–2008 - N. de Kock
• 2008–2014 - S.W. Borthwick
• 2014–2016 - A.J. Hargreaves
• 2016–2020 - B.M. Barritt
• 2020–present - O.A. Farrell

Former internationals

The following former Saracens players received at least one international cap during their professional career for their respective national test or sevens teams:

England

• Steffon Armitage
• Chris Ashton
• Brad Barritt
• Steve Borthwick
• Mouritz Botha
• Kyran Bracken
• John Buckton
• Matt Cairns
• Noah Cato
• Kris Chesney
• George Chuter
• Calum Clark
• Ben Clarke
• Alex Codling
• Tony Diprose
• Mike Ellery
• Andy Farrell
• David Flatman
• Andy Goode
• Joe Gray
• Danny Grewcock
• Richard Haughton
• Richard Hill
• Charlie Hodgson
• Michael Horak
• Tom Howe
• Ben Johnston
• George Kruis
• Jason Leonard
• Dan Luger
• Max Malins
• Mark Mapletoft
• Nils Mordt
• Alex Rae
• Steve Ravenscroft
• Tony Roques
• Ben Russell
• Dean Ryan
• Alex Sanderson
• Dan Scarbrough
• David Seymour
• Joe Simpson
• Jack Singleton
• Ben Skirving
• Kevin Sorrell
• Ben Spencer
• Sam Stanley
• Matt Stevens
• David Strettle
• Ben Sturnham
• Rob Thirlby
• Joel Tomkins
• Hugh Vyvyan
• Nick Walshe
• Marcus Watson
• Julian White
• Richard Wigglesworth
• Kevin Yates

Britain and Ireland

• Kelly Brown
• Blair Cowan
• Iain Fullarton
• Jim Hamilton
• Kieran Low
• Scott Murray
• Gordon Ross
• Robbie Russell
• Tom Ryder
• Tim Swinson
• Duncan Taylor
• Ben Broster
• Rhys Carré
• Dominic Day
• Rhys Gill
• Gavin Henson
• Adam Jones
• Michael Owen
• Craig Quinnell
• Tom Shanklin
• Sam Wainwright
• Liam Williams
• Shane Byrne
• Paddy Johns
• Darragh O'Mahony
• Peter Stringer
• Paul Wallace
• Richard Wallace

Northern Hemisphere

• Kyle Baillie
• Jared Barker
• D. T. H. van der Merwe
• Morgan Williams
• Abdelatif Benazzi
• Christian Califano
• Thomas Castaignède
• Raphaël Ibañez
• Thierry Lacroix
• Alain Penaud
• Philippe Sella
• Christopher Tolofua
• Justin Melck
• Matías Agüero
• Carlos Nieto
• Fabio Ongaro
• Lorenzo Romano
• Samuela Vunisa
• Kensuke Iwabuchi
• Takashi Kikutani
• Cătălin Fercu
• Ruben de Haas
• Will Hooley
• Titi Lamositele
• Thretton Palamo
• Hayden Smith
• Chris Wyles

Southern Hemisphere

• Eduardo Bello
• Emiliano Bergamaschi
• Marcelo Bosch
• Juan Figallo
• Roberto Grau
• Francisco Leonelli
• Juan Pablo Socino
• Mark Bartholomeusz
• Tim Horan
• Rod Kafer
• Michael Lynagh
• Patrick Phibbs
• Dave Porecki
• Will Skelton
• Sam Domoni
• Nicky Little
• Sakiusa Matadigo
• Simon Raiwalui
• Kameli Ratuvou
• Mosese Rauluni
• Savenaca Rawaca
• Michael Tagicakibau
• Jacques Burger
• Janco Venter
• Chris Jack
• Glen Jackson
• Joe Maddock
• Justin Marshall
• Taine Randell
• Jack Wilson
• Census Johnston
• James Johnston
• Fa'atiga Lemalu
• Brendan Reidy
• Hisa Sasagi
• Pelu Taele
• Schalk Brits
• Schalk Burger
• Deon Carstens
• Jannie de Beer
• Neil de Kock
• Alistair Hargreaves
• Derick Hougaard
• Francois Hougaard
• Gavin Johnson
• Vincent Koch
• Francois Pienaar
• Brent Russell
• John Smit
• Wikus van Heerden
• Cobus Visagie
• Damian Willemse
• Viliami Hakalo
• Tevita Vaikona
• Sione Vailanu

