Looks like a job for Superman

As Schalk Brits apologises for his barely audible voice, explaining that he has had the flu all week, it is impossible not to think one thing: maybe he isn’t Superman after all?

That may be hyperbolic, but Brits is building a compelling body of evidence to support the joke Saracens supporters make that Superman wears Schalk Brits pyjamas in bed.

A qualified accountant, he has done more than any other player to transform Saracens from serial also-rans to Aviva Premiership champions in 2011 and a side ready to take on the elite.