{"id":10993,"date":"2012-06-01T22:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-1-rugby-farrell-resigns-as-saracens-coach\/"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:54","slug":"update-1-rugby-farrell-resigns-as-saracens-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-rugby-farrell-resigns-as-saracens-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Rugby-Farrell resigns as Saracens coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Lancaster rules out England return for Farrell<\/span><\/p>\n

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* He won’t be joining us in South Africa – coach<\/p>\n

(Adds Lancaster quotes)<\/p>\n

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LONDON, June 1<\/span> (Reuters) – Andy Farrell has resigned as
\nSaracens coach just a month and a half after turning down a job
\nas England backs coach to stay with the Premiership club.<\/p>\n

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“We are sorry to see Andy leave and we wish him well in the
\nfuture,” chairman Nigel Wray said on the club’s website
\n(www.saracens.com) on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Farrell was interim backs coach in England boss Stuart
\nLancaster’s staff during the last Six Nations tournament but
\nsaid in April he had decided to remain at Saracens for the
\nforeseeable future.<\/p>\n

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The 36-year-old former rugby league and union international,
\nand father of England player Owen Farrell, will not be rejoining
\nLancaster’s backroom staff.<\/p>\n

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“There has been a bit of speculation about Andy Farrell’s
\nresignation from Saracens but I want to categorically confirm
\nthat he won’t be joining us out here as part of the coaching
\nteam,” Lancaster told a news conference in Durban.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I always said that I would look at my coaching team at the
\nend of this tour and that situation remains the same.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

England’s three-test tour of South Africa starts in Durban
\non June 9.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; additional reporting by Jason
\nHumphries in Durban; editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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