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

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Quins 16 vs Saints 20

Rather late posting about this one.  Wasn't able to go and see it as we were camping with friends.  Not sure that following the match on the iPhone was particularly sociable and I think they got fed up of me going on about the Saints winning for the rest of the evening.  Never mind.

A strange match, which became evident once I saw the recording.  In the first half the statistics were all against the Saints.  Quine dominated in our territory but just couldn't nail the points.  The few times we went into their half then we made it count.  Half time score of 3:13.  It looked as though the Saints just needed to step on the gas and would be clear.  Instead they lost the pedal altogether.  Quins came out fighting for the second half and suddenly the game turned.  They were in the ascendency.  It started to look worrying.  After so many years it seemed as though we might have another without a win at the Stoop.  It fell to the captain to steady the ship and Dylan went over for a well worked try.

Another tense match for Saints fans.  But puts us second in the table, just below Bath, who we have next.

Scorers


Saints - Tries: Flash, Rabbit. Con: TinTin (2). Pens: TinTin (2)
Quins - Tries: Lowe. Con: Evans. Pens: Evans (3)

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