All posts tagged "Northampton"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBiggar’s kindness is fillip for young Fin
NEWS EXTRA WHEN Fin Smith was wondering what to do with himself after Worcester’s 66-10 defeat to Northampton in the last...
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Features
/ 4 years agoCarey fills in for Oisín
RUGBY SHORTS NORTHAMPTON have signed tighthead prop Conor Carey until the end of the season to cover the hamstring injury to...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPatriot Mobbs raised his own army
EDGAR Mobbs might be a rugby name that is recognised and honoured to this day but as a schoolboy he failed...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOghre incident proves refs can make mistakes
COLIN BOAG Let off: Wasps’ Gabriel Oghre was given only a yellow card for this high tackle on Northampton’s Alex Mitchell...
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/ 4 years agoLondon Irish 16-21 Leicester: Ford steers Tigers off the rocks just in time
GEORGE Ford kicked three penalties in the final 25 minutes to haul Leicester over the line and make it four from...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSevens stars return to ignite Gloucester attack
By NATHAN ROCHE PREVIEW... Wasps v Glo-Hartpury Today, 5.15pm, CBS Arena WASPS welcome back their GB Sevens trio of Abi Burton,...
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/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Marcus Watson playing for his future at Wasps
MARCUS Watson aims to start persuading Wasps he deserves a new contract by putting Northampton to the sword today. Constant setbacks...
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/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
MATT BEESLEY, THE WHARFEDALE AND FORMER NORTHAMPTON AND EALING PROP, PICKS THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST... 1....
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/ 4 years agoNorthampton 23-21 London Irish: Returning Biggar is late hero for Saints
DAN Biggar picked himself up to kick a match-winning penalty to keep unbeaten Northampton on track in a tense finish at...
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/ 4 years agoThat was rubbish says Boyd, somebody is looking after us
CHRIS Boyd had one word to describe Northampton’s performance and this disjointed match: “Rubbish.” “There’s only two good things about today;...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoNorthampton Saints emergency call for prop
NORTHAMPTON Saints last week sent out an SOS looking to bring another tighthead prop into Franklin’s Gardens as injury cover until...
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/ 4 years agoProctor keen to extend his stay as Saints near potential
By GARY FITZGERALD Hungry for silverware: Matt Proctor MATT Proctor admits the huge promise and potential to win trophies at Northampton...
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/ 4 years agoTeams think we’re vulnerable right now admits Baxter
THERE was sympathy from Chris Boyd who said he “felt for Rob Baxter” with the Exeter director of rugby missing a...
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/ 4 years agoSet-piece so much better–George
GLOUCESTER head coach, George Skivington was upbeat despite the defeat. “We’ll take massive confidence from that, especially our set-piece performance against the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales star North aims to back for Christmas
RUGBY SHORTS OSPREYS three-quarter George North hopes to return from a serious knee injury during the festive period this season. The...
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Features
/ 4 years agoQuins name Big Game
RUGBY SHORTS BIG GAME 13 will mark Harlequins’ second-ever Double Header, with both the club’s Men’s and Women’s teams in action...
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/ 4 years agoLightning and Saints Women’s teams join forces
By CYBIL HARDING Ambassador: Sarah Hunter PREMIER 15s side Loughborough Lightning have linked up with Premiership club Northampton Saints to create...
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/ 4 years agoCliff used diplomacy to get what he wanted
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER ON the 1955 tour to South Africa, Cliff Morgan was absolutely key to the Lions prospects and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoStandard is getting higher says Boyd
By JON NEWCOMBE NORTHAMPTON Saints DoR Chris Boyd hopes the return of fans will help turn Franklin’s Gardens into a fortress....
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoJersey 0-19 Sale: Quickfire treble puts Sharks in open water
SALE’S first pre-season match, and their first trip to the Channel Islands to play Championship side Jersey Reds ended in a...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSaints hit big six but Blues pose problems
■By SAM JACKSON Bedford ............21 Northampton ..40 NORTHAMPTON ran in six tries to see off Bedford on Friday night. An early...
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Features
/ 4 years agoJP Doyle available ‘for a pie and a pint’ after return from Major League Rugby
What next for the former Premiership referee who spent 17 weeks officiating in Major League Rugby
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British and Irish Lions
/ 4 years agoTEAM: Spingboks without Faf de Klerk and Pieter-Steph du Toit for decider
South Africa call on Cobus Reinach and Lood de Jager to fill void of losing two of their star players
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHarry Mallinder set to take Goode’s place in Japan
Where will Harry Mallinder be playing after announcing he will leave Saints for the Top League?
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/ 4 years agoKerr earns long stay in Bristol
Impressed: Jake Kerr SCOTLAND hooker Jake Kerr has signed a permanent deal with Bristol. The 25-year-old signed a short-term contract at...
