{"id":83036,"date":"2025-08-21T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/83036\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:01:07","slug":"alex-goodes-saracens-split-lasts-just-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/83036\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Goode’s Saracens split lasts just 3 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Club legend Alex Goode<\/a> has returned to Saracens<\/a> in a part-time coaching capacity only three months after retiring as a player.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old stepped away from playing duties at the end of last season after a 17-year professional career but has in short order been appointed as a specialist coach for the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n

Goode, Saracens\u2019 record appearance maker with more than 400 games, will work with the club\u2019s senior backs and academy players across the season. He began his new role at the start of pre-season.<\/p>\n

Director of rugby Mark McCall said Goode\u2019s presence would be an asset as the club continues to integrate younger players into the senior environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex has been an outstanding servant to the club and is one of the most intelligent players to have worn the Saracens shirt,\u201d McCall said. \u201cHis understanding of the game, leadership qualities, and ability to connect with people will mean he has a great impact in his new role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goode said: \u201cAfter being here for almost 20 years it was always going to be difficult to walk away entirely! I\u2019m very grateful to the club for this opportunity and excited to work with such a talented group.\u201d<\/p>\n

The appointment comes just 11 weeks after Goode\u2019s retirement was confirmed following a career that delivered six Premiership titles and three European Champions Cups. He was named European Player of the Year in 2019 and represented England<\/a> on 21 occasions, including as part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Club legend Alex Goode has returned to Saracens in a part-time coaching capacity only three months after retiring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-83036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}