Francois Pienaar complete £32m takeover of Premiership club

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Wednesday, 16 February 2022 at 19:41
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A consortium including South African World Cup-winning former captain Francois Pienaar has completed a £32m takeover of Saracens.
Kimono House Limited has bought a "controlling stake" in the group, which owns the club and their StoneX Stadium home.
Saracens Mavericks netball team is also part of the group.
Nigel Wray, the club's owner for 26 years, retains "a significant minority shareholding".
The club announced the takeover in October and confirmed it had been completed on Wednesday.


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#1. Gavin Henson

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The Wales legend could realise his dream of playing in a Rugby World Cup after unexpectedly switching to rugby league. The former union icon, released by the Dragons at the end of the 2018-19 season, has joined 13-a-side club West Wales Raiders.
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#3. Dan Carter

The All Black legend played a match for his childhood club Southbridge last month, scoring 12 points for his boyhood side. He played the full 80 minutes and scored six of his seven kicks at goal as his side beat West Melton 54-14. Following the game, Carter revealed he intends to play a bigger part at his local club moving forward.


#3. Mike Tindall

England legend and World Cup winner Mike Tindall plays a selection of matches for Minchinhampton, the club close to his home.  The centre played outside centre for Bath and Gloucester, and won 75 caps for England between 2000 and 2011. He was a member of the England squad which won the 2003 World Cup.
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#4. Will Greenwood

The Sky Sports pundit, who also operates as a backs coach for Maidenhead RFC, loves to get his boots out of the cupboard whenever the opportunity presents itself. As well as playing in charity matches, he has also played a handful of games for Olney Vets.
DID YOU KNOW? In April 2018, he walked to the North Pole in memory of his son Freddie, who was born at 23 weeks, and helped raise over £750,000 for Borne's research


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#5. Shane Williams

The Wales legend made a return to Welsh rugby in 2017, coming out of retirement to play for his beloved Amman United. The former Wales and British Lions star stunned spectators as he took the field for his home town side in the National League 3 West B match against Burry Port. He then played for them in a final at the Millenium Stadium. He's since played a further handful of games for the club.
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