Saracens’ Jim Hamilton: ‘I didn’t want my kids to see me on the pitch whacking people’

In his final days at the club the lock forward is preparing for the European Rugby Champions Cup final against Clermont Auvergne and has many a good yarn to tell – such as sleeping on a sofa next to Noel Edmonds on a yacht at Monaco GPPeople often ask what Saracens’ secret is. How did an itinerant north London team with relatively few fans end up where they are today, favourites for every big final they reach? Those tempted to shout “money” would be better advised to seek out the soon-to-depart Jim Hamilton. An audience with Big Jim is an education in itself and explains why his club stand apa…