Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka wātea a Jacques Burger ki te tākaro i te haurua whakamutunga o te Pākehā Champions Cup o Saracens ki a Clermont Auvergne i Saint Etienne i te Paenga-whāwhā 18. I whiua te kaitiaki o Namibia mo te wiki kotahi i muri i tana putanga ki te huihuinga whakatupatotanga o te Champions Cup i te Taite. Ko Burger, ka ngaro i te huihuinga a te Saracens Aviva Premiership me nga hoa whakataetae a Leicester i te Allianz Park i te Rahoroi, i whakahuatia e te Komihana Whakataetae mo te patu i te Racing Metro scrum-half Maxime Machenaud i te wikitoria o te kapa Champions Cup o te mutunga o te wiki i Paris. Ko Jacques Burger, kaitākaro taha o te kapa Saracens e patu ana i a Teddy Thomas, kaitākaro taha o te kapa Racing Metro i te Ratapu. Ka tae atu a Burger (matau) ki te waahi i te wa e whakarite ana a Maxime Machenaud (maui) ki te purei i te tuku ruku. Ka hopu a Burger i a Machenaud i muri i te wehenga o te pōro engari he iti noa iho te kaitākaro ki te papa. I whiua te kaitiaki o Namibia mō te wiki kotahi mō te hara engari ka wātea ia ki te aro atu ki a Clermont. I te whakapuaki i te whakataunga, i kii te European Professional Club Rugby: "I rongo te kaitohutohu whakawa motuhake a Simon Thomas (Wales) i nga whakaaturanga me nga taunakitanga mai i a Burger, i whakaae ki te hara, mai i te kaiwhakahaere o te rugby a Saracens a Mark McCall me te kaiwhakahaere o te kapa a Saracens a JP O'Reilly. "I whakaaturia hoki nga tono me nga taunakitanga e te kaitiaki whakatikatika whakataetae. "I te whakamana i te amuamu e kii ana, i whakatauhia e te kaitohutohu whakawa ko te hara he pohehe, he kaari whero, me te mea kei te pito o raro (e rua wiki) o nga whiu a World Rugby mo nga hara o tenei momo. 'Kāore he take nui, ā, i whakaitihia e ia te whakatārewatanga ki te nui rawa o te wiki kotahi nā te mea i whakaae te kaitākaro ki te hara, i te whakapuaki wawe i te pouri, i te whanonga pai i te wā o te whakarongo me te pūkete whakatārewatanga ma.' Ka whawhai a Burger ki a Racing Metro ki a Brice Dulin i te wā o te wikitōria nui a Saracens.
I whakahuatia a Jacques Burger mo te patu i a Maxime Machenaud o Racing Metro. I hinga a Saracens i a Racing ki te patunga whakamutunga o te kēmu i te hauwhā-wha whakamutunga. Ka tūtaki te kapa o Mark McCall ki a Leicester Tigers ā te Rāhoroi. I whiua a Burger mō te wiki kotahi mō tana patunga i a Machenaud. Ka ngaro te taha tuwhera i te kēmu Tigers, engari ka wātea ki te takaro ki a Clermont.