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By Ross Heppenstall, Press Association Sport Saracens are boosted by the return of England captain Steve Borthwick as they bid to record their ninth successive Guinness Premiership win at Worcester on Friday night. Borthwick...
GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP Venue: Kingston Park Date: 27 November Kick-off: 2000 GMT Coverage: Listen live on the BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Northampton and the BBC Sport website Newcastle make just one change for the Guinness...
Former Falcons captain Phil Dowson comes up against his old Newcastle team mates at Kingston Park on Friday night, as part of a star-studded Northampton side (kick-off 8pm). The Saints include England stars Dylan Hartley, Ben...
Mallinder has guided the Saints to third in the Guinness Premiership Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder says he is pleased to have key players back in the squad. Saints can select from a full-strength squad,...
Lawes was playing for his local rugby club, Old Scouts, just three years ago Former Northampton and England wing Jon Sleightholme has backed the crop of young Saints in England's elite playing squad to be international...
After defeat by Australia and New Zealand, either side of a win over Argentina which failed to convince, the critics are still circling Martin Johnson, but some impressive individual displays whetted the appetite for a stirring...
It may be a source of relief that England did not in the end take part in the kind of horror show in which they were savaged, but it surely should not be a source of pride either that their defeat fell well short of humiliation.
Autumn Internationals MILS MULIAINA FULL-BACK – 7 Showed astonishingly silky footwork and some delightfully deft handling of the kind too rarely seen on modern rugby fields. ZAC GUILDFORD WING – 5 Saw a lot less of the ball...
Preview: Internationals Friday, November 20 England's problems have given New Zealand cause to be wary ahead of their rugby test at Twickenham on Saturday. A depleted England appear to be ripe for the taking by a near...
Northampton Saints have signed former Newcastle Falcons hooker Andy Long on a short-term contract. The 32-year-old has agreed a deal which will keep him at Franklin's Gardens until the end of the season. Saints director of...
