Graduate Fish out to show he can replace Hartley one day

Goal: James Fish

ARMED with a new twoyear contract, Northampton hooker James Fish aims to prove that when the time comes, there will be life after Dylan Hartley at Franklin’s Gardens.
Fish – an aggressive, 108 kilo bundle of energy – is among a squadron of Saints academy graduates being given their head in a season of evolution by rugby director Chris Boyd.
At 22, Fish might be deemed a late developer.
However, the former Derby player has done the hard yards for Saints’ two-time winning A-League team and on loan at National One side Ampthill, while learning at the...

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