the former Northampton director of rugby who sparked the revival that led to Saints winning the Premiership last year when he acted as a sounding board for his successor Phil Dowson, was here in ...

Now in an important consultancy role for the Reds, the New Zealander led Saturday's opponents Northampton Saints to the Premiership title in the first of his four years as director of rugby in the ...

Boyd, who was Saints ... Christmas' and a few other bits. "Obviously he's spending a lot of time with our old team manager, Maurice Hartery, so they will have good inside information on ...

It wasn’t in the 66 points that came before full-time, nor in the sledging match in the stands that decided an all-time epic ...

Munster made more line breaks than the Saints’ famed attack (five vs nine) off fewer carries (138 vs 129), while they were also more efficient inside the 22 (3.2 points per visit vs Northampton ...

They had Northampton ... Munster inside the Saints half but Pollock gets over the ball at a breakdown and pinches it. Smith hoofs it off the park. What a game of rugby. A thriller.

Hello and welcome to our coverage of the Champions Cup Pool 3 top of the table decider from the Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens (3.15pm). Munster were knocked out of the competition at the ...

A rugby club affected by flooding has raised ... the club's gym At the time of the flooding, Paul Diggin, an ex-Northampton Saints player now involved with the club, described the destruction.

Munster’s Champions Cup fate was taken out of their hands as they went down in nail-biter in an enthralling clash at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday. A hat-trick from Saints wing Tom Seabrook ...

Munster are set for an away last-16 encounter after falling just short in a Champions Cup classic to Northampton Saints in Franklin's Gardens. Tom Seabrook's hat-trick ultimately propelled the ...