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...
Saints just weren't in this one. The opening match of a Heineken Cup campaign, at Franklin's Gardens under the Friday Night Lights, should have been more of a cauldron but somehow it didn't turn out that way.
I'm not just...
As Chris Boyd's Saints team continues its development quest this encounter probably serves best as a grim warning.
Saints in recent years have been to some dark places in terms of form and while we are not yet in the...
When this season's fixtures were announced you wouldn't have put money on Saints coming away with a result from this.
We haven't won at Bristol since 2018 and although they haven't had the strongest start to this campaign you always...
With no A league running this season Saints have been deprived of the Wanderers as a window into the future so the Premiership Cup is a timely insight into developing talent.
While some of the big names are away for...
England's women looked in a different class to the World Champions for the Black Ferns' visit to the Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens.
A lot was riding on this game in different ways. For the visitors it was a chance...
We knew a storm was coming. We knew we had a rickety ship. However, a doing over is a doing over and this was a doing over.
Maybe Dan Biggar wasn't fully fit for this one, maybe this was the...
Technically Northampton Saints came from behind to inflict Worcester's worst ever premiership defeat. In the early stages of the game Will Chudley responded to Dan Biggar's opening score for Saints with a converted try for the visitors.
So very briefly...
Rugby star Dan Biggar adds another feather to his cap tonight when he starts his 50th game for Northampton Saints against Worcester.
The televised match against Worcester kicks off at Franklin's Gardens at 7.45pm.
Saints line up as follows:
15 Tommy Freeman14...
They will call this a game of two halves because Saints got it so right in the first 40 but Irish so very nearly rained on their parade in the second.
But really this was a battle of magic as...
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.
