All posts tagged "Northampton"
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoAlex Mitchell is taking Northampton Saints to next level
By Brendan Gallagher Bulls...................................21pts Tries: Coetzee 34, Hanekom 61, 69 Conversions: Goosen 35, 62, 70 Northampton Saints.... 30pts Tries: Hendy 31,...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoPhil Dowson relieved Northampton Saints are in the swing of things
Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson believes the win will provide huge relief for his squad following an underwhelming start to...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoAlex Dombrandt leads the fight for Harlequins
By Gary Fitzgerald Harlequins .................. 53pts Tries: Murley 12, 64, 66; Care 29, Dombrandt 36, 52, 57; Riley 78 Conversions: Smith...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoRob Baxter staying positive ahead of daunting test against Toulouse
Henry Slade returns to steer Exeter from fly-half as one of five changes after being rested for their opening Pool 1...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoHarrow through on away side rule
SCHOOLS RUGBY By TOM JEFFREYS THE semi finals of the Continental Tyres National School Cup, Plate, Vase, and Bowl have all...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoNo Zach Mercer decision until end of season
By Paul Rees Gloucester will not decide on Zach Mercer’s future until the end of the season as speculation that he...
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Latest News
/ 5 months agoWe’re not afraid to get into a dog-fight, says van Graan
By MARK STEVENS WHEN Johann van Graan took charge of Bath in the summer of 2022, the South African made no...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 months agoHenry Pollock wins Phil Dowson’s backing
Northampton boss Phil Dowson has tipped Henry Pollock to thrive in Pretoria against the Bulls in next week’s Champions Cup clash....
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English Championship
/ 6 months agoGreat to see Coventry doing so well
Last Saturday I went to Butts Park Arena to watch Northampton Saints edge out my team Coventry by 19-10 in the...
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoExeter Chiefs fight hard but Bath go back to top
By Paul Rees Bath...................................... 19pts Tries: Pepper 6, Reid 45, Annett 67 Conversions: Russell 7, 68 Exeter.................................. 15pts Tries: Vermeulen 19,...
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoSanti Carreras class has Northampton Saints on the rack
By Rob Wildman Northampton Saints....... 17pts Tries: Furbank 6, Augustus 48 Conversions: Hutchinson 6, 48 Penalty: Hutchinson 74 Gloucester........................ 25pts Tries:...
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoPhil Dowson: We didn’t stand up for fight
Northampton boss Phil Dowson admitted Gloucester “had a point to prove” and that his men “didn’t stand up for the fight”....
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoNewcastle master misfiring Saracens
By Luke Jarmyn Newcastle ......................... 17 Tries: Hearle 22, Radwan 33 Conversions: Connon 23, 34 Penalty: Connon 2 pts Saracens ..............................
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoLet’s hope Newcastle Falcons can keep flying flag
As last season’s final Premiership table confirmed, Northampton and Newcastle could not possibly have been further apart: the Saints sweeping all...
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Features
/ 6 months agoOSCAR WILSON
YOUNG GUNS SARACENS CENTRE Oscar Wilson hopes to make it onto Mark Mapletoft’s radar this season and then make the transition...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoSkivington: We will recover from big defeat
By PAUL REES GLOUCESTER return on Saturday to Northampton for the first time since suffering their heaviest Premiership defeat six months...
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoPearson’s power is enough to carry Saints past Cov
■By PAUL SMITH Clincher: Curtis Langdon scores Saints’ third try PICTURES: Getty Images A BATTLING forward display in which flanker Tom...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoRadford ready to get Saints rolling
By PAUL REES Close to a return: Alex Mitchell dives over to score for Saints in the Premiership final PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoPollock shows worth in England colours
By OLLIE AUST ENGLAND A’s 38-17 victory over Australia A at The Stoop last Sunday saw the latest milestone in the...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoStrachan confident Ampthill will be firing again soon
■By BEN JAYCOCK FRASER Strachan is determined to put Ampthill’s leaky defensive showings behind them and gain some much needed confidence...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoRubiolo to join Bristol
NEWCASTLE’S Argentina lock Pedro Rubiolo will join Bristol next summer on a “long-term deal”. The 21-year-old, who has 19 caps for...
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Letters
/ 6 months agoEngland look like a clueless rabble
Another one bites the dust: England feel the pain against Wallabies I WATCHED with a g rowing sense of bewilderment as...
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Schools / Universities
/ 6 months agoSouthern teams show power
By TOM JEFFERIES AS expected, the southern sides dominated the first national round of fixtures in the ACE League, whilst the...
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Latest News
/ 6 months agoYoung gun half-backs lead Northampton Saints fightback
By Tom Vickers Northampton ... 31pts Tries: Scott-Young 8, Cousins 52, McParland 56, Brown 59, Wright 68 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 52, 56,...
