Maro Itoje shows his leadership qualities after inspiring Saracens to victory
At the same time there were glimpses of the edginess and enigma in Itoje that may explain why his name has often been linked to international captaincy throughout his senior career, without him landing the blue-riband role.
This season, additionally, we have seen Itoje as an official on-field leader for the first time since, as a young buck, he skippered Saracens’ second team to an Anglo-Welsh Cup, and England’s Under-20s to the world championship.On Sunday, we saw him with the extra responsibility of leaning over and into referee Adam Leal to make queries over this or that penalty award, in a 39-24 success for Saracens that was founded on a fantastic first-half of 24-0.
This may well be true, but as an example, the nods Itoje used to give to upcoming youngsters are now being heard externally.in pre-season and on Sunday, on TNT Sports after the match, he praised emergency replacement Angus Hall as someone “sitting his A-levels eight months ago” and Sarries “developing our young guys”.For England, Itoje was one of four vice-captains – that’s four in the matchday 23, for the avoidance of doubt – under George last month.
In his 10-minute absence, Saints stole a line-out from Saracens and pulled the scoreline back to 24-12.In that post-match interview Itoje showed an easy-going side that many Welsh, Irish and Scottish fans might be unfamiliar with, even after his decade at the top.
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