On This Day in 2005: GB captain Andy Farrell swaps codes to join Saracens
Great Britain rugby league captain Andy Farrell switched codes to union and signed for Saracens on this day in 2005.
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Great Britain rugby league captain Andy Farrell switched codes to union and signed for Saracens on this day in 2005.
Remember that night in Paris? This same March week back in 2016, Eddie Jones’s England went there with the grand slam on the line. Of course they won it, beating France 31-21 thanks to fine tries from Danny Care, Dan Cole and Anthony Watson. Afterwards, James Haskell and Chris Robshaw were walking around the Stade de France in custom-made shirts with the number six-and-a-half on the back (a sly and affectionate dig at their coach after he told them they couldn’t play seven), while the Vunipola brothers belted out Backstreet Boys covers in the dressing room. It was the start of a party that stretched long into the next morning.
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