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Premiership
/ 6 months agoHigh-class Coventry turn back the clock
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester .........................19pts Tries: Wand 6, Kata 54, van der Flier 65 Conversions: Threlfall 54, 65 Coventry ......................... 33pts...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoNew faces take the plaudits for Saints
■By ROB WILDMAN Northampton ........31pts Tries: Pollock 15, Ramm 23, Litchfield 38, Hendy 53, Baker 59 Conversions: Makepeace-Cubitt 15, 23, 53...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoFrom shelf stacker to first-team contender
■By PAUL REES GEORGE Makepeace-Cubitt was stacking supermarket shelves at the start of the year but the England Under-20 outside-half is...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoCheika has instilled fight and grit into Tigers -Smith
■ By GARY FITZGERALD Battle-hardened: Leicester coach Michael Cheika MICHAEL Cheika is a throwback to the old head coaching days at...
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Features
/ 7 months agoGriffin’s not stopped by heart issue
WALES and Bath prop Archie Griffin is set to be fit for the autumn internationals despite being diagnosed with a heart...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoPat Lam backing Harry Randall to shine for England
By Mark Stevens Pat Lam is backing Harry Randall to take his sparkling club form with Bristol onto the international stage...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoBath thump Sale Sharks to send them top of the Premiership
By Paul Rees Bath .................................... 40pts Tries: Muir 1, Reid 18, du Toit 26, Hill 45, Carr-Smith 64, van Wyk 78...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoSteven Luatua gives Bristol Bears reason to believe
By Roger Panting Bristol Bears .................... 31pts Tries: Ibitoye 29, Ravouvou 32, 55; Batley 70 Conversions: MacGinty 29, 32, 55, 70...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoWinning ugly is important – Pat Lam
Bristol's director of rugby Pat Lam was impressed that his side could dig out victory in hard conditions. He said: “Winning...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoHarlequins determined to break their Sandy Park jinx
By Jon Newcombe Harlequins have faced up to facts this week and admitted that they need to put their dismal record...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 7 months agoCall time on this pantomime ploy
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER THIS 60-second shot clock twaddle. If we must...
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Features
/ 7 months agoYOUNG GUNS
JONNYWEIMANN NORTHAMPTON SCRUM-HALF Even though he was released from Saracens’ academy aged 16, scrum-half Jonny Weimann’s resilience helped him achieve his...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 7 months agoEngland boss names 17 players awarded first enhanced Elite Player Squad deals
England head coach Steve Borthwick has named 17 players who have been awarded the first enhanced Elite Player Squad contracts in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoBristol Bears vs Northampton Saints – Match Preview
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Teams in the Gallagher Premiership will leave it all on the pitch before the break for...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoNorthampton Saints won’t rush Alex Mitchell
By Paul Rees Northampton will not rush Alex Mitchell back into action despite missing the injured England No.9 in the opening...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 7 months agoAlex Sanderson: You can’t play loose against an angry team
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson feared his side would face a Northampton backlash after their defeat to Leicester and he...
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Premiership
/ 7 months agoAt last! Newcastle Falcons end record losing streak
By Luke Jarmyn Newcastle ........................ 24pts Tries: van der Walt 17, Blamire 29, 54 Conversions: Grayson 18, 30, 55 Drop goal:...
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Premiership
/ 7 months agoCaolan Englefield: We need to be more aggressive in defence
By Gary Fitzgerald Caolan Englefield remains confident Gloucester can plug sufficient holes in their leaky defence to stun the Tigers again...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 7 months agoWestcombe-Evans storms home to light up Lightning
By JAMES LOGAN ENGLAND wing Bo Westcombe-Evans, below, struck twice as Loughborough Lightning recorded their first win of the PWR campaign....
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoCall for All Blacks to pick from players based abroad
By GRANT SHUB BRUCE Reihana, who played two Tests for the All Blacks in 2000, believes it’s time for New Zealand...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoStylish Sarries have model for success -Nick
On the charge: Nick Auterac in his Bath playing days nBy CHARLIE ELLIOTT FORMER Premiership prop Nick Auterac believes Saracens’ success...
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Podcast
/ 7 months agoSeries 4, Episode 7: Nick Auterac’s Journey from Rugby to Music Composition + England Squad Reaction
We love a prop episode! The self-professed ‘oddball’ Nick Auterac joins host Ollie Little and columnists Chris Hewett and Nick Cain...
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International Rugby
/ 7 months agoShould Nicky Smith be an automatic selection for Wales in the Autumn Internationals?
By Peter Ryan – @PeterRyanSports Prop is one of the most crucial positions on the field, and many great players occupy...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoStephan Lewies back in familiar spot with Alex Dombrandt out
By Dan Robertshaw Stephan Lewies has enjoyed his time away from the Harlequins captaincy but now finds himself donning the armband...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoGeorge Furbank: I can’t wait to take on All Blacks
By Adam Hathaway George Furbank missed a chance to get one over the All Blacks in July – now he has...
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Latest News
/ 7 months agoI’m enjoying the buzz of Bath, says Ross Molony
By Gary Fitzgerald European glory days came thick and fast for Ross Molony during his love affair with his boyhood club...
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