Saracens talent hunt is a refreshing approach to ensure hiddens gems are not lost

Trust Saracens to do something like this.

They really do like being different, don’t they? Last week they announced their ‘S-Factor’, where over the next month they will hold trials in Bristol, Coventry and Durham in a search for new players away from their usual catchment area.

Their promotional blurb screamed: “Just been released from a Premiership club academy? Coaches didn’t see your potential? Feel like you just slipped through the net? Maybe you’re excelling at rugby league, wrestling, basketball or water polo? If you’re 18 or older, not currently contracted to a Premiership club,…