IF Saracens or Brendan Venter wanted his work for the club to be in a less public facing role with a limited media profile, there was a simple fix. The club should have made him a coaching consultant rather than director of rugby.
That way, Saracens could have regulated the outspoken former Springbok centre’s media exposure as much as he/they wanted to, and let head coach ch Joe Shaw handle the obligatory weekly media duties. No fuss, no hassle.

Instead, after Venter, right, failed to appear at press conferences, and Saracens were hit with a £5,000 Prem fine, the club cocked ...