Personnel honours and records

Most appearances

The following players have the most appearances for Saracens:

1. Alex Goode (359), 2008–present
2. Kris Chesney (338), 1995–2009
3. John Buckton (319), 1984–1996
4. Jackson Wray (309), 2008–2023
5. Kevin Sorrell (304), 1995–2010
6. Richard Hill (275), 1993–2008
7. Neil de Kock (257), 2006–2017
8. Chris Wyles (254), 2008–2018
9. Brad Barritt (252), 2008–2020
10. Richard Wigglesworth (240), 2010–2020

World Rugby Awards

The following Saracens players have achieved recognition at the World Rugby Awards (presented annually since 2001):

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times that they had been nominated for the award at that point (if more than one)

Men's 15s Player of the Year

Year	Nominated	Winner	Ref
2012	Owen Farrell	—
2016	Owen Farrell (2), Maro Itoje, Billy Vunipola	—
2017	Owen Farrell (3), Maro Itoje (2)	—
2021	Maro Itoje (3)	—

Men's 15s Dream Team of the Year

Year	Player	Position	Ref
2021	Maro Itoje	No. 4 (Second Row)

Breakthrough Player of the Year

Year	Nominated	Winner	Ref
2016	Maro Itoje	Maro Itoje

Junior Player of the Year

Year	Nominated	Winner	Ref
2014	Nathan Earle	—

Six Nations Championship Awards

The following players have been named on either the Six Nations Player of the Championship or Team of the Championship shortlist while at Saracens:

Six Nations Player of the Championship

Year	Shortlisted	Positions
2006	Thomas Castaignède	Fly-Half
2013	Owen Farrell	Fly-Half
2014	Owen Farrell (2)	Fly-Half
2015	Billy Vunipola	Number 8
2016	Duncan Taylor Billy Vunipola (2)	Centre Number 8
2017	Owen Farrell (3) Maro Itoje	Fly-Half Lock
2019	Liam Williams	Full-Back
2020	Maro Itoje (2)	Lock

Six Nations Team of the Championship

Year	Player	Position	Ref
2022	Maro Itoje	No. 4 (Second Row)

European Player of the Year Awards

The following Saracens players have been named as nominees and winners of the EPCR European Player of the Year award (presented annually since 2011):

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times that they had been nominated for the award at that point (if more than one)
§	Denotes that the club was also the winner of the European Rugby Champions Cup during the same season
	Denotes that the club was also the runner-up of the European Rugby Champions Cup during the same season

Season	Nominated	Winner	Ref
2010–11	—	—
2011–12	Mouritz Botha, Owen Farrell	—
2012–13	Owen Farrell (2), Charlie Hodgson	—
2013–14	Chris Ashton, Schalk Brits, Jacques Burger, Alex Goode	—
2014–15	Chris Ashton (2), Billy Vunipola	—
2015–16§	Owen Farrell (3), Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Billy Vunipola (2)	Maro Itoje
2016–17§	Owen Farrell (4), Maro Itoje (2)	Owen Farrell
2017–18	Owen Farrell (5)	—
2018–19§	Alex Goode (2), Mako Vunipola	Alex Goode
2019–20	—	—
2020–21	—	—
2021–22	—	—
2022–23	Elliot Daly	—

European Golden Boot

Season	Position	Player	Points	Games	PPG
2015–16§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell	127	9	14.11
2016–17§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (2)	126	9	14.00
2017–18	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (3)	92	7	13.14
2018–19§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (4)	89	7	12.71

European Top Try Scorer

Season	Position	Player	Tries	Games	TPG
2013–14	Wing	Chris Ashton	11	9	1.22

Highest scorers by European season

The following lists denote the top points scorers and top try scorers for Saracens during each European season from 2011–12 onwards:

Most Points

Season	Position	Player	Points
2011–12	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell	88
2012–13	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (2)	104
2013–14	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (3)	64
2014–15	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (4)	40
2015–16§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (5)	127
2016–17§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (6)	126
2017–18	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (7)	92
2018–19§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (8)	89
2019–20	Full-Back	Alex Goode	29
2021–22	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (9)	60
2022–23	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (10)	40

