Northampton Saints today announced that Ben Foden has signed a new contract at the club, a year before his current deal expires. In putting pen to paper Foden has committed himself to the Saints’ cause until at least the summer of 2014 and is the second current player in the squad to do so...
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Leeds Carnegie have announced the signing of fly half Joe Ford, 21, on a two year contract from Heineken Cup finalists Northampton Saints. Ford returns to Headingley Carnegie after a year at Franklin’s Gardens and says that he feels he is a better player from his time at Saints. The youngster, who turned 21...
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Apparently, Joe Schmidt said in the press before the Heineken Cup final that finals were games of two halves. Now, I’m not sure, and I couldn’t tell you which paper carried the story, but in the finest journalistic tradition I shan’t let this bother me. Even if he didn’t say it, he should...
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For most clubs the season has already ended, but for Leinster, Northampton, Harlequins and Stade Francais there still remains the question of who will be putting the Heineken or Amlin Cup away in their trophy cabinet. It’s fair to say that the two form teams in each competition are also deservedly the finalists –...
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Leinster will hope to win their second ever Heineken Cup title as they take on reigning European champions Toulouse tomorrow. Sunday will see the 2000 Heineken Cup champions Northampton Saints take on the 2003 finalist Perpignan. With the exception of Perpignan they are all pushing for the title in their domestic leagues, as well...
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A thrilling weekend of European rugby witnessed two Heineken Cup quarter finals in Spain, top flight rugby making it’s debut in Milton Keynes, a record attendance for a quarter final and a second ever European fixture going to extra time. The two all-French encounters, Perpignan v Toulon and Biarritz v Toulouse, were taken over...
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P. Tomlinson reports from stadium:mk Northampton booked a semi final encounter with Perpignan after overcoming a tough Ulster team. The Saints recovered from a 13-10 half time deficit to reach their first semi final since 2007, the season that they got relegated. Ulster after reaching their first Heineken Cup quarter final since they won...
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Northampton Saints has issued the following statement regarding the story in the Daily Telegraph (Tuesday, March 29th). ‘Northampton Saints takes any such allegations very seriously and is conducting its own investigation to ascertain all the facts of the alleged incident. ‘The club is working with Ben Foden and his representatives, the Rugby Football Union...
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England have named an unchanged starting line-up for the RBS 6 Nations match against Italy at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday, February 12 (2.30pm). The only change to team manager Martin Johnson’s squad is on the bench where Hendre Fourie (Leeds Carnegie) takes over from Joe Worsley (London Wasps). Mike Tindall leads the side and...
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2003 wasn’t just when England won the World Cup, it was also the last time England won the Six Nations or indeed any tournament or silverware – not even a Triple Crown since then! 2003 was also the last time England beat Wales in Cardiff. 2003 might not be like what 1966 is to...
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