{"id":298001,"date":"2023-11-22T18:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=298001"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:25:19","slug":"owen-farrell-vows-to-play-a-key-role-for-saracens-and-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/owen-farrell-vows-to-play-a-key-role-for-saracens-and-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen Farrell vows to play a key role for Saracens and England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Owen Farrell throws down the gauntlet to his rivals for England No 10 jersey as Saracens fly-half vows to remain a key figure for club and country<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fly-half Owen\u00a0Farrell, 32, is captain for both Saracens and England<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His importance to Saracens has been confirmed by his marquee status<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>George Ford, Marcus Smith and Fin Smith in frame for England No 10 jersey<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Owen Farrell plans on remaining a central figure for Saracens and England into the next four-year World Cup cycle after he declared: \u2018I want to play as long as I can.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Farrell, 32, is captain for both club and country. He led Saracens to last season\u2019s Premiership title and England to a third-place finish at this year\u2019s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will be 36 by the time of the next global showpiece in Australia but isn\u2019t going anywhere for now despite the emergence of younger No 10 options for national head coach Steve Borthwick.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I want to play as long as I can if I&#8217;m excited about what I\u2019m doing,\u2019 said Farrell, speaking at the launch of the new European rugby season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I absolutely love what I do, I&#8217;m passionate about it, and I don&#8217;t see that slowing down. I wouldn\u2019t sit down and set targets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/16\/78119777-0-image-a-1_1700671222000.jpg\" height=\"503\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Owen Farrell (above) plans on remaining a central figure for Saracens and England<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I also wouldn&#8217;t say they are not in the back of my head. They are there in the background.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Farrell\u2019s former British &amp; Irish Lions team-mate Johnny Sexton captained Ireland at the World Cup in France at 38. Borthwick is blessed in the playmaker position.<\/p>\n<p>He has Farrell and 30-year-old George Ford as his experienced duo with Marcus Smith, 24, next in line. Northampton\u2019s Fin Smith, 21, has had a strong start to the new Premiership season.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell\u2019s importance to Saracens has been confirmed by the club\u2019s choice to keep him as their marquee player \u2013 whose salary sits outside the limit each Premiership club can spend on their squad \u2013 for next season. As revealed by MailSport, that has placed Maro Itoje\u2019s future into doubt.<\/p>\n<p>A change to the Premiership\u2019s rules mean each team can have only one marquee player instead of two moving forwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/16\/78119785-0-image-a-2_1700671256981.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Farrell at the launch of European rugby season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>It has forced Itoje to be offered a 50 per cent pay decrease if he wants to stay at Saracens.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We want the best players playing for England and if they&#8217;re not in the Premiership they&#8217;re not able to play for England,\u2019 said Farrell, who has already seen a host of international team-mates end their Test careers by moving to France.<\/p>\n<p>The RFU and Premiership Rugby are in the midst of negotiating a new agreement structure for the national game which looks set to include hybrid contracts for the country\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think the players now are not scared of giving their opinion and not scared of saying what they think,\u2019 said Farrell. \u2018This is now an interesting time. I am sure we will have input.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12780787\/Owen-Farrell-throws-gauntlet-rivals-England-No-10-jersey-Saracens-fly-half-vows-remain-key-figure-club-country.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen Farrell throws down the gauntlet to his rivals for England No 10 jersey as Saracens fly-half vows to remain a key figure for club and country Fly-half Owen\u00a0Farrell, 32, is captain for both Saracens and England His importance to Saracens has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Owen Farrell vows to play a key role for Saracens and England - 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