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




Pictures by Merlin

Northampton Saints News

Monday, 17 May 2010

Saints 19 - Saracens 21

It's taken 24 hours but I have recovered enough to blog about the match.  Not enough to go through and describe it fully, but at least to be able to mention it.  In the 80 minutes of play I think I got through a fortnights worth of adrenalin, it was an amazing and intense match.  In the end it really could have gone either way, these two teams are so close at the moment.  It was finally won in the inches, and the Sarries had just enough.

There were some sublime moments.  The best of which was the try by Tiny.  After everything else this season it was certainly an irony.  But to see Tiny running down the wing, pass a dummy, hand off (or charge over) Alex Goode and make it to the line was a moment I will remember for a long time.

The Saints have brought exciting rugby to the premiership this season.  The Sarries joined in completely.  It was a good match to end our season (but would have been even better had we won!).

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