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Features
/ 4 years agoLudlow gets 4-match ban
LEWIS Ludlow has been banned for four matches for kneeing Canada prop Jake Ilnicki in the head during England’s win over...
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/ 4 years agoWyles: Saracens will make top-flight tasty next season
Former Saracens Premiership winner Chris Wyles says the club have 'done their time' and should expect to challenge once again
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/ 4 years agoLam: We had our chances to win it
HARLEQUINS served up one of the greatest fight-backs in Premiership history to book themselves a date with Exeter Chiefs in Saturday’s...
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/ 4 years agoDu Preez ruled out of Sale’s season run-in
SALE lock JP du Preez will miss the rest of the season after being banned for three weeks. The 27-year-old, who...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoBig Joe Cokanasiga must seize his England chance this time | Jeremy Guscott
JOE Cokanasiga on top form is quite simply a lethal rugby player. That is why it is so good to see...
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/ 4 years agoSaints wing Ollie Sleightholme leads charge for Vesty’s young guns
OLLIE Sleightholme has the mental strength as well as the blistering speed to thrive on the top international stage. Northampton may...
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/ 5 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Lions duo Dan Biggar and Courtney Lawes wanted by Toulouse
EUROPEAN champions Toulouse are looking to make a double swoop on Northampton Saints to take Lions pair Dan Biggar and Courtney...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoWasps search for Paolo Odogwu replacement
The Premiership club confirmed earlier this week their breakthrough wing/centre had ruptured his ACL
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoReuben Bird-Tulloch finds new club after being among quartet to leave Saints
Tommy Mathews, Ryan Olowofela and Tui Uru will also depart Northampton Saints this summer
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/ 5 years agoStuart Hooper addresses when Danny Cipriani will make his Bath debut
Bath fly-half Cipriani will not feature for the club in this season's run-in
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/ 5 years agoStade set the fashion in red not pink
BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to...
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/ 5 years agoSam Simmonds smashes Premiership try record
SAM Simmonds broke the Premiership try-scoring record for a season with a hat-trick in Exeter’s 31-12 win at London Irish on...
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/ 5 years agoWorcester Warriors appoint ex-Gloucester coach Jonny Bell as new defence mastermind
Bell will return to the Premiership next season to link up with old pal Alan Solomons at Worcester Warriors
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/ 5 years agoChris Boyd concedes Saints semi-final hopes are ‘dead’
Northampton Saints DoR Chris Boyd sees it as an uphill struggle to reach the Premiership semi-finals after his side's loss to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAnother 80-minute performance is a must for Gloucester
By ADAM HATHAWAY Turned tide: Skivington GLOUCESTER head to Ashton Gate with an eye on a top eight finish and a...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRFU ignore fact the players voted for the name Saxons | Nick Cain
ONE of the dangers with diversity politics, as illustrated by the RFU decision this week to dispense with the name ‘Saxons’,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPreview: Lam’s leaders aim to deliver big home run for Bears fans
Bristol Bears welcome Gloucester and over 3,000 supporters to Ashton Gate on Monday, Jon Newcombe spoke to Pat Lam about the...
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Features
/ 5 years agoGroom parachutes in for the big finale
RUGBY SHORTS FORMER Edinburgh and Northampton scrum-half Nic Groom has joined London Irish until the end of the season. South African...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoTownsend: Saracens five will be rejuvenated by Lions selections
Owen Farrell, Maro Itoje, Elliot Daly, Jamie George and Mako Vunipola were all included in Warren Gatland's Lions squad
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoDREAM TEAM
JON SLEIGHTHOLME, THE FORMER ENGLAND, BATH AND NORTHAMPTON WING CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Gary...
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoLeicester 33-24 Ulster: Fabulous George Ford puts Tigers into the final
The Leicester fly-half was pivotal to extinguishing Ulster's first start in Friday's Challenge Cup semi-final
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoBath 10-19 Montpellier: Toothless Bath flop out with whimper
Montpellier progress to the final with remarkable win at the Rec, their first match in over three weeks
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoLeicester 18-23 Northampton: Biggar’s the hero as Saints snare Tigers
Saints come out on top in feisty East Midlands derby affair, as Dan Biggar shows Lions credentials
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoAlex Mitchell has that Melville quality | Chris Hewett
BACK in the early 1980s, a time when there were no arguments about ring-fencing in England because there weren’t any leagues...
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English Championship
/ 5 years agoJoe Ford’s arrival helps Sam Olver keep big dream in focus
The Doncaster Knights fly-half was one of the players brought to Castle Park by head coach Steve Boden after Clive Griffiths'...
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