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The thunderous sound of everything slotting into place

The Cinch Stadium at Franklins Gardens reverberated to the sound of everything going right as Saints put together one of their most complete performances of the season to earn a bonus point win over Quins. Saints went into the Christmas...

Northampton Pride 2022 in full swing with huge turnout in town centre

A sunny, fun-filled day for all showed Northampton at its best #NorthamptonPride22 Northampton did itself proud this weekend with a massive turnout to support the Pride march event. With a march starting at 11am and a huge range of...

Karin Johnstone captures the colour and excitement of Northampton Carnival’s return

Northampton's celebration of carnival culture returned from its Covid break in reduced form - less dancers and a shorter route - but the real victory is that it has happened at all. The event has always relied on different parts...

I never would have expected Saints to beat Quins like this

There have been two or three games lately where afterwards I've been saying to people "that is the best Saints have played this season" and now there is another to add to the mix. For the fast half Saints...

A game that meant something more than the scoreline

There was little chance of rescuing the Premiership Cup campaign when a young Saints side welcomed Newcastle Falcons to Franklin's Gardens last night. However, hot on the heels of a thrilling cup victory against Saracens came this thrilling victory over...

It’s another thriller but this time Saints are the winners

Sometimes they are brilliant, sometimes they are crazy. That's young people for you. The celebration of Alex Waller's 231st appearance (a Premiership record) for Saints underlined it: there aren't that many wizened old campaigners in green, black and gold. https://twitter.com/btsportrugby/status/1503055320305786881?s=20&t=e74sXlM_6ZhzP56gGFRJPw There...

It felt like we were watching a great Saints victory right up until Exeter won it

Oops they did it again. They played with our hearts. At times in the home defeat to Exeter it felt that Saints were going to win. Sunshine splashed down on Franklin's Gardens. We were more than one score ahead. https://youtu.be/iWdOSpHEBKY There...

Dave Ikin’s photography from Saints’ agonising home defeat to Sale

I must admit I wallowed in the misery of the fan forums after Saints got well beaten at Welford Road and entertained the 'wisdom' of the mob for a few days. It was a bit like slaking my thirst with...

Small mistakes cost Saints big against classy Ulster

If Saints had more wins behind them this would have felt closer than it did. Ulster got a good start but Saints ducked and dived their way back into it. It even looked like we had survived the sin binning...

No way through Saracens defence for Saints

If a scoreline ever didn't tell the full story it was this one. Six points versus 30 makes it sound like the whole 80 minutes were as one sided as the last ten but it wasn't quite like that. The...
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