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England star withdrawn late by Northampton Saints

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Lawes (centre, top) helped Saints beat Bath in last season's Premiership final before moving to France (Photo David Rogers/Getty Images)

Northampton Saints have announced a late change to their matchday squad ahead of their Gallagher Premiership Round 10 clash with Bath at cinch Stadium.

England star Ollie Sleightholme has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury sustained in the lead-up to the fixture. As a result, Tom Seabrook has been drafted onto the bench and will wear the No. 23 jersey for the 3pm kick-off.

Premiership champs Northampton Saints sit eighth in the table as it stands, with four wins and five losses, amassing 20 points.

John Dobson previews the Stormers versus Lions URC derby

Saints confirmed that long-serving scrum coach Matt Ferguson will depart Franklin’s Gardens at the end of the season, with Wales reportedly eyeing him for a key coaching role.

Ferguson joined the club seven years ago after coaching England Women to the 2017 Rugby World Cup final. His departure comes as Saints look to rebuild for the future.

Wales, reeling from a record 12 straight losses in 2024, are seeking fresh ideas under head coach Warren Gatland. Ferguson could join a revamped setup for the Six Nations, potentially combining roles with Saints during the Premiership break. However, he faces competition from Harlequins’ Adam Jones, who remains under contract, and former Munster coach Graham Rowntree.

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14 Tommy Freeman
13 Fraser Dingwall (c)
12 Rory Hutchinson
11 James Ramm
10 Fin Smith
9 Alex Mitchell
1 Tom West
2 Curtis Langdon
3 Trevor Davison
4 Temo Mayanavanua
5 Alex Coles
6 Josh Kemeny
7 Tom Pearson
8 Juarno Augustus

Replacements:

16 Henry Walker
17 Tarek Haffar
18 Luke Green
19 Tom Lockett
20 Henry Pollock
21 Angus Scott-Young
22 Archie McParland
23 Tom Seabrook

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Ed the Duck 20 minutes ago

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One of the best interviews I’ve read in some time, GP comes across as a real thinking man’s coach. Already had the view that the Lions tour wasn’t going to be the walkover many expect but with coaches like that and, by the sound of it, SL to come, it might just prove to be a proper contest after all!

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JD 37 minutes ago

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NB 1 hour ago

Geoff Parling: An Englishman roasting the Lions?

I didn’t ask about his contract, but I’m assuming he’d be done until the RWC in 2027, like Eoin Toolan. I hope the WBs keep him.

The great thing with Williams is that they can move him to 6 if Skelton plays 4, and that gives he WB a very imposing back five forwards.

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NB 1 hour ago

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I think the WB set piece is fast emerging as one of the strengths of their game DM. Esp if they can include Will Skelton ofc. And get Taniela humming again!

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JW 2 hours ago

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Andrew Nichols 2 hours ago

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JW 2 hours ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

Oh, OK. Nice, some pretty detailed numbers. 3 mil to put on a test aye.

Yeah I wasn’t saying NZR threw away that much for themselves, just meant in general, for the game. So two million, 1 to NZR and 1 to it’s clubs (sure private business/companies), yeah, I can see where Horan’s coming from now, that’s about 50/50. I can also understand how 1mil might not be enough to make all the other bits worth it, and the clubs might have flat out rejected it (didn’t want 200k).

Thanks for enlightening me.

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Cantab 2 hours ago

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JW 2 hours ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

Yeah but if the 12million is not actually money, but say Perth saying they’ll put the money into facilities for the Force, and youth programs and fields around the State, along with plenty of other ways they can help RA, and in actually fact were saying the offer to NZR is a very equal one, for a few years, what then would be flawed about the concept?

Spew has given some very straight forward solutions to possible sticking points (raised by posters anyway), those aren’t changing your mind? A fun break to SR where players can express themselves after a few months of preseason and all the anxiety of the first month of competitive games, in say a match similar to NBA’s All Star games, would be a great idea imo.

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JW 2 hours ago

Rugby down under could have hit high gear with Anzac Tests

Oh right, makes sense. So what is the 12 million for then, and why should NZR get a share of it, seen as you’d been saying not getting some of that was why the deal didn’t get over the line right?

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