{"id":797773,"date":"2026-10-10T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797773\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:32:13","slug":"team-news-saracens-men-vs-bristol-bears-prem-r3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/797773\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAM NEWS | Saracens Men vs Bristol Bears (PREM R3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Malins set to make his 100th senior appearance for Saracens against Bristol Bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Malins will lead to the team out in front of a packed StoneX crowd, celebrating his 100th senior appearance against his once-former club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week sees a return to match action for winger Noah Caluori who underwent surgery on his wrist during the summer. Caluori recorded 18 tries in his PREM Rugby breakout season last year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Owen Farrell gets his first start of the 2026\/27 season at fly half after taking up a coaching role in the early round of the PREM Cup.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucio Cinti comes into the starting XV at outside centre alongside Sione Va\u2019enuku who scored on his PREM debut last week against Sale Sharks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Academy graduate Olamide Sodeke joins new signing George Martin in a new second row partnership with Maro Itoje moving to the back row.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malins is excited to hit this major milestone:\u00a0<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to reach 100 caps for this amazing club, and to join many legends of the game that are part of \u2018The 100 Club\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to all that have supported me over the years and I look forward to seeing you at StoneX on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are still available for tomorrow&#8217;s match <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eticketing.co.uk\/saracens\/EDP\/Event\/Index\/527?position=1&amp;utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=\u2026 &amp;utm_term=bears\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Saracens team to face Bristol Bears:\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>1\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Phil Brantingham\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Jamie George\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Alec Clarey\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Olamide Sodeke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002George Martin\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Maro Itoje (C)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Toby Knight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Ben Earl\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Charlie Bracken\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Owen Farrell<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Jack Bracken\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Sione Va\u2019enuku\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Lucio Cinti\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Noah Caluori\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Max Malins\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Replacements:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Eoghan Clarke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Alex O\u2019driscoll\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Corn\u00e9 Weilbach\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Nick Isiekwe\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Andy Onyeama-Christie\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Tomos Williams\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22\u2002\u2002\u2002 \u202fFergus Burke\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23\u2002\u2002\u2002 \u202fAngus Hall\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Malins set to make his 100th senior appearance for Saracens against Bristol Bears. 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