Warren Gatland has been assured that Saracens’ stars will be ready to deliver for the Lions despite playing second division club rugby.
Head coach Gatland was absent from StoneX Stadium where the strongest Championship side ever selected handed leaders Ealing a five-try beating.
But Sarries boss Mark McCall insisted he had no need to worry about players who were way off for England in the Six Nations due to a lack of game time following the club’s demotion. “Our players won’t be undercooked in any way,” he pledged after Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Elliot Daly, the Vunipola brothers and Owen Farrell combined to see off Ealing. “Our players are getting more rugby than the Welsh, Scottish and Irish.
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