It’s a dilemma many professional sportsmen and women face after pension – especially pressured retirement – what to do next to earn a crust. Regardless of fierce competition on the market, two previous Saracens rugby players Alistair Hargreaves, 32, and Chris Wyles, 35, created a microbrewery business after determining a gap on the market of art lager. I proceeded to go earlier into pension I started doing work for an agency instead and got sucked into the whole corporate and business world. The previous Saracens captain was pressured to retire on medical grounds at the ultimate end of 2016, aged just 30, after sustaining do it again concussions.
During his profession near the top of the overall game, he gained four international caps for South Africa and captained Sarries to the Premiership title in the 2014-15 season. In 254 performances for Saracens, American born Chris – Alistair’s Wolfpack co-founder – helped the London-based golf club win four Aviva Premiership game titles and two European Rugby Champions Cups. Wolfpack was named after the Saracens team nickname, but Alistair relays that it now means a lot more than that. The pair were at least in a position to draw on some experience when it came to launching their craft beer business.
After retiring from rugby, Alistair initially took a job in a top advertising agency promoting multiple beers from Budweiser to Stella Artois. But Chris persuaded him out of it, stating that he was working hard selling someone else’s beer – and …



