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From director of rugby to 'wine consultant' Saracens head coach Joe Shaw has refused to say when, or if, director of rugby Brendan Venter will speak to the media again, despite the club facing fines for him not doing so. Venter was not at Wednesday's pre-match press conference for their forthcoming game with Sale after not attending Prem Rugby's pre-season launch day, or doing any media duties before, during or after the opening-weekend victory at Leicester. The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday that Venter had "resigned" as director of rugby and taken up a new role as "head of rugby culture and wine consultant", but this has not been confirmed by the club nor Prem Rugby. When asked if Venter would resume media duties, as part of his responsibilities as a director of rugby, Shaw said: "I'm just going to talk about the rugby. "I'll leave the club to talk about where we stand on all those kind of things." BBC Sport has contacted Saracens for comment. It is understood Sarries have already been fined £5,000 after Venter was not present at the Prem's pre-season launch day. It is also thought a change of job title would not preclude Venter from his contractual responsibilities. Saracens announced in January that Venter would be returning as director of rugby and have yet to publicly confirm any change to his day-to-day responsibilities. He succeeded Mark McCall, who stepped down at the end of last season after 15 years in the job. New injury blow for Hartley Shutterstock / Olly Hartley faces another period on the sidelines Shaw confirmed that centre Olly Hartley broke his arm in Sunday's 40-38 win at Leicester. Hartley, who required full knee reconstruction after a serious injury sustained in a match against Gloucester in April 2024, came off 13 minutes into the match at Welford Road. Sarries were already 14-0 up but the next 13 minutes after Hartley's injury saw the hosts reduce the deficit to 14-12. "When you play and train with somebody, like they have been with Olly for so long, and then it's the first game of the season and someone gets properly hurt, breaks their arm, you're human beings, it affects you," Shaw said. "We managed to to shuffle things around really calmly, with good leadership from the people on the pitch, and it was really pleasing to get through that adversity."

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中文标题： 萨拉森斯老板文特尔再次缺席媒体活动

萨拉森斯橄榄球总监文特尔再度未履行媒体职责，俱乐部可能因此被罚款；主帅乔·肖拒绝透露他是否会恢复受访。此前有报道称文特尔“辞职”并转任“橄榄球文化负责人兼葡萄酒顾问”，但俱乐部和英超橄榄球均未确认。肖还确认中锋奥利·哈特利在对莱斯特获胜一役中手臂骨折。

  • 情报分类：综合情报
  • 分类依据：橄榄球俱乐部人事与伤病新闻，不属于指定类别。
  • 信息来源：英语新闻 / BBC News Top Stories
  • 发布时间：2026/10/1 01:46:17