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The Chairman – Joe Cervantes
It is with both pride and pleasure that I welcome all our supporters, sponsors, current and future players to the Abu Dhabi Saracens Rugby Club.
The 2019/2020 season was a very successful year for the men’s team who not only won the Gulf Rugby Division One league, but recorded an undefeated season. Our team continues to go from strength to strength and we are extremely proud of the players’ performance this year.
Our amazing talent does not end with our men’s team. Our ladies team also play a key part in family. We are so proud of all the girls have achieved in the last season and we cannot wait to see what the future has in store for them this coming season.
This year, the coaching staff, under the new direction of Head Coach Jason Brown, will continue to drive the club’s ambition of a winning culture, but also use his vast rugby experience to inject something new and exciting into our team. Our ethos of “discipline, respect, family, enjoyment and teamwork will be the key pillars on how we plan to go about winning. The Saracens are always looking for men and women of all abilities to join our family and share our values of club first, then team, then ‘me’.
I would also like to invite our supporters, sponsors, current and future players to our home ground and fortress at Al Ghazal Golf Club. Al Ghazal hosts two amazing restaurants and a sports bar called Murphys. It is a great place to bring the family and enjoy some Saracens rugby. As well as our friends at Al Ghazal, we also insist you try the amazing and delicious pizza at another of our sponsors, Sopranos. You won’t regret it.
In addition, I would like to offer a special word of thanks to all our clubs sponsors. We appreciate all that you do for us. This year, like every other year, we have exciting programs and projects which need funding and we always welcome sponsorship from companies who are aligned to our ethos and goals. If you feel that your company could partner with us, please contact me at: chairman@saracens.ae.
A message from…
Head Coach – Jason Brown
I would start by expressing my thanks to all of those who have contributed to the club’s great success last season. A special mention and thanks goes to our outgoing Director of Rugby, Peter Henderson, who has worked extremely hard to drive the club forward.
I am privileged to be elected as your Head Coach, and it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our club.
I very much look forward to seeing the Saracens retain the league title and better the semi-final result at the 2019 Dubai 7’s. Last year on the field we achieved our goals set before the season. I want to pay tribute to all our players that have represented this great club at all levels, coaches, medical staff, chairman, and everyone that contributes so much to ensure that Saracens rugby is the best we can make it.
Our club has always prided itself on being a family-oriented club with high expectations of performance and conduct, both on and off the field. Our rugby value is ‘Club – Team – Me’ and we are committed to this and the further development of Rugby Union in Abu Dhabi as well as the development of our members, players, coaches and sponsors.
Our fantastic club is made by its great players, members and volunteers of men and women. However, our sponsors are the people who contribute to all of us being a progressive rugby club with fantastic infrastructure and facilities. Without our sponsors we simply couldn’t exist so from every committee member, player and member, we cannot thank you enough. We hope you will continue to support your local rugby club for many years to come.
Yours in rugby,
Jason Brown
Club Captain – Jonny Taylor
Welcome to the Saracens family!
I would like to congratulate the entire club on an extremely successful season both on and off the field. It has been years in the making to get us to this point and it is a massive privilege to be elected as club captain this coming season.
Both the men and women’s teams have enjoyed their most successful season in recent years. This does not happen overnight, nor is it the result of the input of a few players; it is a club effort with a shared philosophy of ‘club, team, me’. This is the reason we continue to grow as a family, improve on the field and all round, have a great time doing it.
I could not be prouder to be part of the Saracens and that is not just because of our on-field success. It is the club culture that has been built over the years. Every player, coach, manager, sponsor and supporter leaves an imprint on this club and every year the sense of family continues to grow. It is with this in mind that we enter a new season, a chance for each of us to make our own imprint in this great club’s history moving forward.
I look forward to playing with you, supporting you and welcoming you to our family – bring on the new season!