Sarries sound off again

[Teh Mite]

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RFU labelled a 'shambles' for Super Rugby clash

Saracens chairman Nigel Wray hit out at the Rugby Football Union for scheduling the Super Rugby game at Twickenham on the same day his side kept up the pressure at the top of the Aviva Premiership with a 24-9 win over Newcastle.

Tries from James Short and Jared Saunders sealed victory following a rusty display from a Saracens outfit that were playing at their Vicarage Road home for the first time in five weeks. With such a long time between home gates Wray was critical of the RFU for agreeing to stage the Crusaders-Sharks - which was moved to Twickenham following last month's devastating earthquake in Christchurch - and providing direct competition for the domestic game.

Wray went even further declaring the season's fixturing "a shambles" and the RFU unfit to regulate the game. "How can you have the RFU as the regulator of the game, the person who, if you like, tells you when you can open shop for business when they are also a competitor," he said.

"They run competitive games as indeed can be seen today when without a word or thought for the Premiership clubs, they organised at Twickenham a competing fixture involving Canterbury from New Zealand. Well, why not hold it on an international weekend? Competition is fine, of course, but you cannot be the regulator as well. I understand that the charity aspect is a factor, but £5 from every £40 ticket?

"This is our first home game since playing Leeds on February 20. That's five weeks, what a way to run a business. Can you imagine if Harrods told their customers they were closing for five weeks? Surprise, surprise, those customers would all go to Selfridges. The season is a shambles. Competitions collide with each other; we switch from one to the other never finishing any one competition off."

Clearly nobody told the Crusaders about something special happening in Watford

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Even though I can understand where he is coming from to a degree; the match was more for the benefit of Crusaders rugby coffers than charity and it could be seen as unfair with theregulatory party scheduling a rival game on the same day, you are always going to look like a tosser bad-mouthing a situation that benefits a team that just got their city ravaged by a natural disaster.

Should have just kept his mouth shut and

 

[TRF C A Iversen]

Good lord! The Sarries seem quite cross, maybe they need a hug?

 

[Teh Mite]

It's becoming something of a Saracens trademark to have a valid point but to point it out by the worst method imaginable. Venters legacy lives on.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

He moans about the clash yet Sarries got over a thousand more watching this match than they did their last home game...
In fact it was their third highest attendance, behind Tigers and Saints (not including the Wembley game)

Proving that Saracens felt that they weren't getting enough column inches and wanted a moan about something...

 

[Draggs]

Someone needs to stand up for these lads.

 

[Duckdee]

Saracens should be given a WWE-type belt, and only play teams who agree to their "rules of the week." I'm sure that'll solve everything.