“I’m never going to be a leader that starts screaming at people, demanding things,” Jamie George says quietly in a room at the physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic which he and his childhood friend, Rhys Carter, set up last year. “There’s a time and place for that, and yes I will bring it, but my best feature is how I relate to people. I like to think I know each person individually and what’s best said to Maro [Itoje] might be different to George [Kruis]. These different things matter – as does the tone in which you say them.”
Small differences do matter and it is striking that George has suggested that, instead of opting for the usual rugby routine of an interview at Saracens’ training ground in St Albans, we meet at his alternative place of business in Hoddesdon. This rounded approach will help the 28-year-old England hooker as the next six months could be the most memorable of his career.
Written by Donald McRae
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/06/jamie-george-saracens-england-european-challenge-cup-final-leinster-rugby-interview under the title “Jamie George: ‘Saracens are going somewhere no club has been before in Europe’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
