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Clermont is not a dead rubber, we have got to get better

Alan Gaffney is insisting that Clermont's Champions Cup visit to Franklins Gardens this evening is not a dead rubber because Saints have to get better. Ironically if the season had been more ordinary there might be less of an edge...

Hasselbaink ushers in new era of pace and aggression with Pereira signing

Tom Reed takes the pulse at Sixfields... Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink sent a message of intent to League 1 and his Northampton squad with the signing of Hildeberto Pereira. The Benfica schooled Portuguese winger signed on a season long-loan from Polish...

Getting your net worth: how to ensure winter training makes a difference

Alex Stockton has some off-season training tips for cricketers... For clubs throughout the county, winter nets will be starting up again soon. Personally, I’m back training again on January 17th, and I simply can’t wait. It’s only the second year...

Pereira performs as Town net three v Shrimpers

Tom Reed's report from Northampton v Southend... Hildeberto Pereira proved an instant hit as the the Portuguese put in a peri-peri good performance in Northampton’s 3-1 win over Southend United. The Benfica schooled trickster lit up a dank January Sixfields...

Alan Gaffney: Eddie Jones told me to take the job

"We are aiming top four. That's where we're aiming and we are not contemplating anything else..."

Jim Mallinder leaves Saints with immediate effect

Northampton Saints begin search for 'world class' Director of Rugby as Jim Mallinder goes

George North to leave Northampton Saints rugby

George North will leave Saints at the end of the season, it has been announced. The club statement says: Northampton Saints has today confirmed that George North will leave the club at the end of the 2017/18 season. Following recent conversations with...

Why it need not be Ashes to Ashes for England

Alex Stockton turns his thoughts to The Ashes... Generally speaking, November is possibly the most uneventful month in terms of English cricket. The county and club scenes have wound down, as has the international summer. Pre-season training normally starts in...

No goals but positives are building for Cobblers

Danny Brothers was at Sixfields to see Cobblers draw 0-0 with Scunthorpe in the first round of the FA Cup... As bonfire night loomed ahead later in the evening, the Cobblers and Scunthorpe United barely mustered a sparkler between them...

Gripped by the Cobblers: Is this the best Cobblers side ever?

Tom Reed takes a look at the state of the Cobblers nation... Maybe it’s two wins on the bounce for the mighty Cobblers that has got me a bit giddy but hear me out: The current Northampton squad may be...
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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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