Jamie George says new Saracens team-mate Hugh Tizard might play for England on the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup.
“That’s an absolute steal for us,” 69-cap worldwide George informed BBC Radio 5 Dwell’s Rugby Union Weekly.
“He is an awesome participant. He is the kind of bloke who you may see making his means into the England set-up by the point of the World Cup.”
“I have been actually, actually impressed by him.”
England youth worldwide Tizard will probably be aiming for the second Premiership title of his profession as a part of a squad who have been denied within the closing at Twickenham in June.
In Saracens’ first season again within the Premiership following their relegation for wage cap breaches, Saracens stormed previous Harlequins 34-17 within the play-offs earlier than a late Freddie Burns drop-goal condemned them to a 15-12 defeat by Leicester Tigers.
George has been working with Saracens player-turned-psychologist Calum Clark and David Jones, the membership’s head of psychology and private improvement, as a part of an intense build-up to the season.
“It appears this pre-season has been actually condensed and is kind of brief,” George added.
“Fortunately I did somewhat bit of coaching whereas I used to be away, in any other case I would be in massive bother. We’re pushing, we’re excited.
“We have been so shut final yr however we most likely performed our closing within the semi-final, to be sincere. We have to discover a strategy to again up our performances.
“There was one thing not fairly there. I’ve spoken at size with Calum Clark, who’s a superb psychologist.
“He is properly learn, has performed on the highest stage as properly and is a good man, an awesome character. David Jones may be very, superb as properly.”
The expertise of being deducted factors after which relegated is not a driving power for Saracens gamers, George mentioned.
“That may’t be motivation for 12 months of the yr. It definitely was once we have been coming again in and taking part in these video games for nothing once we have been on minus 100,000 factors,” he mentioned.
“We performed very well. We are able to discuss it now as a result of it is humorous.
“They rapidly realised that we have been bonus-pointing everybody as a result of we have been revved as much as our eyeballs.
“You’ll be able to’t be motivated by that every one yr spherical – what’s motivation is to win it once more.”
