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Back to basics for Cobblers as Dean Austin gets stuck into role

Tom Reed reflects on a tough season for Cobblers and gives his tip for the World Cup... Northampton ended a painfully disappointing 2017/18 season with relegation back to League 2. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was sacked after just 7 months in...

Pictures: exodus of Saints heroes is like Avengers Infinity War

It wasn't Thanos snapping his gauntleted fingers but it was something pretty close - 15 players from Northampton Saints are saying farewell to the club at the end of an extraordinary season. Photographer Dave Ikin joined fans on the pitch...

Francis: Rob will be our inspiration

The gods of rugby pulled a new cruel twist out of their playbook when an historic victory in the East Midlands derby cost Saints captain Rob Horne his career. The impact of his injury - nerve damage to his arm...

Sixfields rocks once more as Cobblers send Plymouth packing

Tom Reed reacts to a stirring performance from Northampton Town... It seemed as if the Cobblers crowd beat Plymouth as much as the players at Sixfields on Saturday. Perpetually relegation haunted Northampton Town versus playoff changing Plymouth, there was only...

Injury forces Horne to retire from rugby

In a shock announcement, Northampton Saints confirmed today that Rob Horne's injury has forced him to leave the game for good. The revelation caused shock and sadness across the rugby family, as the 28-year-old had just received his first captaincy...

Hitting the ground running – start the season as you mean to go on

Alex Stockton looks forward to the cricket season... (pictures by Max Miller and Jack Pinnock) It’s almost here, folks. Yep, that’s right - Saturday afternoons filled with rain-interrupted, distinctly mild cricket matches are almost upon us. Perhaps that’s slightly unfair....

A season of stranger things than a Saints win at Welford Road

Stranger things have happened - that was Alex Waller’s take on Saints’ chances of winning at Welford Road in the run up to the East Midlands derby. It was a measure of Northampton’s troubles that such a nonchalant comment represented...

Who are ya? Hasselbaink’s sacking and the search for a Cobblers identity

Tom Reed reflects on a way forward for the Cobblers and asks if restoring fan power could be an answer... Former Cobblers boss Ian Sampson has been a thoughtful voice on issues at the Cobblers after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink became...

Saints v Saracens is not a cup final – it’s more important than that

Saracens visit to Franklin’s Gardens this weekend ought to be a run of the mill fixture – one of those end of season encounters with not that much at stake. But Saints have been through an extraordinary campaign, arguably to...

We’re desperate to put it right – Cobus Reinach

Saints travel to Bath for the semi-final of the Anglo-Welsh cup and starting scrum-half Cobus Reinach is itching to get back in action. For the South African international the only way to bury the memory of bad results is to...
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They say Saints are revolutionaries but in this town it is just common sense: Northampton and the identity of English rugby

Following England Rugby's recent defeat by South Africa, discussions around the 'English identity' in rugby have intensified. Critiques suggest England's current style is overly focused on brute strength rather than creativity. In contrast, Northampton Saints exemplify a successful approach grounded in basic skills and inclusivity, potentially signalling a need for a shift in England's rugby philosophy.
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