Strauss: complacency not an option

SARACENS come to Dublin this week marooned at the bottom of pool four, eight points behind Leinster, but Richardt Strauss has reason enough to approach Saturday’s Heineken Cup encounter with due care.

The English Premiership club’s umbilical ties with South Africa on and off the field are many and Strauss knows enough about his fellow countrymen to believe they will not treat their trip to the Irish capital as some sort of jolly.

Educated at the famed rugby nursery that is Grey’s College in Bloemfontein, the 23-year old knows the national mindset and feels the English club’s Bok contingent will be eager to atone for their defeat by Leinster in Wembley three months ago.