Most Tries

Season	Position	Player	Tries
2011–12	Number 8	Ernst Joubert	3
2012–13	Wing	Chris Ashton	4
2013–14	Wing	Chris Ashton (2)	11
2014–15	Wing	Chris Ashton (3)	4
2015–16§	Wing	Chris Wyles	5
2016–17§	Wing	Chris Ashton (4)	6
2017–18	Full-Back	Liam Williams	3
2018–19§	Wing	Sean Maitland	5
2021–22	Wing	Sean Maitland (2)	3
2022–23	Centre Flanker	Elliot Daly Ben Earl	4

Premiership Rugby Awards

The following Saracens players have achieved recognition at the annual Premiership Rugby Awards:

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times that they had been nominated for the award at that point (if more than one)
§	Denotes that the club was also the winner of the domestic league or cup competition during the same season
	Denotes that the club was also the runner-up of the domestic league or cup competition during the same season

Premiership Player of the Season

Season	Nominated	Winner
2010–11§	Schalk Brits	—
2011–12	Brad Barritt	—
2012–13	Steve Borthwick	—
2013–14	Jacques Burger	—
2014–15§	Billy Vunipola	—
2015–16§	Alex Goode Maro Itoje	Alex Goode
2016–17	Michael Rhodes	—
2017–18§	—	—
2018–19§	Alex Goode (2)	—
2019–20	Ben Earl	—
2020–21	—	—
2021–22	Ben Earl (2)	Ben Earl
2022–23§	Owen Farrell	—

Premiership Young Player of the Season

Season	Nominated	Winner
2010–11§	Owen Farrell	—
2011–12	Owen Farrell (2)	Owen Farrell
2012–13	Mako Vunipola	—
2013–14	Billy Vunipola	Billy Vunipola
2014–15§	Maro Itoje	—
2015–16§	Maro Itoje (2)	Maro Itoje
2016–17	—	—
2017–18§	—	—
2018–19§	—	—
2019–20	Ben Earl	—
2020–21	—	—
2021–22	—	—
2022–23§	—	—

Premiership Hall of Fame

Season	Inductees
2012–13	George Chuter Charlie Hodgson
2013–14	—
2014–15	—
2015–16	Richard Hill Hugh Vyvyan
2016–17	Steve Borthwick Kyran Bracken
2017–18	—
2018–19	Jason Leonard
2019–20	—
2020–21	—
2021–22	—
2022–23	Brad Barritt

Premiership Team of the Season

Season	Number selected	Players selected
2010–11§	3	Schalk Brits, Jacques Burger, David Strettle
2011–12	1	Schalk Brits (2)
2012–13	1	Mako Vunipola
2013–14	2	Jacques Burger (2), Billy Vunipola
2014–15§	1	Jamie George
2015–16§	5	Mako Vunipola (2), Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Billy Vunipola (2), Alex Goode
2016–17	5	Mako Vunipola (3), Jamie George (2), Jackson Wray, Richard Wigglesworth, Brad Barritt (c)
2017–18§	0	—
2018–19§	4	Mako Vunipola (4), Jamie George (3), Will Skelton, Alex Goode (2)
2019–20	2	Maro Itoje (2), Ben Earl
2020–21	0	—
2021–22	2	Ben Earl (2), Max Malins
2022–23§	2	Marco Riccioni, Ben Earl (3)

Premiership Player of the Month

Season	Month	Winner	Position	Ref
2010–11§	September	Jacques Burger	Flanker
2010–11§	February	Ernst Joubert	Number 8
2011–12	October	Owen Farrell	Fly-Half
2013–14	September	Jacques Burger (2)	Flanker
2013–14	April	Chris Ashton	Wing
2015–16§	December	Maro Itoje	Lock
2016–17	October	Mako Vunipola	Prop
2018–19§	October	Alex Goode	Full-Back
2022–23§	September	Theo McFarland	Flanker
2022–23§	October	Alex Goode (2)	Full-Back

Premiership Forward of the Season

Season	Nominated	Winner
2013–14	Schalk Brits	—
2014–15§	Billy Vunipola	—
2015–16§	Maro Itoje George Kruis Billy Vunipola (2)	—

