Auckland Blues prop signs for Sarries

By Jason Harris
December 29 2002

Saracens have announced the signing of Auckland Blues prop Mike Storey until the end of the season as cover for injured England front rower David Flatman. Storey, who has made two appearances for the Blues in the southern hemisphere Super 12 competition, joins immediately and will be highly likely to be in the squad for Sarries' next game away at Leicester Tigers on 4 January.

The 6'tall specialist prop weighs in at just under 18 1/2 stones has been a regular in the Northland NPC side since 1999, making 30 appearances.

According to reports from New Zealand earlier in December, Storey was one of several NPC players who intended rejecting Super 12 contracts for more lucrative deals in Europe and had apparently been courted by serveral English and French teams before signing with Saracens.

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