Burger seals Saracens deal

05 January 2016 - 02:32 By Sports staff writer

Schalk Burger has signed a two-year deal with English Aviva Premiership champions Saracens, the club announced yesterday. Burger, 32, who starred for the Springboks at the World Cup last year and has won 85 caps for South Africa, will join fellow South Africans - including Neil de Kock, Alistair Hargreaves, Ernst Joubert and Michael Rhodes - at the Allianz Park club."I'm extremely excited to have the opportunity to play in both the Aviva Premiership and the European Cup, two of the leading competitions in world rugby, for such a special club."It's an exciting challenge for me and hopefully I can add a lot of value to an already successful group of players and coaches."Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall said Burger would "add a huge amount of experience and quality" to the club."To have a player of Schalk's calibre coming into the squad is fantastic news," he said."He is a man who has achieved everything there is to achieve in the game of rugby."Not only is he a fine rugby player. He is a humble and down-to- earth guy who we believe we will fit into the Saracens environment."..

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