Yet he treats a bad run no differently to a winning one, never one to get overtaken by emotion. Saracens, who pride themselves on their defence, conceded six tries and looked like a team that had met in the car park an hour before kick-off. “We were written off by many people but we defended much better in Clermont and played some good rugby,” McCall says. Saracens’ four league defeats have been uncharacteristic in that they have surrendered second-half leads each time. “We are fortunate at Saracens in that we are able to be honest with each other and there have been plenty of conversations.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2017 21:56 UTC