McCall shares up Strettle England claims - Fulham Chronicle

Saracens manager of rugby Mark McCall pressed David Strettle's claims for an England recall following the winger's outstanding performance in a sensational Aviva Premiership gain at Leicester. Strettle won two of his side's four second-half tries as Saracens made a 17-6 half-time deficit right into a 32-27 victory - their next on the trot at Welford Road - to stay in second place. McCall thinks Strettle is ready to step in if England prefer to remember him for his or her next RBS 6 Nations battle against Italy. "He is really on kind at the moment," McCall said. "He has had a great 2 or 3 weeks around, he is in the EPS team and is among the type wingers. They know what he can do." Winger James Short and full-back Chris Wyles won the other second-half tries while points were kicked 12 by fly-half Charlie Hodgson. Leicester dominated the very first half and scored attempts through Julian Salvi and Dan Bowden but were totally outplayed following the interval before launching a grandstand finish which resulted in a penalty take to and a card for Strettle. McCall said: "It was a casino game of two halves, we did not arrive in the very first and at 17-3 down prior to half-time we had a mountain to climb, particularly being at Welford Road. "Leicester were on form at that point and we did very well to show it round in the 2nd half. We were normal in anything we did in the initial half, we lost plenty of collisions and did not do what exactly we normally do. "The dressing room was relaxed at half-time and the participants said we needed to be definitely better in the second half and we were." Leicester have experienced a miserable nine days, having dropped to champions Harlequins a week ago, and experienced for having a weaker seat than Saracens due to dropping a host of players to the Six Nations. Manager of rugby Richard Cockerill admitted he was down seriously to the bare bones but had no claims and recognized Saracens for his or her second-half fightback. He said: "We controlled industry position and the overall game in the first half. And the score reflected that. In the 2nd half it was an entire role reversal and you have to give credit to Saracens. They put us under pressure and played well and we could not deal with it."

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