Sharp Chuter sets his sights on taking down champs

GEORGE CHUTER will hurl himself into the seething cauldron of a Heineken Cup showdown between Leicester and Munster on Sunday as proof that sporting life can begin at 30.

Chuter admits he has “been around the block a bit” during a 10-year rugby career highlighted by Saracens’ 1998 English knockout cup success, when his Twickenham team-mates included world superstars Philippe Sella, Francois Pienaar and Michael Lynagh.

More than 200 first-team appearances for Saracens and Leicester have been clocked up, together with a double-figure tally of England A games, but the next 12 months could comfortably eclipse all his previous achievements.