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#TheDayHasArrived! Alex Day signs at Bedford Blues
On the day Season Tickets will be launched, Bedford Blues are delighted to announce the signing of scrum-half Alex Day from Saracens ahead of the 2021/22 campaign.
With over 100 Championship games already under his belt, the 28-year-old, sponsored by SHIFT Personal Training Club, will add real leadership and quality to Mike Rayer’s outfit.
On becoming a permanent member of the squad, having spent a brief loan period at Goldington Road in 2019, Day said: “I’m really excited to be back at Bedford. There’s a couple of boys still here from my short spell a couple of years ago and I’m really looking forward to getting going again.
“The support level of the club is the best in the Championship and as a squad, we’re all desperate for the return of spectators. I look forward to meeting everyone again and hopefully producing on the field for you all.”
Starting his career in the Northampton Saints Academy, Day showed his potential from a young age, helping England U20s win back-to-back Six Nations titles in 2012 and 2013 before adding the IRB Junior World Championships to his collection.
Several appearances for the Saints ‘A’ side and a beneficial dual-reg at Moseley saw Day make his Northampton first-team debut in November 2013, going on to make 11 appearances in total over the next two years, studying under the expert tutelage of former Blues captain, Lee Dickson.
Not content with playing second fiddle, Day moved to Cornish Pirates in 2015 in search of regular game time and over the course of the next four years was a mainstay down at The Mennaye, making 104 appearances and being named Players’ Player of the Year in 2017/18.
Signed by Saracens the following season, Day went on to make his Sarries Premiership debut in August 2020. Unfortunately, game time has been limited due to competition from the likes of Richard Wigglesworth, Aled Davies and Tom Whiteley.
Director of Rugby, Mike Rayer added: “We are delighted to have secured the signing of Alex. His experience and leadership qualities were just what we were looking for and the spine of the team is taking shape nicely now.
“When you add the Northampton Saints boys into the mix, it is important that we have players around them who can help them learn and develop. It’s an exciting group that we are assembling and pre-season training so far has reflected that.”
Alex has signed up for the 2021/22 Championship season, will you? Stay tuned later this evening as Bedford Blues Season Ticket launch ahead of the new campaign #TheDayHasArrived
*Photography provided by the following - Wired Images (Saracens), Brian Tempest (Cornish Pirates) & Claire Jones (Northampton Saints)*
