Saracens rugby union club introduces wolves to dressing room to help motivate players The Saracens defensive coach went for the old wolf motivation trick. FOOTY coaches have tried all sorts of crazy motivational tactics through the years, but this is verging on the ridiculous. English rugby union club Saracens have employed the services of two wolves to help keep their players' minds on the job. The club's players have taken to describing themselves as a wolf pack when tackling opposition players and defensive coach Phil Gustard brought two wolves into the dressing room at a team meeting before a recent Premiership game against Harlequins to reinforce the idea. England fly-half Owen Farrell told London's Daily Telegraph the meeting left quite an impression: We talked about the power of the wolf and why we picked our defence to be a wolf pack then suddenly Gussie [Gustard] brought two wolves in! They are pretty fierce animals and I was a bit on edge. Maybe I shouldn't have picked to sit in the front row that day. The words that Guzzy said meant a lot. There is a reason why we call ourselves the wolf pack but to actually have the wolves there was a bit scary, so I couldn't really relax. They were on a leash but I think if that thing had wanted to eat me, it would have eaten me. Saracens won the game 27-12. Gustard has taken to giving players ratings for their defensive effort, with the best accolade a "wolf rating." I wanted to give a meaning behind it and a heartbeat and a soul. The wolf pack idea was something different and represented our mentality - we have to hunt, we have to get ­people and when we get there, we have to be savage. It epitomises everything, " he told the Telegraph. No word on what happens if a player has a howler.