The Saints

The Saints are the Northampton rugby team. Having gone through some rough patches, including most recently relegation during the 2007/2008 season (they completed the year in National Division 1 with an unprecedented 35 wins from 35 games), they have rapidly come back through the combined powers of Jim Mallinder, Dorian West and Paul Grayson, alongside a strong combination of youth and experience.



EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP WINNERS 2009

LV= CUP WINNERS 2010

Heineken Cup Finalists 2011




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Northampton Saints News

Friday, 23 April 2010

Team Up

So I wasn't quite right.  Instead we have:

Fodes, Flash, Downey, Clarke, Brooce, Smyler, Lee, Tiny, Dylan, Murray, Lobbe, Kruger, Lawes, Dowson, Wilson.

I missed Lobbe off and moving Lawes to flanker to start intead of Beast.

It's a good team.  And it will need to be.  Sarries are playing good running rugby again and scoring a lot of tries.  Whereas our defence has been weaker for the last month or so.  I expect a high scoring game.  The first thing though will be avoiding a yellow card.  We've had a yellow in both of the last two matches.  The front row is likely to be a hot-house, with a few niggles left over from the "Tiny" saga, then Dylan coming up against Brits.  Hopefully people can keep a check on their tempers.

I'm going for a close win, Saints scoring three tries and the Sarries scoring 2.

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