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Fin Smith: Northampton Saints must go on the front foot

Fin Smith says Northampton Saints must forget about defending their Prem crown and instead focus on improving as they target back-to-back titles after a revealing pre-season trip to Sri Lanka.

by
Adam Hathaway
6 September 2026

Fin Smith in action for Northampton Saints

Fin Smith has been mixing with cricketing royalty in Sri Lanka and has told his Northampton Saints side to go on the front foot again as they seek a second straight Prem title.

Saints played Asia Pacific Lions in Colombo, winning 59-42, and played a charity cricket match with legends like Aravinda de Silva and Mahela Jayawardene, with over 18,000 Test runs between them, in the opposition.
Jayawardene hosted the tourists at dinner and the Prem champions used the trip to focus on doing a better job of backing up a title win than they did in 2024-25 when they flopped domestically but did make ...

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