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English rugby union club, based in Leicester
Leicester Tigers are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in PREM Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
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Marcus Street is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a tighthead prop for Premiership club Saracens.
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Archaic term for Arabs and later for all Muslims
The term "Saracen" was commonly used in medieval Europe to refer to a person who lived in or near what the ancient Romans knew as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. Its original meaning in Greek and Latin is not known with certainty. By the early medieval period, it had come to be associated with the Arabian tribes. Following the rise of Islam, which occurred in Arabia, the word's definition evolved to refer not only to Arabs, but to Muslims taken generally as well.
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Marcus Street is relishing a fresh challenge at Saracens after leaving Exeter Chiefs, with the tight-head eager to make an immediate impact.
In bullish mood: Saracen prop Marcus Street SARACENS are targeting total Premiership “domination” under returning boss Brendan Venter. Prop Marcus Street claims the club don’t just have a “100 per cent” chance of making the top four but have set their sights on being top dogs for the seventh time in their history.…