Premiership Try of the Season

Season	Date	Round	Nominated	Opponent	Venue	Winner
2010–11§	24 April 2011	21	Schalk Brits	vs. Gloucester	Vicarage Road	Schalk Brits
2013–14	13 April 2014	19	Kelly Brown	vs. Northampton Saints	Allianz Park	—
2021–22	21 May 2022	25	Theo McFarland	vs. Northampton Saints	StoneX Stadium	—

Community Player of the Season

Season	Nominated	Winner
2010–11§	Hayden Smith	Hayden Smith
2011–12	Will Fraser	—
2012–13	Jamie George	Jamie George
2013–14	Jamie George (2)	—
2014–15§	Jamie George (3)	Jamie George (2)
2015–16§	Will Fraser (2)	—
2016–17	Chris Ashton	—
2017–18§	Joel Kpoku	—
2018–19§	Calum Clark	—
2019–20	—	—
2020–21	—	—
2021–22	Sean Maitland	—
2022–23§	Sean Maitland (2)	Sean Maitland

Premiership Rugby Cup Breakthrough Player of the Season

Season	Nominated	Winner
2011–12	Jamie George	—
2012–13	—	—
2013–14	Matt Hankin, Ben Ransom	—
2014–15§	Matt Hankin (2)	—
2015–16	No competition held during this season due to Rugby World Cup
2016–17	Tom Whiteley	—
2017–18	Ben Earl, Matt Gallagher, Sione Vailanu	—
2018–19	Matt Gallagher (2), Joel Kpoku, Tom Whiteley (2)	—
2019–20	Sean Reffell, Manu Vunipola	—
2020–21	No competition held during this season due to COVID-19 pandemic

Premiership Golden Boot

Season	Position	Player	Points	Games	PPG
1997–98	Fly-Half	Michael Lynagh	279	19	14.68
2006–07	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson	281	22	12.77
2008–09	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (2)	239	21	11.38
2017–18§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell	217	15	14.46

Premiership Top Try Scorer

Season	Position	Player	Tries	Games	TPG
2019–20	Flanker	Ben Earl	11	17	0.65
2021–22	Wing	Max Malins	16	15	1.07

Premiership Team of the Decade

The following Saracens players were named in the Premiership Rugby Team of the Decade for the 2010s. The starting XV is made up of the players who recorded the most appearances in their respective positions, across all teams in the league, between January 2010 and December 2019, with the bench consisting of the players with the second most caps in each position.

Starters

Number	Position	Player	Caps (2010–19)
11	Wing	Chris Wyles	81
12	Centre	Brad Barritt	157
15	Full-Back	Alex Goode	159

Replacements

Number	Position	Player	Caps (2010–19)
16	Hooker	Jamie George	68
18	Prop	Petrus du Plessis	66
21	Scrum-Half	Richard Wigglesworth	72

Premiership Immortals XV

The following Saracens players were named in the Premiership Immortals XV, a team of 15 players selected by BT Sport rugby commentators Lawrence Dallaglio, Austin Healey, Ben Kay and Ugo Monye in May 2023, to celebrate 20 years of Premiership Finals.

Forwards

Number	Position	Player
2	Hooker	Schalk Brits
5	Lock	Maro Itoje

Backs

Number	Position	Player
10	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell
12	Centre	Brad Barritt
14	Wing	Chris Ashton

Highest scorers by domestic season

The following lists denote the top try scorers and top points scorers for Saracens during each domestic season from 1997–1998 onwards:

Most Tries

Season	Position	Player	Tries
1997–98	Wing	Richard Wallace	8
1998–99	Wing	Brendon Daniel	12
1999–00	Wing	Ryan Constable	12
2000–01	Wing	Dan Luger	6
2001–02	Centre	Tim Horan	4
2002–03	Fly-Half Wing	Thomas Castaignède Richard Haughton	6
2003–04	Fly-Half Wing	Thomas Castaignède (2) Richard Haughton (2)	7
2004–05	Wing Centre	Richard Haughton (3) Ben Johnston	4
2005–06	Full-Back	Dan Scarbrough	7
2006–07	Wing	Kameli Ratuvou	7
2007–08	Centre	Adam Powell	7
2008–09	Wing Centre	Noah Cato Rodd Penney	4
2009–10	Hooker	Schalk Brits	7
2010–11§	Hooker Wing	Schalk Brits (2) James Short	6
2011–12	Number 8 Wing	Ernst Joubert James Short (2)	4
2012–13	Wing	David Strettle	8
2013–14	Wing	David Strettle (2)	11
2014–15§	Wing Wing	Chris Ashton Chris Wyles	13
2015–16§	Wing	Chris Ashton (2)	11
2016–17	Wing	Chris Ashton (3)	9
2017–18§	Scrum-Half Wing	Ben Spencer Chris Wyles (2)	11
2018–19§	Centre	Nick Tompkins	11
2019–20	Flanker Wing	Ben Earl Rotimi Segun	7
2020–21§	Wing	Alex Lewington	8
2021–22	Wing	Max Malins	16
2022–23§	Wing	Max Malins (2)	11

