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Mitchell relishing the build-up to the East Midlands derby

Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell says he would like to bring his World Cup success back to the club ahead of “one of the biggest games of the season”.  Saints travel to Leicester Tigers in the East-Midlands derby this weekend...

How Northampton Bike Park will be celebrating a year of being open

It's not dignified. I'm 55 and I've gone over the handlebars of a bike twice in the past year. Fortunately I roll like an 80kg medicine ball and didn't land far from the track on either occasion. Somehow my injuries were...

Sometimes the way they talk about Saints is pure snobbery

Twenty minutes into Saints home victory over Saracens, just after Moon and Ludlam had crossed the line to score and perhaps three more scoring chances were lost to butterfingers, BT Sport had a touchline chat with one of the...

Forwards march for Saints and deliver the reaction we were waiting for

To some degree rugby operates in its own reality of outrageous expectations. Little guys bring down big guys. Un-kickable objects get booted through impossible gaps at unlikely angles. Players go forwards but the ball goes backwards. The team that...

Have we just seen Saints’ try of the season? Maybe Netflix will tell us

Northampton Saints 41-34 Gloucester Rugby * Pics by Dave Ikin The Netflix cameras are currently circling over rugby union in the hope of emulating the success of their Formula One fly on the wall hit Drive to Survive and this...

Saints survive the Sharknado to stage their biggest Premiership comeback

It was Saints biggest ever Premiership points comeback but there are Sale fans today who are shrugging their shoulders, stroking their beards and grumbling about red cards, yellow cards and penalty tries. Sale and England centre Manu Tuilagi was shown...

Saints are ready for the physical challenge of Sharks at Franklin’s Gardens

Two from the top and five from the bottom as they say on Countdown. Those are Saints' final seven games of the season, with Sale - second in the league - coming to Franklin's Gardens on Saturday. The correct rugby...

Northampton Saints ready to ‘show what they have’ at Welford Road

Saints Director of Rugby Phil Dowson expects a tough but exciting East Midlands derby as international selections force Northampton and Leicester to delve into their squads. Dowson has welcomed the return of domestic action after a tricky European campaign that...

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...

Ten pictures from Dave Ikin that show how Saints weatherproofed their game with grit the beat the Chiefs

Fin Smith was Man of the Match and Tommy Freeman crossed the whitewash twice but the spirit of this win was summed up in a moment that came from Aaron Hinkley. It came in the second half, a ruck had...
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Mitchell relishing the build-up to the East Midlands derby

Northampton Saints scrum-half Alex Mitchell says he would like to bring his World Cup success back to the club...
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