Theo Dan

Club career Dan joined the Saracens junior academy in 2017, aged sixteen. While representing the club's U16s team at the Wellington Festival, he was persuaded to convert to hooker by Saracens academy coach and ex-player Kelly Brown. His transition to the front-row began with an apprenticeship loan spell at Old Alleynians. During his development, he spent time on loan at Bishop's Stortford in National League 1, the third tier of English rugby, playing under the tutelage of former Bath, Newcastle and Northampton player Andy Long. He was also dual-registered with Ampthill during the season and made several appearances for the club in the Championship, scoring one try His Premiership debut for Saracens followed at the end of the 2021–22 Premiership regular season, against Gloucester.

After starting the 2022–23 season on loan at Ampthill, injuries saw Dan recalled to the Saracens first-team. Following his first Premiership start in October 2022, he enjoyed a breakthrough season, earning the most league starts at hooker for the club, and scoring five tries – the most of any Saracens forward that season.

International career Dan is qualified to represent both England and Romania at international level. On 5 August Dan made his Test debut coming on as a second-half substitute in a warm-up defeat to Wales at the Millennium Stadium. Two days later he was included in the squad for the World Cup.

Dan scored his first tries for England in their pool stage victory over Chile. He was an unused substitute for both the quarter-final victory over Fiji and semi-final elimination against champions South Africa. Dan scored a try in their last fixture of the tournament as England defeated Argentina to finish third with the Bronze medal.

His name made the announcement of the 17 players awarded Elite Player Squad (EPS) deals on the Rugby Football Union deals.

Career statistics List of international tries

27 October 2023 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France

2023 Rugby World Cup

Honours Saracens Premiership Rugby: 2022–23

England Rugby World Cup Third place: 2023