8 days ago Gallagher Premiership Northampton sign 145kg JJ van der Mescht in swap deal with Stade Francais
Northampton Saints have signed former South Africa U20 lock JJ van der Mescht from Stade Francais, as reported by RugbyPass.
Northampton Saints have signed former South Africa U20 lock JJ van der Mescht from Stade Francais, as reported by RugbyPass.
It appears to be one lock in and one lock out for the beaten Champions Cup finalists.
The draw for the 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup draw took place at the Premier Sports studios in Dublin on Tuesday.
EPCR have confirmed the line-ups for the 2025/26 Investec Champions Cup and the second-tier Challenge Cup.
Its really interesting to see a team like Bristol playing such 'loose rugby', its really entertaining to watch. The additional workload this created for Saints from a defensive perspective really seemed to pay off for Bristol. Of course the removal of the entire back line from Saints changed the dynamics massively, although depth is looking okay, albeit not the result we wanted today, still a great game overall.
wow! I wasn't expecting Makepeace-Cubitt to be elevated to the first team so quickly. English rugby is really promising.