{"id":10170,"date":"2026-03-10T00:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10170"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:20:54","slug":"alfie-barbeary-saracens-sign-bath-number-eight-for-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10170","title":{"rendered":"Alfie Barbeary: Saracens sign Bath number eight for 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Saracens have signed number eight Alfie Barbeary from Prem rivals Bath for the 2026-27 season. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barbeary has played 60 games for Bath, including 11 this season, and featured in the Prem, Prem Rugby Cup and Challenge Cup finals last season as the club won a treble. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 25-year-old joined the Somerset-side following the collapse of Wasps in 2022 and moves to the north London club with back row Tom Willis set to depart for Bordeaux in the summer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Alfie is a highly talented young player who we are delighted to welcome to the club,&#8221; said Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His attributes and character will complement and add value to the group and we are looking forward to him realising his potential in the years ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barbeary has played once for England A and also represented his country at under-20 level. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Saracens have always been a top club and I am looking forward to a new challenge in north London,&#8221; Barbeary said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They have consistently been challenging for silverware and that is something I am very motivated to help them achieve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saracens have signed number eight Alfie Barbeary from Prem rivals Bath for the 2026-27 season. Barbeary has played 60 games for Bath, including 11 this season, and featured in the Prem, Prem Rugby Cup and Challenge Cup finals last season as the club won a treble. The 25-year-old joined the Somerset-side following the collapse of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}