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, 14 January 2011

Saints 37 - Edinburgh 0

Not often these days that a team doesn't score anything.  Norally there is at least a penalty in there.  But this was a complete shut out from the Saints.  Discipline was once again back to high standards adn defence was up to anything that Edinburgh could throw at them.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing was the 4 tries scored by Digger.  He was helped with the third as Joe Ansbro had already crossed the line when he passed to Digger for Digger to score.  That might seem strange but earlier in the match a pass from Joe was so off target that Digger had no chance of collecting it when he was on for an almost certain try, this time Joe is reported to have said "I owed you one".  But the other three were well worked and came from good support play and rounded off a fine evening. That the last three tries came in the last 8 minutes of the game was just a bit of gold-dust to rub in the faces of those that leave early!

This result meant that the Saints maintained their 100% record in the Heineken and are the first team to qualify for the quarter finals.  While there is now a good chance of a home draw it still depends on next weeks match at Castres as well as what happens in the other pools.

Scorers:
Saints - Tries: Mooj, Digger (4); Cons: Smyler (2), TinTin; Pens: Smyler (2)

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