Northampton News
Everyone at Franklin’s Gardens was saddened this week to hear of the passing of Paul Witty, one of the biggest characters in the relatively recent history of the club.
Fly half Stephen Myler says that despite breaking a sequence of semi-final defeats at Saracens, the Saints won’t settle for reaching a first Aviva Premiership final a week on Saturday.
Warrior Stuart Brooks will represent the club at Twickenham next weekend as he battles for the honour of carrying the coveted Aviva Premiership Rugby trophy onto the pitch ahead of the final between Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints.
Do you want a memory to last a lifetime? Do you want to help lead the Saints out at Twickenham next Saturday afternoon?
Members of one of Northamptonshire’s more unusual cycling clubs are gearing up to join the Saints to take part in the county’s favourite annual bike ride, Cycle 4 Cynthia, later this year, but unlike Jim’s cup-chasing heroes, there’s not a thread of lycra in sight!
Premiership Rugby has confirmed that Saints will be the ‘away’ team for next Saturday’s Final, and as such will be in their sky blue shirts.
NORTHAMPTON flanker takes on bitter rivals Leicester in the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham on May 25
End the season in a laughing style at May’s Sin Bin Comedy Club!
Samu Manoa was the star of the show at the Northampton Saints End of Season Awards Dinner, picking up the two main gongs of the evening.
BBC Sport’s rugby union expert Jeremy Guscott on the Premiership final, Owen Farrell’s form and more
• Farrell struggled in Saracens’ two recent semi-finals• Gatland fears more injuries after Brian O’Driscoll scareWinning a Lions Test series is the ultimate challenge but flying out with a …
Saracens vs Northampton Saints 13 – 27 The Official YouTube channel of Premiership Rugby with exclusive news, match highlights, player profiles and more. To find out more about Premiership Rugby visit: Premiership Rugby on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Five times Saints have lost at the semi-final stage and few gave them much of a hope of making it sixth time lucky against a Sarries side that were unbeaten at their new home of Allianz Park. But tries from Brian Mujati and Jamie Elliott deservedly put the visitors in front before the half-hour mark and they held off a late rally from Saracens to set up a final against local rivals Leicester Tigers
Tom Wood says Northampton are confident of pulling off another shock victory against Leicester in the Aviva Premiership final.
Northampton flanker Tom Wood has urged his side to build on their Aviva Premiership semi-final victory over Saracens with another stunning upset of Leicester Tigers in the title-decider
Leicester Tigers flanker Julian Salvi tells BBC East Midlands Today that getting the right amount of rest will be crucial in the build up to the Premiership final against Northampton Saints on Saturday week.
Leicester Tigers flanker Julian Salvi believes rest will be a key factor for the Premiership final against Northampton.
Northampton Saints forward Tom Wood says the team have an “inner belief” they can win the Premiership title.
The Saints have issued a ticket update at 5pm on Monday, May 13th.
SAINTS rugby director Jim Mallinderer used Wigan’s FA Cup final heroics for inspiring team-talk before Sarries scalp
Northampton took inspiration from shock FA Cup-winners Wigan to stun Saracens and reach the Aviva Premiership final for the first time. This was a staggering triumph by the Saints.