Banned Stevens to join Saracens in 2011

ENGLAND international Matt Stevens, pictured, is set to relaunch his rugby career with Saracens in 2011.

The former Bath prop, currently serving a two-year drugs ban from the sport, will join the Guinness Premiership club on completion of his suspension in just under a year. Saracens rugby director Brendan Venter has described the recruitment of Stevens as “a massively significant signing” for the club.

Stevens, 27, resigned from Bath last March. He had a four-year deal with the club believed to be worth around £1m (€1.14m).