Most Points

Season	Position	Player	Points
1997–98	Fly-Half	Michael Lynagh	279
1998–99	Full-Back	Gavin Johnson	318
1999–00	Fly-Half	Thierry Lacroix	280
2000–01	Fly-Half	Thomas Castaignède	131
2001–02	Fly-Half	Luke Smith	194
2002–03	Fly-Half	Andy Goode	204
2003–04	Fly-Half	Andy Goode (2)	115
2004–05	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson	77
2005–06	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (2)	238
2006–07	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (3)	281
2007–08	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (4)	179
2008–09	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (5)	239
2009–10	Fly-Half	Glen Jackson (6)	178
2010–11§	Full-Back	Alex Goode	144
2011–12	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell	195
2012–13	Fly-Half	Charlie Hodgson	212
2013–14	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (2)	157
2014–15§	Fly-Half	Charlie Hodgson (2)	152
2015–16§	Fly-Half	Charlie Hodgson (3)	154
2016–17	Centre	Alex Lozowski	175
2017–18§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (3)	217
2018–19§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (4)	143
2019–20	Fly-Half	Manu Vunipola	98
2020–21§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (5)	102
2021–22	Centre	Alex Lozowski (2)	178
2022–23§	Fly-Half	Owen Farrell (6)	153

Rugby Players' Association Awards

The following Saracens players have achieved recognition at the annual RPA Awards:

Year	Players' Player of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Special Merit Award	England Player of the Year	Ref
2007	Glen Jackson	—	—	—
2010	Schalk Brits	—	—	—
2012	—	Owen Farrell	Hugh Vyvyan	—
2014	—	—	Steve Borthwick	—
2016	—	Maro Itoje	Charlie Hodgson	Billy Vunipola
2017	—	—	—	Owen Farrell
2018	—	—	—	Mako Vunipola
2020	—	—	Richard Wigglesworth	—
2023	—	—	Owen Farrell	—

RPA Hall of Fame

Year	Inductees	Positions
1999	Michael Lynagh	Fly-Half
2001	Philippe Sella	Centre
2003	Tim Horan	Centre
2008	Richard Hill Jason Leonard	Flanker Prop

15 Under 23 Team of the Season

Season	Number selected	Players selected	Positions
2021–22	2	Nick Isiekwe Ben Earl	No. 4 (Lock) No. 6 (Flanker)
2022–23	2	Theo Dan Hugh Tizard	No. 2 (Hooker) No. 5 (Lock)

End-of-season club awards

The following Saracens players have achieved recognition at the club's annual Big Bash end-of-season awards:

Season	Players' Player of the Year	Young Player of the Year	Fans' Player of the Year	Academy Player of the Year
2015–16	Duncan Taylor	Billy Vunipola	Owen Farrell	Nick Tompkins
2016–17	Michael Rhodes	Maro Itoje	Marcelo Bosch	Hayden Thompson-Stringer
2017–18	Jackson Wray	Nick Isiekwe	Jackson Wray	Max Malins
2018–19	Will Skelton	Titi Lamositele	Alex Goode	Sean Reffell
2019–20	Richard Wigglesworth	Manu Vunipola	—	—
2020–21	Tim Swinson	Sean Reffell	—	—
2021–22	Vincent Koch	Andy Christie	Ben Earl	—
2022–23	Ivan van Zyl	Hugh Tizard	—	—

English Premiership record

Results per opposition

The following table details the past performance of Saracens against different opponents in the English Premiership, between the 1989–90 and 2021–22 seasons.

