Oxford University’s Varsity Match preparations were thrown into disarray as they were beaten 68-0 by Northampton Saints ‘Wanderers XV’ at Iffley Road. Skipper John Carter led by example for the 50 minutes he played, driving hard at the breakdown, cleaning up at the base of a retreating scrum and generally showing the younger players...
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It was another NFL day for Northampton Saints, as for the second year running they went head-to-head with one of the teams participating in the International Series game. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the UK ahead of Sunday’s Wembley showdown against Chicago, but they took some time out of their schedule at Pennyhill...
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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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The Northampton Saints team has been named for tomorrow night’s Aviva Premiership Rugby Round 5 trip to Worcester Warriors. The Saints go into the game after a curate’s egg of a performance at Edgeley Park last weekend. After controlling the game for an hour the Saints let Sale back into the contest with...
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Tomorrow evening sees the Saints in action for the first time in 2011/12 and a talented mix of youth and experience will take the field for the Northampton leg of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens Series. The side will be captained by prolific winger Scott Armstrong, one of three players to...
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Northampton Saints today announced that season ticket sales are on target for record levels ahead of the 2011/12 campaign. The Saints’ on-field successes are continuing year on year, with the 2009 European Challenge Cup and 2010 LV= Cup titles followed by a place in the 2011 Heineken Cup final and back-to-back Aviva Premiership Rugby...
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Northampton Saints today confirmed those players who will be leaving the club this summer. The departures of Bruce Reihana (235 appearances; Bordeaux Begles), Mark Easter (120 appearances; Sale Sharks), Joe Ansbro (70 appearances; London Irish), Shane Geraghty (55 appearances; Brive) and Dan Sanderson (1 appearance; Moseley) are already in the public domain. Other players...
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The Northampton Saints team has been named for the rescheduled Aviva Premiership Rugby Round 11 trip to Gloucester. The game was originally due to take place on Boxing Day, only to be called off thanks to a frozen Kingsholm pitch. Conditions tomorrow night will be somewhat different, but the game now falls in an...
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Head Coach Bryan Redpath makes full use of his squad, making multiple changes from the side that drew at Leicester Tigers on Saturday as Gloucester prepare for the visit of Northampton Saints to Kingsholm on Tuesday evening (kick off 7:45pm). The prospect of three games in eight days was always going to mean the...
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Newcastle Falcons have made three changes for the visit of Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership on Friday night (kick-off 7.45pm). Tom Catterick gets the nod at full-back ahead of the injured Jeremy Manning, while there are starts for Gcobani Bobo on the wing and James Fitzpatrick at centre. Alan Tait’s men will be...
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