English Premiership
Opposition	Span	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%	Points for	Average PF	Points against	Best score	Worst score	40-49 points	50+ points
Bath	1989–2022	57	33	3	21	57.89%	1377	24.16	1176	71-17 (2021–22)	66-21 (2007–08)	2	5
Bristol Bears	1989–2022	34	23	1	10	67.65%	829	24.38	571	47-13 (2019–20)	45-22 (1999–2000)	3	0
Harlequins	1989–2022	56	36	1	19	64.29%	1335	23.84	1147	50-10 (1999–2000)	43-6 (2001–02)	2	1
Birmingham Moseley	1989–1990	2	2	0	0	100.00%	54	27.00	19	33-13 (1989–90)	13-33 (1989–90)	0	0
Orrell	1989–1997	8	5	0	3	62.50%	130	16.25	134	44-22 (1996–97)	38-13 (1995–96)	1	0
Bedford Blues	1989–2000	5	5	0	0	100.00%	187	37.40	80	57-29 (1999–2000)	29-57 (1999–2000)	1	1
Gloucester	1989–2022	59	26	3	30	44.07%	1308	22.17	1394	62-12 (2017–18)	50-9 (2006–07)	4	2
Leicester Tigers	1989–2022	61	26	4	31	42.62%	1237	20.28	1347	50-25 (2011–12)	48-7 (2001–02)	2	1
Nottingham	1989–1992	3	2	0	1	66.67%	53	17.67	40	28-3 (1990–91)	25-12 (1989–90)	0	0
Rosslyn Park	1989–1992	3	3	0	0	100.00%	38	12.67	30	15-13 (1989–90)	13-15 (1989–90)	0	0
Wasps	1989–2022	57	26	1	30	45.61%	1200	21.05	1379	57-33 (2017–18)	64-23 (2015–16)	0	2
Liverpool St Helens	1990–1991	1	1	0	0	100.00%	17	17.00	3	17-3 (1990–91)	3-17 (1990–91)	0	0
Northampton Saints	1990–2022	55	35	0	20	63.64%	1331	24.20	1168	63-13 (2017–18)	58-17 (2005–06)	2	2
London Irish	1991–2022	46	28	1	19	60.87%	1181	25.67	971	51-14 (2017–18)	55-13 (2001–02)	7	1
Rugby Lions	1991–1993	2	2	0	0	100.00%	36	18.00	15	22-6 (1991–92)	9-14 (1992–93)	0	0
West Hartlepool	1992–1999	7	6	0	1	85.71%	249	35.57	127	52-3 (1998–99)	31-41 (1995–96)	2	2
London Scottish	1992–1999	3	2	0	1	66.67%	106	35.33	61	58-20 (1998–99)	24-7 (1998–99)	1	1
Sale Sharks	1995–2022	52	34	2	16	65.38%	1407	27.06	1036	58-12 (1999–2000)	40-32 (2005–06)	7	3
Richmond	1997–1999	4	4	0	0	100.00%	88	22.00	54	33-17 (1998–99)	18-25 (1998–99)	0	0
Newcastle Falcons	1997–2022	44	31	1	12	70.45%	1148	26.09	783	58-15 (2009–10)	47-18 (2001–02)	4	2
Rotherham Titans	2000–2004	4	3	0	1	75.00%	121	30.25	46	55-30 (2000–01)	19-8 (2000–01)	0	1
Yorkshire Carnegie	2001–2011	16	10	0	6	62.50%	399	24.94	266	66-7 (2007–08)	41-31 (2003–04)	0	1
Worcester Warriors	2004–2022	30	20	1	9	66.67%	826	27.53	507	62-5 (2019–20)	40-27 (2019–20)	5	2
Exeter Chiefs	2010–2022	26	15	1	10	57.69%	606	23.04	455	40-17 (2019–20)	34-37 (2018–19)	2	0
London Welsh	2012–2015	4	4	0	0	100.00%	209	52.25	61	78-7 (2014–15)	23-28 (2012–13)	0	2
Overall	1989–2022	641	382	19	240	59.59%	15472	24.14	12789	78–7 vs London Welsh (2014–15)	66-21 vs Bath (2007–08)	45	29

• Data includes all regular season and play-off matches (semi-finals and finals)
• All fixtures added from 1989–90 to 2021–22

Additional Sources

• 'The Saracen', Matchday programmes 1998–2007